one-click command

Hello all,

I like to configure my laptop to extend the desktop onto a CRT monitor
I have sitting next to it. Normally I right-click on the desktop, go to
the "Settings" tab in the properties window, move the secondary monitor
to the side I want and then click "Extend my Windows desktop onto this
monitor".

I would LIKE to encapsulate this in a little command (predefined Win
command with parameters? Create a little executable?) that I could
click on and all the settings would be applied (and another to reset it
back to normal). Does anyone know of a way to do this? Will I need to
program something in Win32? (which would be doable, although I'm no
expert, tho I wouldn't know where to start)

Second question along these lines is when I manually set the extended
monitor the max allowable resolution decreases. E.g. My laptop is at
1400x1050. I can extend to my CRT on the right side and it will have
1400x1050 too. But then when I move it to the left side of my main
monitor it falls to a max of 1280x1024 and thereafter, even if moved
back to the right, it won't go up to 1400x1050. Anyone know the reason
for this?

Thanks.

.

Relevant Pages

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