Powershell launch window on second screen

Question

I need to launch two Google pages in full screen on a PC with 2 screens, one page for each screen.

Actually this is my code:

$pathToChrome = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe'
$tempFolder = '--user-data-dir=c:\temp' # pick a temp folder for user data
$startmode = '--start-fullscreen' # '--kiosk' is another option
$startPage1 = 'https://google.com'
$startPage2 = 'https://google.com'

Start-Process -FilePath $pathToChrome ('--new-window',  '--start-fullscreen', $startPage1) -ErrorVariable Test
Start-Process -FilePath $pathToChrome ('--new-window',  '--start-fullscreen', $startPage2) -ErrorVariable Test 

It works but it open one page over the other one. How can I do for open the second page on my second screen?

Answer 1

This is application-specific in Windows, unfortunately. Windows processes (like explorer.exe) all use startup info stored in the registry, but that is not a standard and many applications ignore it entirely.

The only real global way around it is to emulate moving the window manually using some user32.dll methods like CherryDT's comment suggests.

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To answer your example, Chromium browsers can use start flags to specify position, but it requires running each window with separate profiles:

How to open two instances of Chrome kiosk mode in different displays (Windows)

Launch Google Chrome from the command line with specific window coordinates

# open chrome on two monitors (all chrome windows must be closed first)
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --app="http://www.domain1.com" --window-position=0,0 --kiosk --user-data-dir=c:/monitor1

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --app="http://www.domain2.com" --window-position=1680,0 --kiosk --user-data-dir=c:/monitor2

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I have found many other applications use a simple .ini file in appdata to store window size/location settings.