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I followed these instructions

https://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/16/windows/how-to-show-lock-screen-on-both-displays-in-dual-monitor-set-up.html

and Wintermelon did nothing whatsoever.

Windows 11 Home Version 23H2

I've tried building the tool myself as well as downloading the already built executable, but it simply doesn't set the mode to duplicate for some reason. Idk if it's relevant but i'm running 4 monitor setup.

Windows 11 Pro N 23H2

Edit: Added exact Windows version

My build here: https://github.com/ilovefreesw/Wintermelon

It works !! But when I log in back, the screen on the second monitor flickers for a second or two everytime. Does it happen at your end as well ?

I've been able to install this program and it works great! However, when I reboot, it doesn't continue to work. The lock and unlock tasks are in the task scheduler and in a ready state. I can even run them from the task scheduler by hand and they fire off, but when i hit the windows key + L it just locks my screen and doesn't mirror on the other monitors.

I can run the uninstall and reinstall and it starts working again...

Any suggestions?

Yesterday, I was helping someone with getting Wintermelon working. Nothing worked until we upgraded from Home Edition to Education Edition. I'm not sure if this is a limitation of Windows, but it really ought to be documented somewhere if so.

I've been able to setup and run the application but found out that it is limited to only main and second screen, on a 3-screens setup it will only duplicate the main on the second one. I found this stackoverflow thread where the OP is having similar issues and had to change SetDisplayConfig parameters to actually factor in the extra monitor.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57136638/how-to-properly-use-setdisplayconfig-with-multiple-monitors

Edit: after unistalling all gpu drivers and removing all related registry keys and proceeding with a clean install with just the main monitor plugged everything worked as expected without any code change once the 2nd and 3rd monitors got plugged back in.

I followed this guide to setup Wintermelon: https://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/16/windows/how-to-show-lock-screen-on-both-displays-in-dual-monitor-set-up.html, trying twice with the files in Program Files and in Downloads with no luck.

The tasks point to the correct location of the exe as well, but the lock screen still only shows on one monitor.