Issue: VMware Fusion does not detect 2nd monitor or monitor does not show up

Affects: Windows environments running on a Mac

Solution/Process: If you have a second monitor configured to run with fusion then you may notice sometimes it does not come up correctly (either at all or it comes up as a mirror of your main desktop instead of extended). There are two things to try in this situation:

-Go to view, use single display in full screen and then go back to view, use all displays in full screen

-Reboot the windows environment and then reboot the Mac environment. For some reason it may require multiple restarts before it works properly.

• Note – One of the most noticeable times is that the monitor may not work after bringing the computer back from standby.

Date of last update: 4-9-10

Author: Keller Medlin