Using extended laptop screen and thinking to change brightness then nothing to worry about. Monitorian is a Windows desktop tool perfectly for you that provides you seamless experience. You can adjust brightness on 2nd monitor using this app with mere a few clicks.
Multiple times, one monitor darker than the other in Windows 10 or showing yellowish when you run plural number of desktop. Monitorian also works as a solution to this as it can adjust brightness of screens, moreover for external ones, individually or in unison.
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Monitorian works for External Monitor Brightness Control in Windows 10
Here are the ways to use Monitorian –
- First of all, have a look at the app running on the desktop –
- You need to click several times to increase or decrease the brightness of a Monitor as one click will modify the level to 10 percent. When you have changed the brightness of multiple monitors the app will show as the following screenshot –
- Furthermore, you can change the adjustable range of brightness for each monitor seamlessly
- Also, you are able to change the name of the second screen by clicking and holding it until it turns to be editable. Maximum number of monitors displayed at a time is up to 4.
Requirements
- Windows 10, 8, and 7
- .NET Framework 4.7.2
- The second monitor must be DDC/CI enabled.
Install/Uninstall
When you install the application only executables –
- The settings file will be configured as – C\Users\username\AppData\Local\Monitorian\
- Path in the registry will be – HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Monitorian Shortcut keys
Use Command
You can use below-written command-line options to adjust second monitor brightness.
| Tasks | Commands |
| Get brightness | /get |
| See brightness of a specified monitor | /get [Device Instance ID] |
| Change the brightness of all monitors | /get all |
| Adjust the brightness of a monitor | /set [Brightness] |
| Adjust brightness of a particular monitor | /set [Device Instance ID] [Brightness] |
| Configure brightness of all monitors. | /set all [Brightness] |
The brightness ranges lie between 0 to 100%. It can be stipulated with brightness itself (for example 20), increase (+10), or decrease (-10). Each monitor will receive a device instance ID as a unique identifier.
You can call the tool using the following address –
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Monitorian.exe. For example, to increase brightness of all monitors by 30%, the Action will be the following:
Monitorian download links (direct) –
One more tool (Bonus) –
Reduce Screen Brightness below Minimum on Windows 10, 8 PC
That’s all!!!