ControlMyMonitor Changelog

What's new in ControlMyMonitor 1.38

Apr 2, 2024
  • Fixed bug: On some monitors, ControlMyMonitor detected the available VCP features incorrectly.

New in ControlMyMonitor 1.37 (May 10, 2023)

  • Added 'Short Monitor ID' string for using to identify the monitor from command-line. You can get the 'Short Monitor ID' of your monitor by using the 'Copy Monitor Strings' option (Ctrl+M).
  • Updated to use only the first byte of 'Input Select' (VCP Code 60), as a workaround for some monitors that provide incorrect 'Input Select' value. If from some reason you want to disable this option, simply open ControlMyMonitor.cfg with any text editor, and set the UseOnlyOneByte value to 0

New in ControlMyMonitor 1.36 (Aug 10, 2022)

  • Added 'Start As Hidden' option. When this option and 'Put Icon On Tray' option are turned on, the main window of ControlMyMonitor will be invisible on start.

New in ControlMyMonitor 1.35 (Feb 7, 2022)

  • Added 4 display filter options: Display Read+Write, Display Read Only, Display Write Only, Display Manufacturer Specific.

New in ControlMyMonitor 1.31 (Dec 24, 2021)

  • You can now use 'Secondary' as the monitor string in all command-line options in order to specify the secondary monitor.

New in ControlMyMonitor 1.30 (Oct 24, 2021)

  • When there is a DDC/CI error (Error codes like 0xC0262582, 0xC0262583), the error description is now displayed in the status bar in addition to the error code.
  • You can also click the error code with the mouse in order to copy the error code and error description to the clipboard.

New in ControlMyMonitor 1.29 (Oct 4, 2021)

  • Added option to choose another font (name and size) to display in the main window.

New in ControlMyMonitor 1.28 (Mar 8, 2021)

  • Fixed some display issues in high DPI mode (Toolbar and status bar).

New in ControlMyMonitor 1.27 (Dec 10, 2020)

  • Added /TurnOff command-line option to turn off the specified monitor.
  • Added /TurnOn command-line option to turn on the specified monitor.
  • Added /SwitchOffOn command-line option to switch the specified monitor between on and off state.

New in ControlMyMonitor 1.26 (May 31, 2020)

  • When ControlMyMonitor fails to get the current monitor settings, error code is now displayed in the status bar.

New in ControlMyMonitor 1.25 (Feb 10, 2020)

  • Added 'Put Icon On Tray' option.

New in ControlMyMonitor 1.20 (Nov 16, 2019)

  • Added /SwitchValue command-line option, which allows you to switch between multiple values.
  • For example, in order to switch the monitor off when it's turned on and switch it on when it's turned off, use the following command: (On some monitors you should use 4 instead of 5)
  • ControlMyMonitor.exe /SwitchValue "\.DISPLAY1Monitor0" D6 1 5

New in ControlMyMonitor 1.05 (Nov 28, 2017)

  • Added 'Refresh Monitors List' option (Ctrl+F5).