Auto-detect displays not working in mountain lion

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Auto-detect displays not working in mountain lion

I keep a VGA projector connected to my laptop and Mountain Lion seems to believe that it is on all the time. Thus, I'm stuck with windows off screen. Anyone discover any fixes? No menu bar monitor ajustment preferences appear, nor does detect displays work through system preferences. I have a late 2008 macbook pro 17" with a DVI to VGA adaptor. Thanks

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)

Posted on Aug 30, 2012 8:59 AM

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captfred

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Aug 30, 2012 9:48 AM in response to steaksandwich

In System Preferences > Displays > Gather Windows.

You could also switch to mirror mode by Pressing CMD F1 to reclaim or end tasks then press it again to return to extended desktop mode.

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