External Monitor shows "1|6" and my laptop display is "5" – what is this?
Solution 1:
I also had this exact problem. It is for sure related to the Intel drivers. I have a Dell M3800 and went and downloaded the drivers from Dell (they are much older) but it worked. I made sure to rollback, select specific drivers and installed by pointing to the extracted files.
More detailed steps (my problem came back after an update so I wanted to write more about it):
- Download https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER03173279M/1/M3800_Video_Driver_7C6X2_WN32_10.18.15.4248_A00.EXE
Warning: it is almost 200 GB; it will take a while. - Run it and extract it to
C:\dell; you may need to install it too - Open “Device Manager”
- Update driver
- Open Properties of the Intel 4600
- Click “Update Driver”
- Select “Browse my computer”
- Select “Let me pick from a list of device drivers”
- Select the older version, 4248
Others have noted that Windows Update may push updates for the problematic Intel driver(s).
Solution 2:
I think I have solved it by removing Hyper-V (came default with Win10 Pro).
I'm running windows 10 on a Lenovo T540p laptop and had as many as 7 displays showing up at one time. I ended up removing Hyper-V due to something else (Xamarin development), and noticed my screen blinking once. And this fixed it :)
After this I could both open Intel HD Graphics Control Panel, and install updated drivers. Didn't even need a reboot.
Solution 3:
I had a very similar issue, where I had my laptop connected to just one external monitor, making it 2 monitors in total. At a certain time, the external display was mirrored instead of extended, like it always was and in the display settings there were in total 6 displays showing. After checking, I realised that there was a Intel Display driver update on the windows update history, around the same time.
So I:
- Went to the device manager;
- Searched and selected the Intel graphics card, under 'Display Adapters';
- Clicked on 'Properties' on the context menu and selected the 'Driver' tab on the pop-up window;
- Selected the option for 'Roll back Driver...', clicked yes when prompted;
- And after a mandatory reboot, issue got solved.