How can I get the system tray on my second monitor?

Solution 1:

I just found this method that works quite well.

1. Right click on any taskbar, then uncheck Lock all taskbars.
2. Move the main taskbar (the one with the system tray on it) to a screen of your choosing. You can do this by dragging the whole taskbar.
3. (optional) Right click on any taskbar and check Lock all taskbars again.

While playing games, the clock will remain visible at all times.

Tested and works in Windows 7, 8/8.1, and 10. Does not work in Windows 11, as the Taskbar can no longer be moved.

Starting with Build 14328, the clock will remain on all taskbars in Windows 10.

Taskbar clock on all monitors: We heard a lot of requests for this from our gaming community. We’re happy to announce that for the first time since the taskbar was created, if you have multiple monitors and your taskbar set to show on all displays, the clock will now be visible on each Taskbar.

Edit 2016-08-05: This feature has been shipped with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (version 1607)

Note: For some reason, this feature did not ship with Windows 11.

Solution 2:

I'm not sure if this is true but remember that it worked in the past when I had a second monitor. Set your second monitor as the default one. Start your game in windowed mode and move it to your first monitor and resize it to fullscreen.

Solution 3:

I've wanted to find this out as well. I have my cpu and gpu temperatures that i want to monitor at all times without having to alt tab.

The easiest way to do this... for me... was to turn on taskbars on both monitors in the "personalize" - "taskbar" settings. Then make my second display the Main monitor in the "Display Settings".

So at this point, you now have all your normal icons whether its chrome or steam or spotify on both screens. But your clock and temperatures or internet icon (whatever you have in the tray) is visible on the monitor that doesn't have your game open (monitor 2).