External monitor not completely working.

Laura_36

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May 25, 2016
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My Asus laptop screen broke. So I'm using an VGA cable to hook it up to my TV, using it in PC mode. I can see my background display and main icons at bottom of screen. I just can't open anything. When try to open a program like word etc., It goes to a thumbnail the bottom when I hover over the icon, like normal. But it won't completely open the window so anything can be done. I can even open the windows icon to click on programs but that is it. I tried Fn/F8 and it made no difference. Any ideas?
 
Solution
Sounds like your desktop is set in extended mode and you need it in mirrored mode. can you bring up the display properties on the tv?