# Game defaults graphics settings when changing second monitor settings

**URL:** <https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-defaults-graphics-settings-when-changing-second-monitor-settings/77485>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Tags:** acknowledged\
**Created:** [March 27, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-defaults-graphics-settings-when-changing-second-monitor-settings/77485 "2023-03-27T01:02:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![RookTheKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5a626/32.png) [@RookTheKnight](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/RookTheKnight)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-defaults-graphics-settings-when-changing-second-monitor-settings/77485/1 "2023-03-27T01:02:15Z")

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**Steps to Reproduce:**

1. Change second monitor settings from “Duplicate” to “Extend” (or vise-versa) in Windows settings
2. Open Darktide
3. Message appears: Hardware Detected
4. Graphics settings assigned a preset, all personalized graphics settings discarded

**Platform:**  
Steam

**Reproduction Rate:**  
Constant (100%)

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/fatshark/original/3X/7/3/73ec30632841cd49251e2af60e45fd3ee226c8b7.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![FatsharkJulia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/fatsharkjulia/32/11653_2.png) [@FatsharkJulia](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/FatsharkJulia)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-defaults-graphics-settings-when-changing-second-monitor-settings/77485/2 "2023-03-27T14:35:29Z")

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I’ve added this to our database. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![RookTheKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5a626/32.png) [@RookTheKnight](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/RookTheKnight)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-defaults-graphics-settings-when-changing-second-monitor-settings/77485/3 "2023-03-30T04:18:54Z")

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Thanks a lot!

If anyone needs a workaround in the meantime, you can set user\_settings.config to Read Only, but then the game won’t be able to save changes to your settings.

It’s located in Users/(Your Username)/AppData/Roaming/Fatshark/Darktide