Download UltraMon 2.2 beta 2

UltraMon is a useful program if more than one monitor is used. After installation, it is possible to move a screen to another monitor or to enlarge it over all image guns with a single mouse click. Since July 18, version 2.2 beta 2 is available and the release notes let us know the following:

New in this release

• Improved Microsoft Office support in the Smart Taskbar
• Specify startup directory for UltraMon shortcuts
• Smart Taskbar and newly added monitors
• Smart Taskbar process priority can be changed under Options
• Open display settings dialog using command-line arguments
• Hide system tray icon for non-admin users

bug fixes

• Unnecessary taskbar button added for Access XP
• Excel XP issues
• PowerPoint XP issues
• Passing arguments to script files (.vbs, etc) doesn’t work with UltraMon shortcuts and hotkeys
• CALnet doesn’t work correctly or not at all when started using an UltraMon shortcut
• Display settings: identify monitors doesn’t work correctly if mirroring is active
• Nothing happens when trying to open advanced display settings for a monitor which has no advanced settings
• No custom ATI tabs added to advanced display settings for some ATI video cards
• UltraEdit context menus vanish immediately when mirroring is active
• When stored settings for a monitor are no longer valid, mirror settings dialog crashes and mirroring doesn’t work correctly
• Setup: when manually entering an installation directory without using the Browse dialog, UltraMon gets installed in the default directory on Windows 98/Me
• Setup: issues with the German version

Known issues

• UltraMon Screen Saver crashes when using Novell Client 4.83 SP1
• Some applications can’t be positioned with UltraMon shortcuts
• Smart Taskbar may be shown when playing a fullscreen game.
• Custom window buttons and menu commands don’t work with Directory Opus