Download latest build here

[MolotovCherry]

The latest master build has a lot of features and fixes, and is stable.

Between the current stable release and latest master, these are the following feature changes:

• no admin access required for state updates to driver (cli tool, python bindings, or future gui)
• working cli tool (thanks @kylewlacy!) (set NO_COLOR/FORCE_COLOR env var to disable or force enable colors)
• optimized performance when under high cpu load
• lots of miscellaneous improvements and fixes
• hardware cursor support (for remote desktop apps, this is a big plus!)
• up to 16 monitors (minus your only existing monitors, usable number might be slightly lower)
• complete bindings for rust, and python (python 3.7+)
  • examples on how to use it are here
• windows service which does the job of starting persisted monitors on boot (disable or don't install if you're not interested in persistence)
  • place vdd-user-session-service.exe wherever you want
  • run as admin .\vdd-user-session-service.exe --install to install service
  • to uninstall, run as admin .\vdd-user-session-service.exe --uninstall
  • (you must keep the exe at the same location, otherwise the system won't be able to find it. if you want to re-locate it, uninstall the service first, move to new location, then reinstall it)

Note: there is currently no gui in master release
driver.zip - updated 10/16/24

To install:

• uninstall the driver completely
• Follow the manual driver installation steps here (you can skip the registry file step, and skip certificate step if certificate is already installed)

[psychrabi]

Didnot see the vdd-user-session-service.exe in the folder

[MolotovCherry]

Didnot see the vdd-user-session-service.exe in the folder

@psychrabi How did you download it? I see it in the zip from the provided download link in the post

[psychrabi]

I redownloaded the driver now and i see the service.exe now

[mfol]

The download button on the job is not showing, why? I can't download the driver :(

[MolotovCherry]

The download button on the job is not showing, why? I can't download the driver :(

@fabiomilson You can click the name of the artifact (driver) to initiate download

[tristan-k]

Where is the documentation on how to use vdd-user-session-service.exe? The help flag isnt really telling much either:

 .\vdd-user-session-service.exe --help
Usage: vdd-user-session-service.exe [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -i, --install    Install the service
  -u, --uninstall  Uninstall the service
  -h, --help       Print help
  -V, --version    Print version

[MolotovCherry]

• .\vdd-user-session-service.exe --install

@tristan-k As it says in the first post:
As admin, run .\vdd-user-session-service.exe --install to install it
To uninstall it run as admin .\vdd-user-session-service.exe --uninstall

[yaole-A]

.\vdd-user-session-service.exe -i

[tristan-k]

So vdd-user-session-service.exe is just for installing the service but how do I create and edit virtual displays?

[yaole-A]

Will HDR be added to this latest driver later?

[yaole-A]

use the cli.exe to add monitor

[MolotovCherry]

@yaoleiliu I'll look into HDR when I have time, but right now there's no ETA since I've been very busy.

@tristan-k Use virtual-display-driver-cli.exe to control the virtual displays. How to use it is displayed in the help commands, including subcommands.

.\virtual-display-driver-cli.exe --help
.\virtual-display-driver-cli.exe <subcommand> --help