How do I get the actual Monitor name? as seen in the resolution dialog

Question

I am trying to grab the friendly name for the monitors on my system. I am using C#.

I have tried Screen, which just gives me //./DisplayXX.

Answer 1

From here: Get Exact Monitor/Display/Screen Name

Well, this question is old, however, as for the sake of google redirects, I suggest my 'WindowsDisplayAPI' library.

https://www.nuget.org/packages/WindowsDisplayAPI

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Using the library, there are multiple ways to get the display name. The simplest way is:

foreach (var display in Display.GetDisplays())
{
    Console.WriteLine(display.DeviceName);
}

But this is using the old API, if you are sure that your program targets at least Windows Vista, I suggest the following code:

foreach (var target in DisplayConfig.PathDisplayTarget.GetDisplayTargets())
{
    Console.WriteLine(target.FriendlyName);
}