Getting second monitor settings to 'stick'

Hopefully I'm missing something obvious...
Is there a way to get LR2 to remember my choices/settings for the second monitor? I like to have it show the live loupe at 1:1, but every time I relaunch it's back to 'Normal' loupe and fit-to-screen. (On a MacBook Pro with the external monitor as the 'main' display, btw)

I apologize for bumping my own message, but I'd really like to find a solution for this. Or at least a confirmation that this is the normal (bad) behavior.

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