PS CS4 & 2 monitors

I use two monitors.
In previous versions PS remembered which monitor you were working on images. When you opened a new image it opened it in the same monitor you were working in.
Now it always opens it in the same monitor, which in my case is the wrong one.
It has become a drag to keep dragging the window to the monitor I want.
Does anyone have a work around or a preference setting or is Adobe going to fix this?
thanks
bob

Good morning (at least here in Berlin).
Well, it does not work. As the first poster wrote, "In previous versions PS remembered which monitor you were working on images. " CS 4 does not remember anymore, this is very annoying. But, I see, many have this problem, it seems still unresolved. My workaround up to now is this:
- leave in the settings "application frame" checked and save this workspace. Now, it will remember and open the new files in the application frame on the big screen.
- then, when all the files have been opened, uncheck the "application frame" but do not save the working space again. Now, the application frame is gone, but all the pictures are still open on the second monitor, just like they were in CS 2.
I understand you answer that "I do not have to use the CS 4... " as sarcastic. Is it?

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