Help with broken display

My MacBook Pro screen has recently died. It is out of warrenty and without AppleCare. For the time being I have been using an external display with the hdmi out adapter. This has been fine apart from some slight issue with resolution. In trying to fix the resolution issue I have un-ticked the mirror image option from the display options. Giving me a secondary desktop and a primary desktop. I am unable to change anything back or use any of my applications as I am unable to view any of the primary display. I can only view the secondary desktop on my external display with just a blank background. Is there anyway this can be resolved so I can use the external monitor as my primary desktop/display? I appreciate any response and apologise for any bad grammar as I am typing this on an old iPhone 3GS.
Thank you.

I guess you could reset the PRAM.. then reboot.. once your computer senses the video cable it should display to the additional monitor.. I am not sure if the MacOS will sense the additional monitor as the "default" screen with the Finder menu bar or not..

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