Presentation Director shows slideshow on LCD although using extended display

Hi,
I'm using Presentation Directory and set a scheme to have an extended display.
When using PowerPoint's slideshow it is shown on the main LCD and I'm unable to show it on the extended display. I've tried several steps e.g. first move the presentation to the extnded and then slideshow but nothing helped.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Beery

clone is the replication of the same thing, so basically your two screen displays exactly the same image. What you see on your laptop LCD is what is seen on the second display.
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