For Windows 11 PCs with more than one monitor
Keep notification popups off your game and out of your way. Pick a monitor and a corner for free. Pro adds per-app rules, searchable history and automation.
Prefer a direct download? Download the installer (76.5 MB). It isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may warn you.
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Watch where a test notification lands, then turn moving off to see where Windows would have put it.
This is a simulation that runs in this page. It doesn't read your notifications or ask for any permission.
Monitor 1 · 4K at 150% · game running
Monitor 2 · 1080p at 100%
// pick a monitor and a corner, then send a test notification
Features
NotifyDock moves Windows' own popup instead of redrawing it, so buttons, replies and sounds keep working.
Mixed-resolution setup? Notifications land where you choose, even when your monitors use different scaling, like a 4K screen at 150% next to a 1080p one.
Fade them down to 10% opacity and turn on click-through, so a popup over your game never eats a click.
Give each app, word or pattern its own monitor and corner. Rules are checked in order and the first match wins; anything unmatched uses your Free placement.
Turn on history and search past notifications by app, title or text, kept only on your PC. When one carries a code, copy it with one click; it stays out of Windows clipboard history.
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NotifyDock watches for the Windows shell's notification window with an out-of-context SetWinEventHook and moves it with SetWindowPos and SWP_NOACTIVATE, so focus never changes. It is PerMonitorV2 DPI aware: when a notification moves to a monitor with a different scale, its size is worked out at that monitor's DPI and placed against that monitor's work area.
Opacity and click-through use WS_EX_LAYERED and WS_EX_TRANSPARENT. The window's original style is restored on pause, on exit and, after a crash, at the next start.
NotifyDock checks SHQueryUserNotificationState and whether the foreground window covers the whole target monitor, which also catches borderless fullscreen. When it does, the notification stays where Windows put it.
Rules, history and webhooks read notifications through Windows' UserNotificationListener API, which needs notification access in Windows Settings, plus UI Automation to match the popup on screen. Overlay cards are WS_EX_NOACTIVATE windows, so they don't take focus. History is a local SQLite database in %AppData%\NotifyDock.
Works with any number of monitors, with any mix of resolution and scaling, and with the standard notifications that slide in above the clock and also appear in the notification centre.
Can't move notifications Windows holds back. With Do not disturb on, or while you play fullscreen, Windows doesn't pop them up at all, so there's nothing to move. When several arrive at once, Windows pops up only the first.
The app names on this page are examples. Whether an app's notifications can be moved depends on whether it uses standard Windows notifications. The Free version is enough to check: send yourself one and see.
Free vs. Pro
Pro is one payment: no subscription and no account.
£0 Free forever, not a trial
Get it from the Microsoft StoreNo account, no key, no network connections.
£12 once · 3 PCs · all 1.x updates included
Buy Pro for £12Everything in Free, plus:
Unlocks in the app you already have; no second download. Works offline once activated.
No email? Check your junk folder, then contact support from the address you paid with. Moving to a new PC: see license help.
| Feature | Free £0 | Pro £12 once |
|---|---|---|
| Move notifications to any monitor and corner | ||
| Opacity and click-through | ||
| Run at startup and pause from the tray | ||
| Skip a monitor running a fullscreen app | One switch | Per rule |
| Per-app and keyword routing rules | ||
| Overlay cards: stacking, duration and sound | ||
| Searchable notification history and code copy | ||
| Webhooks and local commands | ||
| License | No account, no key | 3 PCs · all 1.x updates · works offline once activated |
Setup
Run the installer. It installs for your Windows account only, so there's no admin prompt. NotifyDock lives in the system tray; click its icon to open settings.
The installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may warn you. Check the SHA-256 before you run it, or install from the Microsoft Store instead.
Click a monitor in the preview, or pick one from the list, then choose a corner. You can add extra distance from the edge if you like.
Make sure Move notifications is on, then click Send test notification. Windows notifications now pop up there.
Who makes it
NotifyDock is built and supported by Vivaxo. Questions about the app or your license go to [email protected], and a real person replies.
FAQ
Moving a notification never takes focus from your game. NotifyDock doesn't inject code into, open or read the memory of any game, and installs no driver. It moves only Windows' own notification popup, plus, in Pro, its own overlay cards.
We haven't tested it against specific anti-cheat systems, so we can't promise how each one will react. If you find a problem with a game, tell us.
No. Free moves notifications to any monitor and corner for as long as you like, with no account, key or time limit. Pro is an optional upgrade for rules, history and automation.
One payment of £12 gets a license key for up to 3 of your PCs at a time, and every 1.x update. The version you have keeps working with your key; there's no subscription and nothing expires.
Pro unlocks inside the app you already installed. If you get a new PC, you can free your PCs and activate again.
Paste your key in settings → License and click Activate. NotifyDock contacts our license server once to activate, then works offline. When you're online it checks in about once a day, so a refunded or freed license switches off. Being offline never switches Pro off. Full details are in license help.
No. History is off until you turn it on, then it's kept in a local database on your PC for as many days as you choose (1–365, default 30). NotifyDock has no app telemetry.
Two things can leave your PC: notifications matching a webhook you set up, which go straight to the address you chose, and, with Pro, your license key and a hashed installation ID for the license check. See the privacy policy.
The installer isn't code-signed yet, and Windows SmartScreen warns about unsigned downloads it hasn't seen often. To check you have the genuine file, compare its SHA-256 with the one on the release page.
To avoid the warning, install NotifyDock from the Microsoft Store. It's the same app, and Pro unlocks in it with the same license key.
Notifications go straight back to normal. NotifyDock restores the popup's original style when you pause or quit, and cleans up anything left over from a crash at its next start.
Free forever for moving notifications. Pro is £12 once, for 3 PCs.