diff --git a/src/Fl_win32.cxx b/src/Fl_win32.cxx
index a97d3133d..aabce8fc6 100644
--- a/src/Fl_win32.cxx
+++ b/src/Fl_win32.cxx
@@ -2229,8 +2229,10 @@ void Fl_WinAPI_Window_Driver::makeWindow() {
   int nscreen = 0;
   if (w->parent()) {
     nscreen = Fl_Window_Driver::driver(w->top_window())->screen_num();
-  } else if (Fl_Window_Driver::driver(w)->force_position() && Fl_WinAPI_Window_Driver::driver(w)->screen_num_ >= 0) {
-    nscreen = Fl_Window_Driver::driver(w)->screen_num();
+  } else if (Fl_Window_Driver::driver(w)->force_position()) {
+    if (Fl_WinAPI_Window_Driver::driver(w)->screen_num_ >= 0)
+      nscreen = Fl_WinAPI_Window_Driver::driver(w)->screen_num_;
+    else nscreen = Fl::screen_num(w->x(), w->y());
   } else {
     Fl_Window *hint = Fl::first_window();
     if (hint) {
diff --git a/src/drivers/WinAPI/Fl_WinAPI_Screen_Driver.cxx b/src/drivers/WinAPI/Fl_WinAPI_Screen_Driver.cxx
index b1ddc9f91..72131dfe7 100644
--- a/src/drivers/WinAPI/Fl_WinAPI_Screen_Driver.cxx
+++ b/src/drivers/WinAPI/Fl_WinAPI_Screen_Driver.cxx
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void Fl_WinAPI_Screen_Driver::init()
   // we do a run-time check for the required functions...
   HMODULE hMod = GetModuleHandle("USER32.DLL");
 
-  if (hMod) {
+  if (hMod && num_screens < 0) {
     // check that EnumDisplayMonitors is available
     fl_edm_func fl_edm = (fl_edm_func)GetProcAddress(hMod, "EnumDisplayMonitors");
 
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ void Fl_WinAPI_Screen_Driver::init()
         //      NOTE: num_screens is incremented in screen_cb so we must first reset it here...
         num_screens = 0;
         fl_edm(0, 0, screen_cb, (LPARAM)this);
+        /*fprintf(stderr,"Screen coordinates as seen by Windows: num_screens=%d\n",num_screens);
+        for(int i=0; i<num_screens;i++)
+          fprintf(stderr,"screen_cb: n=%d left=%d right=%d top=%d bottom=%d\n",i,screens[i].left, screens[i].right,screens[i].top, screens[i].bottom);*/
         return;
       }
     }