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Conky opens in wrong position/monitor

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I'm new to Mint but not to Conky, after this switch in OS I can't seem to get my Conky to open in the right place. I've resolved several compatibility issues Ubuntu/Mint nad have it displaying good but when it starts, one of my conkys opens on the wrong monitor. It's seems like the weirdest thing to me. Never had this happen before. My weather will open on my lest monitor as it should but the hardware opens on the right monitor. If I take one line out and save the file, it closes then reopens in the correct position, but as a window. Reinsert that line and save, it closes then opens in the correct place.
Anything that should have to do with position should be in here.
First is for my hardware monitor...

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####
## Create own window instead of using desktop?
#
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

####
## Force images to redraw when they change.
#
imlib_cache_size 0

####
## Use double buffering? Reduces flicker.
#
double_buffer yes

####
## Draw shades?
#
draw_shades no

####
## Draw outlines?
#
draw_outline yes # amplifies text if yes

####
## Draw borders around text?
#
draw_borders no

####
## Draw borders around graphs?
#
draw_graph_borders no

####
## Print text to stdout?
## Print text in console?
#
out_to_ncurses no
out_to_console no

####
## Text alignment.
#
alignment top_left

####
## Minimum size of the text area.
## Syntax: minimum_size [width] [height]
#
minimum_size 260 1394

####
## Maximum width of the text area.
## Syntax: maximum_width [width]
#
maximum_width 280

####
## Gap between text and screen borders.
#
gap_x 6	 ## Right / Left
gap_y 6  ## Top / Bottom

####
## Shorten MiB/GiB to M/G in stats.
#
short_units yes

####
## Pad % symbol spacing after numbers.
#
pad_percents 0

####
## Pad spacing between text and borders.
#
border_inner_margin 4

####
## Subtract file system -/+buffers/cache from used memory?
## Set to yes, to produce meaningful physical memory stats.
#
no_buffers yes

####
## Set to yes, if you want all text to be in UPPERCASE.
#
uppercase no

####
## Number of cpu samples to average.
## Set to 1 to disable averaging.
#
cpu_avg_samples 3

####
## Number of net samples to average.
## Set to 1 to disable averaging.
#
net_avg_samples 2

####
## Add spaces to keep things from moving around?
## Only affects certain objects.
#
use_spacer left
Second is for my weather conky, which starts up in the correct place.

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# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# fiddle with window
use_spacer left
use_xft yes

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 3

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 355 500
maximum_width 355

override_utf8_locale yes

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Text stuff
draw_outline yes # amplifies text if yes
draw_borders no
#font freesans -12
xftfont Arial:size=9
uppercase no # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 3

# border margins
#border_margin 9

# border width
border_width 10

# Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5
default_color cbcbcb

own_window_colour brown
own_window_transparent yes

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 310
gap_y 15
The line I need to remove for my hardware monitor to start in the right place is here

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own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
That makes no sense to me why that line makes it display on the wrong monitor much less the wrong position.
Any ideas ?

They aren't auto starting on boot-up either and I'm sure my start files are correct, this has all worked on Ubuntu, but not Mint. I'm starting them in terminal for now.
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