Binary Fortress Discussions RSS https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?All=1 Binary Fortress Discussions RSS Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:58:26 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?All=1 RE: Latest update broke my setup and I don't think I can get it to work again https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/latest-update-broke-my-setup-and-i-dont-think-i-can-get-it-to-work-again/?ID=0193b81e-e46e-74cd-8c84-baa871182559#26 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:30:35 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/latest-update-broke-my-setup-and-i-dont-think-i-can-get-it-to-work-again/?ID=0193b81e-e46e-74cd-8c84-baa871182559#26 DisplayFusion Still no way to fix this bug? Only version 10.1.2 doesn't have this issue, every new update I try updating here and the issue is always there, does it work in other ultrawide monitors? Is this issue specific to my monitor? ]]> RE: DF Taskbar only shows one Process Explorer Icon in the System Tray https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/df-taskbar-only-shows-one-process-explorer-icon-in-the-system-tray/?ID=019aa3fc-97ce-7286-a834-e76a777e86c3#10 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:54:25 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/df-taskbar-only-shows-one-process-explorer-icon-in-the-system-tray/?ID=019aa3fc-97ce-7286-a834-e76a777e86c3#10 DisplayFusion Okay, here are the registry settings. I am stilll having the same thing happen in DF 12.1 Beta 2 on Windows 11 25H2 - three icons show up in the Windows taskbar, and one icon shows up in the DF taskbar. ]]> RE: 12.1-Beta2: Alt-Tab selects random windows and skips others https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/121-beta2-alt-tab-selects-random-windows-and-skips-others/?ID=019d8164-5f0d-75d2-bb4c-b231fac30c6c#4 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:51:18 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/121-beta2-alt-tab-selects-random-windows-and-skips-others/?ID=019d8164-5f0d-75d2-bb4c-b231fac30c6c#4 DisplayFusion I have the same problem. alt+tab is not switching to last active window anymore. Beta1 worked fine.
Win10 Pro, Steam Version of DF, Alt+Tab-Setting is "on active screen all opened windows"
if I deactivate it, te windows-alt-tab-switcher works correct.
main-screen or all-screens and all opened windows => same problem
on current screen only windows from this screen => same problem ]]> DF 12.1 Beta 2 - Stop Function fails https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/df-121-beta-2-stop-function-fails/?ID=019d92a8-9f29-7026-a468-04da9fd3d967 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:40:18 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/df-121-beta-2-stop-function-fails/?ID=019d92a8-9f29-7026-a468-04da9fd3d967 DisplayFusion I have a function that runs when a new window opens to move the window to the monitor holding the mouse, and to move the window near the mouse if it is small, and to move the window so it doesn't go off-screen or under the (top) taskbar I am using. Occasionally the function hangs up (haven't figured out why) and the DF Function running icon stays in the System Tray.

In previous versions of DF, I would right-click and select Stop Function and it would (I guess) stop and the icon would disappear. In DF 12.1 Beta 2, when I select Stop Function, the icon remains and when I right-click and attempt to select Stop Function, I can't, as the menu item won't highlight and clicks are ignored.

DF Pro 12.1 Beta 2
Windows 11 (25H2) 26200.8246 ]]> RE: The same image is displayed frequently as the random wallpaper. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/the-same-image-is-displayed-frequently-as-the-random-wallpaper/?ID=019d8150-ec12-7660-9d97-071ebe464592#5 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:52:16 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/the-same-image-is-displayed-frequently-as-the-random-wallpaper/?ID=019d8150-ec12-7660-9d97-071ebe464592#5 DisplayFusion Just in case someone at Binary Fortress decides to implement this change, here are a couple of additional thoughts:

1. Re the filename list DF selects from, it would be more efficient to write the file once, randomize it, then just increment the pointer by 1 each time a new image is selected. This way there is only one disk write every 50,000 image changes (following the original posters numbers). Just keep track of the pointer in a registry entry. And when you get to the end of the list, make a new one.

2. Ideally there would be three options for how the filename list would be built:

(a) Have one single list shared by all display splits on all monitors.
(b) Have one list per monitor, so all display splits on a single monitor would share a list, but each monitor would have its own filename list.
(c) Each display split would have its own filename list (this is what DF has currently, and is the most resource intensive of the three options).

3. If you want to get fancy, you can include an option to rebuild the filename list "now".

While my expectations are low that this will ever happen, I can hope..... ]]> RE: The same image is displayed frequently as the random wallpaper. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/the-same-image-is-displayed-frequently-as-the-random-wallpaper/?ID=019d8150-ec12-7660-9d97-071ebe464592#4 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:36:28 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/the-same-image-is-displayed-frequently-as-the-random-wallpaper/?ID=019d8150-ec12-7660-9d97-071ebe464592#4 DisplayFusion Owen, sandmann
Thank you for your reply.:laugh:

First, I will try "Days to Expire History Images."
I will also check if the phenomenon sandmann described occurs.

I would be happy if a random feature that users like me can enjoy is developed in the future.

- Over 50,000 files
- Multiple directories
- Over 20 screen splits
- Change to the next wallpaper every 3 minutes ]]> RE: DF 12.1 Beta 2 - Titlebar icons dropped with this release https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/df-121-beta-2-titlebar-icons-dropped-with-this-release/?ID=019d8828-0fba-7766-9419-4a4c80b8937c#3 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:34:22 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/df-121-beta-2-titlebar-icons-dropped-with-this-release/?ID=019d8828-0fba-7766-9419-4a4c80b8937c#3 DisplayFusion Thanks, Owen. I did change one field value that seemed to be new. Just wanted to be sure it wasn't a glitch. ]]> RE: DF 12.1 Beta 2 - Titlebar icons dropped with this release https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/df-121-beta-2-titlebar-icons-dropped-with-this-release/?ID=019d8828-0fba-7766-9419-4a4c80b8937c#2 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:07:22 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/df-121-beta-2-titlebar-icons-dropped-with-this-release/?ID=019d8828-0fba-7766-9419-4a4c80b8937c#2 DisplayFusion We made some changes on the backend for the titlebar buttons, you may have to update some values to get them in the correct location :) ]]> RE: Taskbar - Visible while hidden, show hidden icons appears in top left, taskbars interacting with other apps https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-visible-while-hidden-show-hidden-icons-appears-in-top-left-taskbars-interacting-with-other-apps/?ID=019d63e7-60a9-7155-97b6-e9b423a860f0#4 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:03:47 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-visible-while-hidden-show-hidden-icons-appears-in-top-left-taskbars-interacting-with-other-apps/?ID=019d63e7-60a9-7155-97b6-e9b423a860f0#4 DisplayFusion Thanks for sending that over.

1. We try to mimic the Windows taskbar as best we can, and it doesn't fully auto hide either. This isn't something we would likely change

2. Are you using another application to hide the Windows taskbar, like taskbar magic?

3. Yeah there isn't really a way around that. You could add a hotkey to the "Toggle multi-monitor taskbar" function, and toggle it before/after you take a snippit

5. Is there a specific app you're having trouble with that I can test here? ]]> RE: DF 11.2 Beta 5 & now 12.0 - Split monitor wallpapers not loading https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/df-112-beta-5-now-120-split-monitor-wallpapers-not-loading/?ID=0198d7ed-5c64-7228-9258-c0073cfd306d#34 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:39:31 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/df-112-beta-5-now-120-split-monitor-wallpapers-not-loading/?ID=0198d7ed-5c64-7228-9258-c0073cfd306d#34 DisplayFusion The images are quite big, so the compression to get it to fit within the size limit seems to be taking around a minute. The next image is trying to load on rotation but it's still trying to load the previous one, I think that's why it looks like nothing is happening. Can you try setting the interval to something really high, like 5 or 10 minutes, and see if that makes a difference? ]]> RE: The same image is displayed frequently as the random wallpaper. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/the-same-image-is-displayed-frequently-as-the-random-wallpaper/?ID=019d8150-ec12-7660-9d97-071ebe464592#3 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:32:17 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/the-same-image-is-displayed-frequently-as-the-random-wallpaper/?ID=019d8150-ec12-7660-9d97-071ebe464592#3 DisplayFusion While Owen is technically correct, as a practical matter this option is useless if you have more than a couple dozen image files.

This is a design problem with DF I have mentioned multiple times. In short, DF does a complete directory enumeration every single time a wallpaper image changes. That means enumerating 50,000 directory files in your case, creating a hash table for each entry, and building a database with those 50,000 files. But it doesn't do this once, it does it 20 times, once for each display split, every single time the wallpaper image changes. Then the 7-day history lookup adds even more compute demand.

This entails a huge overhead and DF simply can't keep up so wherever the pointer was last time is where it starts from again, and if there are not enough CPU cycles available, it just picks the current entry, or maybe the next entry in the database.

I've been over this with Keith, and he insists that enumerating directories is fast and doesn't take up much time. My experience tells me otherwise.

I made a request several years ago to change this so that DF builds a list of files once, from 1 to N, then randomly selects a file until the list is empty. Then makes a new list.

Conceptually this is simpler, with much much less demand on the CPU and OS and disk drives. And the code to implement this is much less convoluted than the current scheme.

So the request is there, but unless zillions of DF users request it, nothing will happen.

BTW, there is other software that works the way I describe, but I haven't found one that also supports display splitting. ]]> RE: All Taskbars show all windows https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/all-taskbars-show-all-windows/?ID=019ba528-b89c-7689-bf05-b58662126f6a#12 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:58:55 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/all-taskbars-show-all-windows/?ID=019ba528-b89c-7689-bf05-b58662126f6a#12 DisplayFusion Thank you. ]]> DF 12.1 Beta 2 - Titlebar icons dropped with this release https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/df-121-beta-2-titlebar-icons-dropped-with-this-release/?ID=019d8828-0fba-7766-9419-4a4c80b8937c Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:43:40 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/df-121-beta-2-titlebar-icons-dropped-with-this-release/?ID=019d8828-0fba-7766-9419-4a4c80b8937c DisplayFusion Hi,

I had my titlebar buttons set to align vertically with the typical Windows minimize, maximize, and close buttons. After this release, my icons are lowered vertically. Anyone else notice this?

Thanks! ]]> RE: 12.1-Beta2: Alt-Tab selects random windows and skips others https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/121-beta2-alt-tab-selects-random-windows-and-skips-others/?ID=019d8164-5f0d-75d2-bb4c-b231fac30c6c#3 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:31:15 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/121-beta2-alt-tab-selects-random-windows-and-skips-others/?ID=019d8164-5f0d-75d2-bb4c-b231fac30c6c#3 DisplayFusion I'm not sure which one is relevant here, these are the settings I could find (I'm on 12.0.2-Beta7 right now but I believe these settings carry over upon updating/downgrading, at least I haven't changed any settings and it still works with this version).

https://imgur.com/a/zuGSxnJ

https://imgur.com/a/PxKig8E
]]> RE: 12.1-Beta2: Alt-Tab selects random windows and skips others https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/121-beta2-alt-tab-selects-random-windows-and-skips-others/?ID=019d8164-5f0d-75d2-bb4c-b231fac30c6c#2 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:09:32 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/121-beta2-alt-tab-selects-random-windows-and-skips-others/?ID=019d8164-5f0d-75d2-bb4c-b231fac30c6c#2 DisplayFusion Which AltTab mode are you using? ]]> RE: Order of taskbar icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/order-of-taskbar-icons/?ID=9677ffc0-925a-4c8d-aec8-6fcf04438861#4 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:08:40 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/order-of-taskbar-icons/?ID=9677ffc0-925a-4c8d-aec8-6fcf04438861#4 DisplayFusion This isn't something we've added in, sorry! ]]> RE: The same image is displayed frequently as the random wallpaper. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/the-same-image-is-displayed-frequently-as-the-random-wallpaper/?ID=019d8150-ec12-7660-9d97-071ebe464592#2 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:37:10 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/the-same-image-is-displayed-frequently-as-the-random-wallpaper/?ID=019d8150-ec12-7660-9d97-071ebe464592#2 DisplayFusion By default DisplayFusion will scrap the stored image history every 7 days and re-use images. You can set that value higher if you would like though with this advanced setting: https://www.displayfusion.com/AdvancedSettings/?Version=12.0.99.102#wallpaper_daystoexpirehistoryimages ]]> RE: Multimonitor Taskbar Disables Itself https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-taskbar-disables-itself/?ID=019d79cd-ced1-77fb-b6de-9dd052839f35#2 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:39:54 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-taskbar-disables-itself/?ID=019d79cd-ced1-77fb-b6de-9dd052839f35#2 DisplayFusion In the DisplayFusion Settings > Taskbar tab, is the "Enable multi-monitor taskbars" setting itself being disabled? ]]> RE: Order of taskbar icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/order-of-taskbar-icons/?ID=9677ffc0-925a-4c8d-aec8-6fcf04438861#3 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:10:36 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/order-of-taskbar-icons/?ID=9677ffc0-925a-4c8d-aec8-6fcf04438861#3 DisplayFusion
Quote:
This is currently on our feature request list, and I've added your info to it. We'll be sure to let you know when we're able to implement it :)

Thanks!


Hi, I'm curious if this feature will be implemented in the future as well. I would love to have my DisplayFusion taskbar mimics the same icon orders as my main taskbar! ]]> RE: A variant on the black wallpaper problem https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/a-variant-on-the-black-wallpaper-problem/?ID=019d7540-a76d-74d4-ad32-5e3505842681#3 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:24:16 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/a-variant-on-the-black-wallpaper-problem/?ID=019d7540-a76d-74d4-ad32-5e3505842681#3 DisplayFusion I'm not actually sure what you mean by 'the DisplayFusion wallpaper'. And having looked in the program folder, there doesn't appear to be an obvious image file that would count as wallpaper.

But otherwise I followed the steps and after choosing a standard windows wallpaper, nothing changed. Reverts to black screen. ]]> RE: Programs are appearing when using Alt+Tab (when they normally do not appear) https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/programs-are-appearing-when-using-alttab-when-they-normally-do-not-appear/?ID=019c3664-a34a-74ab-82dc-bef542f55430#7 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:11:15 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/programs-are-appearing-when-using-alttab-when-they-normally-do-not-appear/?ID=019c3664-a34a-74ab-82dc-bef542f55430#7 DisplayFusion Problem resolved, thanks! ]]> 12.1-Beta2: Alt-Tab selects random windows and skips others https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/121-beta2-alt-tab-selects-random-windows-and-skips-others/?ID=019d8164-5f0d-75d2-bb4c-b231fac30c6c Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:12:12 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/121-beta2-alt-tab-selects-random-windows-and-skips-others/?ID=019d8164-5f0d-75d2-bb4c-b231fac30c6c DisplayFusion In 12.1-Beta2 (not sure about Beta1 and other versions since 12.0.2-Beta7 because I wasn't able to use those due to other bugs they had), Alt-Tab started to select random windows and seems to be prioritizing some of them or going through all windows instead of going back and forth between the latest 2.

Example1:
1. have 5 Firefox windows open
2. select at least 3 of them one after another, now window5 is open
3. try to use alt-tab to switch back to window4
4. either some other Firefox window (window1, window2 or window3) or some other program will be selected

Example2:
1. have 2 applications open, can be anything
2. have Discord open and minimize it
2. activate app1
3. activate app2
4. try to tab back to app1
5. Discord will be selected instead

Can't find any pattern in it, it seems some apps are being prioritized (like Discord), minimizing them also plays a factor somehow, sometimes it seems like it will just go over all the windows in some random order instead of back and forth between the last 2 used. ]]> The same image is displayed frequently as the random wallpaper. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/the-same-image-is-displayed-frequently-as-the-random-wallpaper/?ID=019d8150-ec12-7660-9d97-071ebe464592 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:50:58 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/the-same-image-is-displayed-frequently-as-the-random-wallpaper/?ID=019d8150-ec12-7660-9d97-071ebe464592 DisplayFusion I purchased this software.

It's a very good software, and I'm grateful for it.

However, the same image is selected many times as the random wallpaper.

I've divided my desktop into 20 sections.

I have 50,000 target images.

Even with this, the probability of the same image being selected is high.

After about a week, the image set seems to change, but even during that week, the same image is frequently selected.

I would like the random selection to be truly random. ]]> Multimonitor Taskbar Disables Itself https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-taskbar-disables-itself/?ID=019d79cd-ced1-77fb-b6de-9dd052839f35 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:50:24 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-taskbar-disables-itself/?ID=019d79cd-ced1-77fb-b6de-9dd052839f35 DisplayFusion Display Fusion Pro 12.0.2
Windows 11 (25H2) (26200.8037)

Monitor 1 - 2560x1440 - Main-
Monitor 2 - 1920x1080 - Aux - this is the monitor the task bar is being disabled on.

I'm not sure what is causing it, possibly alt-tabbing. ]]> RE: Discord badges not showing up on taskbar https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/discord-badges-not-showing-up-on-taskbar/?ID=176ab4e5-80cc-42d2-b738-c6d377820e36#13 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:33:59 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/discord-badges-not-showing-up-on-taskbar/?ID=176ab4e5-80cc-42d2-b738-c6d377820e36#13 DisplayFusion Seems to be fixed in 12.1-Beta2. ]]>