DisplayFusion Advanced Settings

When this registry value is set (in HKLM) with a valid license key, this key overrides any value the user enters. You can use this setting to easily deploy and enforce license keys on many machines when you have a site license key. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This controls how fast the Alt+Tab handler will activate Aero Peek for a window preview. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This will force DisplayFusion to ignore Metro apps in its Alt+Tab handler.

Use this setting to force DisplayFusion to keep processing the Alt+Tab key combination, even when a blacklisted app (like mstsc.exe" is focused, but only when it's not maximized. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This setting is used to disable the global application hooks. This setting should rarely be used, as many DisplayFusion features depend on it. Only disable the application hooks if you are running into compatibility issues and you are troubleshooting. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This will disable any shell hooks that the application may use. This may cause issues if the application depends on them. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force DisplayFusion to use a custom Application Hook DLL file for testing purposes. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force DisplayFusion to use a custom Application Hook DLL file for testing purposes. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

When this setting is set to 0, DisplayFusion will pause the global hooks when it detects a full screen application. Using this override can have negative results, so it is highly recommended that you use the setting in the Compatibility tab instead to control this on a per-application basis. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

When this setting is enabled, you won't be prompted when loading a desktop icons profile.

When this setting is enabled, you won't be prompted to overwrite and existing desktop icons profile.

When this setting is enabled, you won't receive the "Profile saved successfully" confirmation.

Use this to override the default font family name being used in the UI. The default is usually Segoe UI. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force the default UI font size to a specific value. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to never use nice fonts on UI controls. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Overrides the default settings backup path.

Use this setting to force the application to never show an error if an API sync fails.

This setting will force any loading screens to not be shown.

Use this setting to not show the monitor ID's in the monitor selector window.

Use this setting to disable the new assembly resolver. This should only be used for troubleshooting and is not recommended. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to disable the settings auto-backups. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to disable the sound effects that are played when you toggle a DisplayFusion setting using a HotKey, or any other general sound effects that DisplayFusion might play.

The newer nVidia drivers have helper processes that are unnecessary while DisplayFusion is running, and can cause issues with DisplayFusion Monitor Splitting.

Use this setting to ignore hotkey bind failures.

Use this setting to disable tray and Growl notifications. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

When this setting is enabled, DisplayFusion will not use it's external process launcher. Enable this setting if you are having launching programs from DisplayFusion.

This setting is used to force DisplayFusion to run on all CPU cores. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This setting is used to force DisplayFusion to run on a single CPU core. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

When this setting is set to a value of 1, DisplayFusion will not add an icon to the system tray. You can access the DisplayFusion features via the Start Menu or desktop context menu items (if enabled). DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to hide the 'Our Apps' tab in the Settings window.

Enabling this setting will cause DisplayFusion to ignore all full screen windows. Any settings that depend on full screen window detection (like the "Pause wallpaper changes when full screen window detected" setting) won't work anymore. This setting is useful if you have an application that detects as full screen and is causing issues for you.

This setting causes DisplayFusion to ignore the specified monitors for things like "move to next monitor".

Use this setting to force the application to load invalid language files. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to show language file errors. This is useful if you are a product translator. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This setting is used to force DisplayFusion to treat your monitors in a specific order when using the "Move to Next Monitor" or "Move to Previous Monitor" HotKeys. By default, DisplayFusion will auto-detect the arrangement, but in certain situations it may be beneficial to manually specify the order. Just use a comma separated list of your monitor ID's (ex: "2, 4, 3, 1"). DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This setting is used to control the bottom side of the Mouse Lock region when locking to a Monitor. Specify a negative number to shrink the lock area, or a positive number to expand the lock area.

This setting is used to control the left side of the Mouse Lock region when locking to a Monitor. Specify a negative number to shrink the lock area, or a positive number to expand the lock area.

This setting is used to control the right side of the Mouse Lock region when locking to a Monitor. Specify a negative number to shrink the lock area, or a positive number to expand the lock area.

This setting is used to control the top side of the Mouse Lock region when locking to a Monitor. Specify a negative number to shrink the lock area, or a positive number to expand the lock area.

This setting is used to control the bottom side of the Mouse Lock region when locking to a Window. Specify a negative number to shrink the lock area, or a positive number to expand the lock area.

This setting is used to control the left side of the Mouse Lock region when locking to a Window. Specify a negative number to shrink the lock area, or a positive number to expand the lock area.

This setting is used to control the right side of the Mouse Lock region when locking to a Window. Specify a negative number to shrink the lock area, or a positive number to expand the lock area.

This setting is used to control the top side of the Mouse Lock region when locking to a Window. Specify a negative number to shrink the lock area, or a positive number to expand the lock area.

This setting allows the "Rollup Window to Hat" option to be visible in the Settings window. This is allowed by default on Steam versions of DisplayFusion. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

The setting forces DisplayFusion to run as a high priority process, instead of normal priority. This will cause the system to give DisplayFusion a higher priority and may help with performance issues on some systems. If both the low and high priority advanced settings are set, the high priority setting will override the low priority setting. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

The setting forces DisplayFusion to run as a low priority process, instead of normal priority. This will cause the system to give DisplayFusion less CPU time and will free up more CPU time for other applications running on the system. If both the low and high priority advanced settings are set, the high priority setting will override the low priority setting. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

When this setting is enabled, DisplayFusion won't give any special treatment to top-tab browser windows, like Firefox and Chrome. THis means that you'll be able to use DisplayFusion's middle-click move on the window, but it also means this may cause problems. Only enable this setting if you are using an older version of the browsers that don't have top-tabs.

By default DisplayFusion uses /e to open Windows Explorer folder windows, this will force DisplayFusion to use /n instead.

Use this setting to override the user agent that gets used to internal web requests. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to adjust the Window Highlight border size. The default is 5px, but you can increase this up to 50px if needed.

Use this setting to force the mirroring function to use the classic polling-style method, instead of the newer DWM rendering method.

Use this setting to control how long the confirmation prompt waits for a response before reverting your settings.

This setting will prevent the "different number of monitors" prompt from being shown.

This setting prevents DisplayFusion from showing the "Confirm" or "Revert" prompt after applying a new Monitor Configuration or loading a Monitor Profile. Enabling this setting is NOT recommended. If you set an invalid monitor configuration while this setting is enabled you will need to reboot to correct it.

This setting will force DisplayFusion to never show an error message if loading a Monitor Profile fails.

Use this setting to disable the live monitor previews in the Monitor Configuration window.

This setting forces DisplayFusion to use the older Windows XP-style monitor functions. This is not recommended unless you're having an issue that you're trying to troubleshoot. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This setting forces DisplayFusion to always show the window title text when using the Windows 7-style taskbar thumbnail previews. By default, the title text is hidden when grouping is disabled and the style is set to "Icons and Text".

This setting disables the taskbar auto-hide animations.

This setting toggles the little dragging arrows that appear when dragging a DisplayFusion Taskbar button.

This is a per-Taskbar setting, so create the key with the number of the Taskbar you want to set. For example, for the Taskbar on monitor #2, create a key called "Software\Binary Fortress Software\DisplayFusion\Taskbars\2\ClockSize" and set the value to "100" for 100 pixels. This setting will only be applied to the DisplayFusion taskbars, not the standard Windows taskbar. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This setting overrides the default clock text, which is the same as the Windows Clock text. If you are unfamiliar with the .NET datetime string formatting codes, you can use this guide (look at the "Dates" section):
String Formatting in C#

Do not include the { or } brackets shown in the guide when creating your clock formatting string.

You can also use some custom formatting strings:
Line Break:
Use \n to insert a line break and start a new line. There can only be 2 line breaks maximum in the text (for a total of 3 lines).

Show Week Number:
Use [Wxy] to show the current week number, filling in the "x" and "y" placeholders with this:

Replace the "x" with:
0: The first week of the year starts on the first day of the year and ends before the following designated first day of the week.
1: The first week of the year begins on the first occurrence of the designated first day of the week on or after the first day of the year.
2: The first week of the year is the first week with four or more days before the designated first day of the week.

Replace the "y" with:
0: Sunday, 1: Monday, 2: Tuesday, 3: Wednesday, 4: Thursday, 5: Friday, 6: Saturday

Examples:
[W00] to show the week number where the week begins January 1st
[W10] to show the week number where the week begins on a Sunday.
[W13] to show the week number where the week begins on a Wednesday.
[W22] to show the week number where the first week has 4 or more days before Tuesday.
[W24] to show the week number where the first week has 4 or more days before Thursday.

If you still need any assistance at all, please feel free to contact us.

This setting forces the clock text colour on the DisplayFusion taskbars to the specified colour. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force the taskbar clock text to be a certain font size. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This is a per-Taskbar setting, so create the key with the number of the Taskbar you want to set. For example, for the Taskbar on monitor #2, create a key called "Software\Binary Fortress Software\DisplayFusion\Taskbars\2\ClockTimeZone" and set the value to "Russian Standard Time" to use the local Russian time. This setting will only be applied to the DisplayFusion taskbars, not the standard Windows taskbar.

For a complete list of Time Zones available on your system, look at this registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This setting overrides the default clock tooltip text. Look at the "Clock Text" advanced setting for information on how to format this value.

This setting overrides the default tracking colours used when highlighting a taskbar button in Windows 7. Specify an RGB value using comma separated values. Ex: "255, 0, 0" is red, "0, 0, 255" is blue. Each integer value can range from 0-255 to create any colour. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This setting forces DisplayFusion to not show a mouse-over hover effect for its Taskbar clocks.

This will prevent DisplayFusion from loading the taskbar progress overlay values, possibly improving performance when some applications are running. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force DisplayFusion to ignore touch detection. If DisplayFusion detects that touch is enabled, it will make some controls larger (like the Show Desktop button). You can use this advanced setting to disable that. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force DisplayFusion to keep the Taskbar on-top when a Screen Saver is running.

This setting forces DisplayFusion to ignore any external start button images (Start8, StartIsBack... etc). DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

When this setting is enabled, DisplayFusion won't try to load the system Jump List items (recent, tasks... etc). If you are having problems with DisplayFusion crashing when a Jump List is trying to display, try enabling this setting.

This setting causes the taskbar button in the DisplayFusion taskbar to keep blinking until the window receives focus (when it requires attention).

This forces taskbar buttons to never flash.

This setting forces DisplayFusion to draw the Taskbars using the Windows Classic style instead of the current theme. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force DisplayFusion to only look at the App IDs when grouping taskbar buttons. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force DisplayFusion to only look at the filenames when grouping taskbar buttons. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force DisplayFusion to ignore any alternate Start Menus, like Start8, Classic Shell, StartIsBack... etc.

Use this setting to force DisplayFusion to "click" the Windows Start Button to invoke the Start Menu, instead of using a simulated Windows Key press.

This setting will remove the padding left for the Hot Corners. You should only enable this setting if you are disabling the Hot Corners in Windows 8. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force the shortcuts/pinned items to be a specific size. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force the shortcuts/pinned items to be a specific size. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force DisplayFusion to never prompt to disable the Windows 8 secondary Taskbar.

This setting forces DisplayFusion to create a taskbar on all monitors, even the monitor that has the Windows taskbar. This setting is used primarily for testing.

Use this setting to force DisplayFusion to sort the taskbar buttons in alphabetical order. Enabling this setting will have these side-effects:
- Taskbar buttons will no longer combine with pinned items
- Taskbar buttons and pinned items won't support drag/drop re-ordering DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Set this value to something less than 1 to shrink the Start Button, and use a value greater than 1 to expand the Start Button. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This setting overrides the auto-detected taskbar button gap size (the distance between the DisplayFusion taskbar buttons). DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

The controls how frequently DisplayFusion will poll for taskbar changes, including new applications, tray icon updates and more. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This setting overrides the auto-detected taskbar shortcut gap size (the distance between the DisplayFusion shortcuts). DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This setting is used to enable or disable the taskbar preview thumbnail's animation.

This setting is used to set a delay before the taskbar preview thumbnails are shown. The value is in milliseconds: 1000ms = 1 second.

This setting forces the DisplayFusion thumbnail window previews to be a specific size. This value sets the maximum width or height. For example, a value of 300 will force the preview window to be no bigger than 300x300, while maintaining the aspect ratio of the window.

This setting controls whether DisplayFusion shows a tooltip for each taskbar button or thumbnail preview item.

When this setting is set to 1 (disabled) DisplayFusion will ignore the Windows Key presses and won't try to open the Start Menu on the DisplayFusion Taskbars.

Use this setting to force the Windows taskbar to a specific monitor split ID, like "1.1" or "3.2". This will only move it to a split that is on the current primary monitor. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

You can use this setting to manually adjust the horizontal offset of the TitleBar Buttons. A value of -20 will shift the buttons to the left 20 pixels, and a value of 20 will shift the buttons to the right 20 pixels. You can use any value you want between -250 and 250. The per-application Compatibility setting in DisplayFusion takes precedence over this global setting.

You can use this setting to manually adjust the vertical offset of the TitleBar Buttons. A value of -20 will shift the buttons up 20 pixels, and a value of 20 will shift the buttons down 20 pixels. You can use any value you want between -250 and 250. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force the individual TitleBar button sizes to be a specific height. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force the individual TitleBar button sizes to be a specific width. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

You can use this setting to force DisplayFusion to use a specific image for the TitleBar Button background images. You need to specify the full page to the image (ex: "C:\images\mybuttons.png"). The image must contain 5 button images vertically stacked. You can use this TitleBar Button background template to get you started. Alternatively, you can just specify the word "classic" instead of a filename to force DisplayFusion to use the Windows classic mode buttons, instead of trying to auto-detect your theme's images. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to disable the right-click context menus on the TitleBar Buttons. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This will force DisplayFusion to never show a tooltip on the TitleBar buttons. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This setting will prevent DisplayFusion from hiding the TitleBar Buttons when there isn't enough room at the top of a Chrome or Firefox 4 window.

This setting will force DisplayFusion to not use the special TitleBar Button positioning functions available when using Windows Aero. If you are using font scaling and you notice that your TitleBar Buttons are positioned too far to the left, just set this setting to a value of "1" and restart DisplayFusion. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This setting forces DisplayFusion to draw the TitleBar Buttons using the Windows Classic style instead of the current theme. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force the TitleBar Button icons (the pictures inside the buttons) to be offset by the specified amount. To move the icons left by 2 pixels, just use a value of -2 or use a positive value to move them right. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force the TitleBar Button icons (the pictures inside the buttons) to be offset by the specified amount. To move the icons up by 2 pixels, just use a value of -2 or use a positive value to move them down. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to scale the TitleBar Buttons. 100 is normal, 200 is double size... etc. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force the TitleBar Buttons to use lighter icons instead of the darker icons in Windows 10 and 8. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force DisplayFusion not to add TitleBar Buttons to windows with a width lower than the value specified. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

If you want to make the TitleBar Button separators larger or smaller, use this setting. Specify the separator size in pixels.

This setting controls whether the TitleBar Button ToolTips contain extra debug information. This is useful for troubleshooting rogue TitleBar Buttons that don't appear to belong to a window.

You can use this settting to prevent DisplayFusion from shrinking the TitleBar Buttons when the window is too small. Set this value to 1 to prevent shrinking and have DisplayFusion hide the TitleBar Buttons instead.

Use this setting to force DisplayFusion to position the TitleBar Buttons while pretending that the windows are never maximized. This is helpful when you have positioning errors for all of your maximized windows. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to prevent the application from detecting if application windows are hung. Only enable this if customer support instructs you to. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Only enable this if customer support instructs you to. It can cause performance issues. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This setting can be used to force this application to never scale itself. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force the application to use a specific font scaling (DPI) value. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force the application to use a specific font scaling (DPI) value. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force the application to use the older method for focusing windows.

Use this setting to troubleshoot window focus issues.

Only use this setting if customer support instructs you to. It can cause performance issues. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Only enable this if customer support instructs you to. It can cause performance issues. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Only enable this if customer support instructs you to. It can cause performance issues. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Only enable this if customer support instructs you to. It can cause performance issues. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force the application to restrict the log to a smaller size, or let it grow to a much larger size. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force the application to try and trim it's memory usage. This can cause some performance issues. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This will force the application to never set anything to TopMost. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This will force the application to log all calls to the SetWindowPos function as L2 log lines. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

If you are having issues with wallpaper alignment give this setting a try.

If you are having issues with wallpaper alignment give this setting a try.

Some wallpaper sources (Websites, Videos... etc) only work correctly on newer versions of Windows. You can use this setting to force DisplayFusion to allow you to use these sources. Note: These sources will have bugs on unsupported versions of Windows.

Use this value to override the default value of 7 days. After X days, any images in the wallpaper changer history will be removed and able to be reused again. If you have more than 7 days worth of images in your wallpaper folder and would like to make sure that all images are shown before the history clears, set it to the max of 99999.

Use this setting to avoid seeing the wallpaper fix prompt message that opens the Wallpaper window when you click on it.

Enable this setting to prevent DisplayFusion from loading any random images when clicking the OK or Apply button in the Wallpaper window.

Use this setting to force DisplayFusion to never store an image history for local random images. This can improve performance, but reduce the perceived randomness.

Enable this setting to force DisplayFusion to use much less memory when selecting a local random image. This will greatly reduce the randomness, but will save memory as a trade-off.

This setting forces DisplayFusion to refresh the Windows desktop. This might cause flickering and is only for testing.

By default, the Website Wallpaper source will confine the website to the monitor's workarea. This setting forces the website to use the full bounds of the monitor, where some of it will be covered by the taskbar. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

This will force DisplayFusion to generate smaller, lower quality, compressed wallpaper images instead of generating larger uncompressed files.

Use this setting to manually control where DisplayFusion puts it's temporary, generated wallpaper files. It is recommended to leave this setting unchanged, but if you are in a corporate environment with roaming profiles (for example) changing this setting can save some space in your profile. The folder specified here will be automatically created if it doesn't exist. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to prevent DisplayFusion from loading images from sub-folders with the random image changer.

Use this value to override where DisplayFusion stores downloaded web images from online providers.

Use this value to restrict wallpaper paths to specific folders. For example:
C:\Images|C:\Data

This will only allow DisplayFusion to load images from these 2 folders. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

If you would like to run a program after each wallpaper change, you can use this registry key to do that. Set the WallpaperRunAfterProgram value to the program you'd like to run, and you can optionally set the WallpaperRunAfterParams to any parameters you want to pass to the program. You can use the $FILE$ variable to pass the generated wallpaper filename to the parameters.

Example #1:
WallpaperRunAfterProgram: C:\BGInfo\bginfo.exeWallpaperRunAfterParams: "C:\BGInfo\settings.bgi" /timer:0
This example will run the BGInfo application after each wallpaper change, using the BGInfo settings saved in the "settings.bgi" file.

Example #2:WallpaperRunAfterProgram: C:\MyProgram\myprogram.exeWallpaperRunAfterParams: /FILE:"$FILE$" /otheroptions
This example will run your custom application that you are using to post-process the generated wallpaper image. The generated wallpaper image path will be passed through the $FILE$ variable.

It is HIGHLY recommended that you disable the "Fix my wallpaper automatically" setting, or else DisplayFusion will constantly try to fix the new wallpaper. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

These are the parameters to pass to the "Run Program After Wallpaper Change" advanced setting. Use $FILE$ in the parameters as a placeholder for the generated wallpaper filename. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to force DisplayFusion to show a confirmation prompt when applying new Wallpaper settings. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

Use this setting to manually control the amount of time in seconds to wait before changing the wallpaper after DisplayFusion starts-up. The default is 30 seconds, but if your system takes longer to fully start-up, or you want to wait for a few minutes after start-up, just specify a larger value here. DisplayFusion must be restarted for this setting to take effect.

By default DisplayFusion uses an external process to set the wallpaper. This setting forces DisplayFusion to process the wallpaper images internally.

This setting will force DisplayFusion to use the original size images from WallpaperFusion, instead of downloading images that match your monitor's resolution.

This setting forces DisplayFusion to use an alternate window move method that doesn't cause any window animation. The move is instant (with no animation), but unfortunately isn't compatible with all applications. Please use this setting at your own risk, and if any application windows fail to move correctly disable this setting.