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Binary Fortress Discussions RSS https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?All=1 Binary Fortress Discussions RSS Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:13:11 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?All=1 RE: Hotkey to trigger sleep mode on monitors. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/hotkey-to-trigger-sleep-mode-on-monitors/?ID=0aeab768-2cca-4a51-a027-fd04bb7fa358#8 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:49:34 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/hotkey-to-trigger-sleep-mode-on-monitors/?ID=0aeab768-2cca-4a51-a027-fd04bb7fa358#8 DisplayFusion Votes added

]]> RE: Launched pinned program creates new taskbar item and has different exe name in right click menu? https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/launched-pinned-program-creates-new-taskbar-item-and-has-different-exe-name-in-right-click-menu/?ID=019c61ce-6f9b-7050-9cce-c867c6e206d4#9 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:43:17 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/launched-pinned-program-creates-new-taskbar-item-and-has-different-exe-name-in-right-click-menu/?ID=019c61ce-6f9b-7050-9cce-c867c6e206d4#9 DisplayFusion I thought the issue was fixed as I had a few days with 0 issues but it did occur again today:

Streamlabs Chatbot didnt launch on its pinned icon and doesnt display the correct exe name.

Elite Observatory HAS the correct EXE name but didnt launch on its pinned icon - this one is slightly different though, as it initially launched on its icon, then the program opens a progress bar and that seems to trigger it to move to a new taskbar icon - this hasnt happened previously though, seems to be a new symptom but repeatable.
Attached a video to help explain it better ]]> RE: "Display Fusion Photos" slideshow screen-saver no longer works with arrow-key navigation. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/display-fusion-photos-slideshow-screen-saver-no-longer-works-with-arrow-key-navigation/?ID=019c64ba-0d55-76e6-9720-43f4ced39e2d#4 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:33:30 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/display-fusion-photos-slideshow-screen-saver-no-longer-works-with-arrow-key-navigation/?ID=019c64ba-0d55-76e6-9720-43f4ced39e2d#4 DisplayFusion Much appreciated! I had a chance to test and it seems to be working well with a single arrow-key press. I'm so glad to have this functionality, thanks for looking into it!

If you could also find time, at some point, to add the option to open the photo location on a button press, that would be awesome. That said, I'm more than happy enough just being able to navigate screen saver photos again. ]]> RE: DF slow to close during shutdown https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/df-slow-to-close-during-shutdown/?ID=019578df-09cb-712f-a082-8847a1c653fa#23 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:49:43 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/df-slow-to-close-during-shutdown/?ID=019578df-09cb-712f-a082-8847a1c653fa#23 DisplayFusion 12.1(Beta2) fixed the issue for me. Thanks a lot, much appreciated!

]]> RE: 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#2 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:46:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/df-121-beta-2-stop-function-fails/?ID=019d92a8-9f29-7026-a468-04da9fd3d967#2 DisplayFusion Could you send the function over so we can test it here? ]]> 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#5 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:42:42 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#5 DisplayFusion I was able to reproduce this here, we'll add it to our list to look into.

thanks! ]]> 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#4 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:25:46 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/a-variant-on-the-black-wallpaper-problem/?ID=019d7540-a76d-74d4-ad32-5e3505842681#4 DisplayFusion Are you able to send a video of the issue? ]]> 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#35 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:42:45 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#35 DisplayFusion

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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?

I tried your suggestion and initially it seemed to work, but then I found that it was getting confused between the current profile, and the previous one. It would set a wallpaper from the previous profile while I was trying to get it to load the next wallpaper in the current profile. Obviously these are extreme cases, but still strange. Again, this has only been an issue in the last couple of version releases.

Seems to possibly be a rendering pipeline issue? Like it's too slow handling large images? Could that be made more efficient somehow? ]]> RE: Hotkey to trigger sleep mode on monitors. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/hotkey-to-trigger-sleep-mode-on-monitors/?ID=0aeab768-2cca-4a51-a027-fd04bb7fa358#7 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:22:59 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/hotkey-to-trigger-sleep-mode-on-monitors/?ID=0aeab768-2cca-4a51-a027-fd04bb7fa358#7 DisplayFusion I'm also interested in this ]]> RE: Is it possible to toggle HDR when switching monitor profiles? https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-it-possible-to-toggle-hdr-when-switching-monitor-profiles/?ID=736605ff-297a-4878-bbfe-6e8fbb18b84f#20 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:56:32 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/is-it-possible-to-toggle-hdr-when-switching-monitor-profiles/?ID=736605ff-297a-4878-bbfe-6e8fbb18b84f#20 DisplayFusion Any news on this feature? Just wanted to throw my usecase in the ring:

Quest 3/VR support for HDR streaming to a headset is not ideal at the moment. I sim race in VR, and before I start I have a monitor profile configured in DisplayFusion I switch to.

Every time I do this, I have to manually turn off HDR today as DisplayFusion can't configure this attribute of a display output. Given all the other things DisplayFusion supports in display profiles, the ommision of toggling HDR on/off looks increasingly odd?

I am aware of Windows 11's recent addition of a keyboard shortcut to toggle HDR (win + alt + B), but ideally this should all work off the single keyboard shortcut to switch DisplayFusion profiles. ]]> 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).

]]> 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? ]]>