DisplayFusion RSS: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1 DisplayFusion RSS: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing Sat, 09 May 2026 15:13:29 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1 RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#49 Wed, 01 May 2024 01:51:37 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#49 DisplayFusion well now Mozilla Thunderbird has started doing the titlebar issue, it definitely was not doing it earlier today or yesterday. I think sometime tomorrow I can try what you have asked. ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#48 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:49:11 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#48 DisplayFusion Ok, could you create a new discussions topic for the titlebar button thing, and include a debug log?

  • On the DisplayFusion Settings > Troubleshooting tab, change the Logging drop-down to "L1: Log Minimal" and click Apply
  • Reproduce the issue and note the time so we'll know where to check in the log file
  • Click the "Export Info to File" button on the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
  • Reply with the file attached
  • Disable debug logging after sending the log

Thanks! ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#47 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:55:09 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#47 DisplayFusion The red x hung taskbar thing seems to be good now. The titlebar issue only happens on:
1)SichboPVR4
2) a very old EPG guide app called TVG (https://tvguide.sourceforge.net/index.shtml, NOT the jre app mentioned previously) that has not been updated since 2007 and I have tinkered with several compatability settings for
3) The native Microsoft Media Player app I think I got from the Microsoft store or was automatically installed. You could easily try that one on your test bed.
My comment about how a maximized window encroaches on the other monitor isn't visible for every app, and the pvr app is probably going full screen mode, not a maximized window. The media player app is definitely a maximized window that does not encroach on the other display and has the titlebar button issue. ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#46 Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:30:29 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#46 DisplayFusion Does that titlebar button thing happen on all applications? ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#45 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:47:48 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#45 DisplayFusion Well now I cannot reproduce the Excel issue, or the other common version where I have multiple Explorer windows open and copy a file from one to the other. In the past when I did that and closed one window long after the copy would be done, I got the red x and a file copy progress window that was hung at a certain percentage. But that issue gone now too.
These issues were always intermittent, I will reply if they happen again, thanks for your quick reply!
Also the titlebar button issue seems related to the window size. On this Dell Precision M4800 laptop with the nVidia Quadro 2100M graphics card there has always been an issue when using two HDMI connected displays (internal display "disconnected"). One display's range overlaps into the other display by a few pixels. This wasn't a problem for your app before, but now the titlebar buttons dissappear if the video window is sized to "full" because that makes it intrude on the other display a few pixels, which turns off your titlebar buttons now. If I manually drag the window size to its own display your buttons reappear. Maybe there isnt even an issue because the Move To Next Display is the only title button I use, so probably it should dissapear if the window is encroaching on the other display. ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#44 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:20:32 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#44 DisplayFusion @John: We made some taskbar code changes to resolve this issue. I can't reproduce it using your steps with Excel, any chance you could capture a video showing the issue? ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#43 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:15:20 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#43 DisplayFusion was your hope that the issue was resolved based on code changes for how the taskbars function, or something about the upgrade to .NET 8 ? Does .NET affect your app with video windows? ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#42 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:11:34 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#42 DisplayFusion Sorry, way worse for me now. My usual error is when I open an Excel instance from a file, then open another file in that instance, then open a new instance for a different file (as I mentioned previously I have to use different instances for some files because of some sloppy vba code addressing I wrote).
When I do that now, then close the second file of the first instance, I get the red x for the icon for the first file and cannot access that file anymore even though it is still running (in Task Manager). With this new version, once I get the red x icon DisplayFusion freezes up (all of it, the taskbars, titlebar buttons, settings access) and I have to close it from Task Manager. Also, now I no longer get titlebar buttons in my dvr tuner video windows so it is more difficult to shift them to a different monitor (taskbar option to move them to current monitor does work). Well I thought a restart fixed the titlebar button on my tuner sw video window, but it seems intermittent. sometimes when I launch the dvr app I get a titlebar button, sometimes not. ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#41 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:25:30 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#41 DisplayFusion We've released a new beta that should fix this up, please let me know if you run into any issues after updating. You can grab it here: https://www.displayfusion.com/Download/Beta/

Thanks! ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#40 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:49:43 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#40 DisplayFusion I always have AutoCAD open with multiple files since I need to look through different drawings at once. It is what I am always working on so I always notice the icons still showing for other applications that I have running. For these other programs I sometimes just have one instance of them or multiple. For instance I only have one instance of spotify running and then the icon still shows after I close it. It also happens for multiple instances of programs. For the most part I have one instance of file explorer running with multiple tabs so I don't notice if it happens when I close one tab because there is only one icon on the taskbar which only shows the current folder when I hover over the icon on the taskbar. I do sometimes open another instance of folder explorer so that I can place it on a different monitor. When I do this and then close that folder on the other monitor then I the icon still showing on the taskbar on that monitor. Also happens with microsoft teams after I close it and there is only one instance of teams that is running. I always have chrome running on my main monitor with autocad but sometimes open a separate chrome window to place on one of my other monitors and it happens when I close that window as well while I still have chrome on the main monitor with multiple tabs open. ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#39 Thu, 29 Feb 2024 02:38:29 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#39 DisplayFusion Still happening to me on rare occasion. Dunno if this is a clue, but it may start while I have multiple instances of an app like Excel running, but also have more than one file in one of the instances open as well (I need separate instances running for some sloppy VBA code I wrote for a few files I use, they have to be separated. Then when I open a simple xls it just adds itself to one of the existing instances). This makes for an odd combination of previewing all the files on the taskbar, your app wants to show me a single Excel icon with a column of tiles for all the open files for all instances together.
Then when I close one spreadsheet file it turns into the red X and here we go again. Even before I attempt to close a file, if I open a different file type in an app like Notepad, when I close it I also get the red X problem with that app as well.
Does AutoCad open multiple modules and user files in a way similar to my issue that causes a problem too? ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#38 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 22:19:57 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#38 DisplayFusion Yep I'm having this too, also an AutoCAD and/or Civil3D user. Thanks for all the posts here and I'm glad to hear this is being addressed. ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#37 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:28:03 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#37 DisplayFusion I also have the "Sticky Taskbar Icon" happening and I do run AutoCAD.
I also have Desktop Icons that either shift position on the desktop or jump to my second monitor, I have 4 monitors including my notebook display.

Up until a month or so ago, I was running the version 9.9 of Display Fusion on Windows 10 Pro and had neither of these issues.
I have been running Display Fusion since 2012 and I have also been running Fences for the last 4 or 5 years with no issues.
This is not saying I don't have other minor issues with Display Fusion one of which I have posted after upgrading to version 10.1.2 and saw it was still an issue. ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#36 Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:25:28 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#36 DisplayFusion @John K Barr: Good question! I'm not sure but I will add that info to the ticket notes in case it's helpful for our devs tracking this down. Thanks! ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#35 Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:15:43 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#35 DisplayFusion no AutoCad for me, but I do use a fifteen year old full Java required epg app that behaves oddly at times. Isn't AutoCad at least partially Java still, for addons at least? (not JRE, full Java). ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#34 Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:08:49 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#34 DisplayFusion Sounds great! It is something that gets a bit annoying sometimes. Yes it is a bit hard to work with AutoCAD and not have multiple monitors. Looking forward to a fix as well.

Thanks! ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#33 Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:56:19 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#33 DisplayFusion
Quote:
We were able to reproduce this issue here, and it appears to be related to having AutoCAD installed and/or running on the system. Very strange, but now that we've been able to reproduce it locally, we should hopefully be able to find a solution :)


That is confidence-inspiring! The computer in question is a work computer that is primarily used for drafting. I imagine I wouldn't be the only person who uses AutoCAD who also uses multiple displays in their setup. I'm looking forward to a fix. Thank you for your response! ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#32 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 21:14:46 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#32 DisplayFusion We were able to reproduce this issue here, and it appears to be related to having AutoCAD installed and/or running on the system. Very strange, but now that we've been able to reproduce it locally, we should hopefully be able to find a solution :) ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#31 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 14:24:13 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#31 DisplayFusion This issue has also been occuring for me for multiple weeks. I've been waiting for a Bug Fix update, but I am on Windows 10 and app version 11.0 Beta 2 and I am still encountering this issue. The only way I am able to refresh the icons that remain on the secondary (and tertiary) taskbars is to force quit and reopen the app.

I've attached my logs to this post. My computer was turned on at approximately 8:20am this morning, and now an hour later, I've encountered this problem with four seperate applications. ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#30 Sat, 13 Jan 2024 12:55:46 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#30 DisplayFusion started happening for me again, I haven't changed anythingabout my pc but there have been a few Windows updates. Since it is sporadic I don't want to turn on logging to capture info next time, since there may not be one for quite awhile, that's the annoying thing about intermittent issues.
However I found that restarting Explorer cleans everything up. ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#29 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 16:00:58 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#29 DisplayFusion Ok, thanks for trying it out! We'll keep trying to reproduce this issue here then. ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#28 Tue, 26 Dec 2023 15:41:59 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#28 DisplayFusion Still having the same issue with DisplayFusion 11 Beta 1 ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#27 Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:22:19 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#27 DisplayFusion Thanks! We'll take a look at the log.

Also, we've got a test build of DisplayFusion 11 Beta 1 that we're not quite ready to release to everyone through the auto-updater, but thought you might like to try out as it may resolve this issue due to the overhaul of taskbar rendering and lot of old code paths being removed now that we no longer need to support Windows 7. This beta has some very big behind the scenes changes that will improve performance, speed up startup times, re-organizes the main settings window, and adds real time settings changes. We've done a lot of internal testing, but be prepared for a few bugs. We'll collect feedback over the holidays and review it all in January.

Please take a backup of your settings (Settings Options Export) before updating and store them outside of the default folder. If you need to roll back to 10.1.2, you can download it at https://www.displayfusion.com/Download/ and install it over top of the beta.

If you'd like to give it a try, you can download it here: https://www.binaryfortress.com/Data/Download/?Package=displayfusion&v11-test=1 ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#26 Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:41:18 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#26 DisplayFusion So I had a few windows opened and when I closed them the icons stayed on the taskbar. I opened displayfusion and then the icons disappeared. I closed displayfusion and the displayfusion icon stayed on the taskbar. I opened displayfusion again and the other icon still remained, so there were two displayfusion icons. I turned on the log minimal and then opened up a microsoft edge window and closed it and that icon remained on the taskbar. This happened at 10:36pm. Attached is the log. ]]> RE: Apps still showing on Taskbar after closing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#25 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:01:23 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-still-showing-on-taskbar-after-closing/?ID=018c354c-3151-751b-88b0-4a4cb1d384d1#25 DisplayFusion I'll do that next time I see it happen. ]]>