https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa DisplayFusion RSS: Taskbar refresh/redraw after exit full screen application Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:15:25 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa#8 Thu, 28 May 2026 20:44:04 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa#8 DisplayFusion Ah okay, I spoke with our developers about this, it might be possible to fix but would require quite a bit more overhead with our hooks. We'll add this to our list and see if it's something we could look into for the future.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa#7 Sun, 24 May 2026 09:52:05 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa#7 DisplayFusion Hi late follow up sorry.

So no compatibility settings enabled on TF2 but trying with a couple of other games that i would usually run in borderless windowed mode, switched them back to fullscreen mode and same problem with them on exit.

Task bar briefly goes to full width of the screen (the three splits with shortcuts remain) and moments later taskbar returns to the centre as setup in display fusion.

Edit: Also only just noticed but get the same behaviour when monitor resumes from sleep as well. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa#6 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:12:17 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa#6 DisplayFusion Do you have any compatibility settings enabled for the game? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa#5 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:05:12 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa#5 DisplayFusion So that actually stopped this behaviour when exiting full screen on chrome (youtube video) however it still does it when exiting a game running in fullscreen mode.

Upon exiting the game the taskbar is initially still in the spilt configuration, changes to a singular wide taskbar , then goes back to the split taskbar (as if display fusion was being reloaded) ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa#4 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:59:12 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa#4 DisplayFusion Thanks for sending that over, it looks like you have this advanced setting turned on: Application Hooks: Pause Global Hooks on Full Screen: 1

If you revert that to default and restart DisplayFusion, does that fix it up? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa#3 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:40:19 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa#3 DisplayFusion Hi Owen, zip file attached.

Something I completely neglected to mention (and probably going to be the problem) is that I use other third party applications to modify taskbar behaviour.

Open shell/classic shell to restore windows 7 style start menu
Explorer patcher so i can adjust task bar height
TranslucentTB to make the centre taskbar (what becomes my main taskbar) translucent ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa#2 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:20:21 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa#2 DisplayFusion Could you send me a copy of your troubleshooting info? Here are the steps:
 

• Open the DisplayFusion Settings > Troubleshooting tab
• Click the "Export Info to File" button
• Reply with the file attached

]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:42:14 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-refreshredraw-after-exit-full-screen-application/?ID=019d9c1b-629e-7601-985e-f3580e6718aa DisplayFusion Hi all,

Apologies if this has already been covered, I’ve done a fair bit of searching and found several threads on taskbar behaviour but nothing quite matching my scenario.

I’m running an ultrawide monitor split into three regions using DisplayFusion, with multi-monitor taskbars enabled. The centre taskbar is my primary (Start menu, system tray, etc.) and the left/right taskbars are used mainly for pinned shortcuts via DisplayFusion.

The issue occurs when exiting a fullscreen application (in this case a game that does not support borderless windowed mode). Upon exit the taskbar briefly reverts to a single full-width Windows taskbar, then DisplayFusion restores the three split taskbars after a short delay. Also when the taskbar temporarily reverts to full width the pinned DisplayFusion taskbar shortcuts still appear in their left/right positions.

Is there any way to prevent the taskbar from reverting to a single full-width bar on exiting fullscreen or keep the split taskbar layout persistent?

Thanks ]]>