https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3 DisplayFusion RSS: Windows 8 - Taskbar forcing games to go windowed Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:18:35 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-8-taskbar-forcing-games-to-go-windowed/?ID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3#7 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 05:38:34 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-8-taskbar-forcing-games-to-go-windowed/?ID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3#7 DisplayFusion I'm a battlefield player that just recently updated to windows 8/8.1 Thank you OP for the post and DF for the work around until an update/fix can be implemented. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-8-taskbar-forcing-games-to-go-windowed/?ID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3#6 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 19:25:26 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-8-taskbar-forcing-games-to-go-windowed/?ID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3#6 DisplayFusion Nope, unfortunately not ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-8-taskbar-forcing-games-to-go-windowed/?ID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3#5 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:29:33 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-8-taskbar-forcing-games-to-go-windowed/?ID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3#5 DisplayFusion Is it possible to just disable the taskbar for a single screen with the compatibility settings too? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-8-taskbar-forcing-games-to-go-windowed/?ID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3#4 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:04:23 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-8-taskbar-forcing-games-to-go-windowed/?ID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3#4 DisplayFusion Tested and confirmed! We'll look into it to see if there's anything we can do. In the meantime, you can work around the issue by adding a Compatibility rule for the game, and in the rule, enable the "Disable DisplayFusion Taskbars while this Application is running" option. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-8-taskbar-forcing-games-to-go-windowed/?ID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3#3 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:18:14 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-8-taskbar-forcing-games-to-go-windowed/?ID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3#3 DisplayFusion That is correct. My screen setup is as follows:
Left, DF taskbar (Technically inversed version of normal windows taskbar, that is to say, start button right, tray left)
Center, primary, DF taskbar (Pretty much a dummy taskbar, has only got running applications on it, which are centered on the taskbar.)
Right, Windows taskbar ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-8-taskbar-forcing-games-to-go-windowed/?ID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3#2 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:14:47 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-8-taskbar-forcing-games-to-go-windowed/?ID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3#2 DisplayFusion Glad to hear that DisplayFusion has been mostly bug-free for you lately

To clarify, this issue occurs if the game launches full screen on a monitor that has the DF taskbar? So, you must have the Windows taskbar on a secondary monitor, and the DF taskbar on your Primary then? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-8-taskbar-forcing-games-to-go-windowed/?ID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 15:07:32 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-8-taskbar-forcing-games-to-go-windowed/?ID=1caeee88-8ce2-4938-a583-2b43c69b6cb3 DisplayFusion Hey guys,

Been a while since I been here! Which is a good thing because it means DF was just perfect!

However... Ever since I updated to Windows 8 a couple months ago, I've noticed some weird behaviour with the DF taskbar and a few games. Pretty much what happens is the game starts fine, goes full screen, then as soon as it goes full screen, DF seems to claim focus, and forces to the game to go back to window mode. The only solution to this at the moment is to completely exit out DF (which obviously, is not preferred).

The odd thing is that this doesn't happen to all games though... Nor does it seem to happen when the windows taskbar is on the screen the game is on.

For a test case, here are the games I remember of the top of my head that are affected by this behaviour:
- Battlefield 3
- Battlefield 4
- F1 2013

I hope a better solution then exiting DF can be found ASAP.

Kind regards,
Thierry ]]>