https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc DisplayFusion RSS: Program not detect in Compatibility Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:23:41 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc#8 Sun, 16 May 2010 23:11:33 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc#8 DisplayFusion No problem, sorry for the bad news. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc#7 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:28:51 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc#7 DisplayFusion That's a shame. Thnx for trying. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc#6 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:56:16 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc#6 DisplayFusion Unfortunately a window's text (or name) can change without warning, and often varies between different language versions of the same application. After much testing, it seems that the MessengerPlus!Live addon does some strange things with the window rendering, and makes it very difficult to distinguish between modified windows. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc#5 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:28:55 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc#5 DisplayFusion I stand correct. handles are indeed active when opened and destroyed when closed.

A last suggestion if I may: selecting windows by it's name (or portion of it)... ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc#4 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:48:05 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc#4 DisplayFusion Window handles are only valid until that window is closed. This means that you would have to select that window every time you opened Live Messenger. The process path is really the only way to identify a program for compatibility, much like the way Microsoft handles Windows application compatibility. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc#3 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:44:21 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc#3 DisplayFusion That's what I was thinking what happened.

A good solution could be to select windows by it's handle. I've tested it with MPL and it was possible to get a handle.
In the Compatibility tab another button could then be created; "Select window", which makes it possible to select a window http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/misc/samples/article.php/c1489, which is then stored by it's handle.
Another benefit from this is that filtering Compatibilities is done for just one window, and not by it's process which could be more windows.

Small feature request: sorting Select Running Application list.

Anyways, just thinking here. Keep up the great work.

gr J ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc#2 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:07:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc#2 DisplayFusion Unfortunately, the Compatibility system in DisplayFusion is only setup to handle applications on a per-process basis, as identifying individual windows in a process is unreliable. Sometimes you can rely on the window class, but in many applications you can't. As a result, you will need to use the main Live Messenger process for the Compatibility settings. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:01:24 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/program-not-detect-in-compatibility/?ID=471a0e10-56bb-4515-bff4-215b1db074cc DisplayFusion I have MessengerPlus!Live [MPL] installed. This program is an addon for Windows Live Messenger.
The problem is that MPL has a settings window where DF buttons are off. So I thought Compatibility tab Add Select Running Applications. But found that MPL wasn't there, because it doesn't has it's own process.

Now I can't change any position or hide anything.

Maybe another method to detect windows, maybe selecting them live, should do the trick.

gr J ]]>