DisplayFusion RSS: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too

DisplayFusion RSS: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6 DisplayFusion RSS: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too Wed, 13 May 2026 15:06:53 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6 RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#92 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 21:10:56 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#92 DisplayFusion Can you send me a screenshot of what it looks like when the wallpaper is rolled up? I can't reproduce that here. ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#91 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 18:53:41 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#91 DisplayFusion Yes I am. And I didn't know it was possible to roll-up wallpapers either! ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#90 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 17:13:16 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#90 DisplayFusion It rolled up the desktop wallpaper? That shouldn't be possible. Are you using DisplayFusion to set the wallpaper? ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#89 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 23:19:55 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#89 DisplayFusion Well, it certainly did roll up everything, including desktop gadgets and wallpaper backgrounds! A couple of desktop pgms I had open unrolled when I highlighted their title bar, others didn't. And none of the gadgets. I didn't know what to highlight/click on for the wallpaper so it just stayed rolled-up.

I eventually had to kill DF to get all the windows/gadgets/wallpapers back.

And yes, I did stop running Actual Window Rollup.

This is on v7.2.0.beta2.

Good first effort though. ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#88 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 18:58:34 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#88 DisplayFusion Quick update, we've added a script to the repository called "Rollup Inactive Windows To Title Bar." Could you give it a try and let us know what you think? ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#87 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:05:47 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#87 DisplayFusion Ok, interesting! We'll see if that's something we can implement. At first thought, it sounds like it would be really tough to implement reliably (which is probably why it's so buggy in AWR), but we'll see what we can do

]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#86 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 19:28:33 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#86 DisplayFusion Grrrrr! I just typed up my reply, clicked Post, and bam! everything disappeared. I usually ctrl-C what I write before I post (not just here, but any forum) to avoid this. But this time I forgot. Grrrrrr!

Yes, I saw the rollup items a few betas back but they require a key sequence to activate. Actual Window Rollup rolls up windows automatically after a user specified time, 30 seconds in my case. While the program works, it also has some problems. First, it doesn't know what to do when the focus-follows-mouse feature (without autoraise) of Windows is enabled. I have this set to a 500 msec delay so windows I am simply moving across don't get focus. This Xmouse-like functionality confuses AWR, especially when the parent window opens a child window or a dialog box. The parent window immediately rolls up when the child gets focus, and if I have to get to another window to look up something, the child immediately rolls up too. And depending on the mouse path I take on the way back to the child, the child can get hidden behind the parent. All the while the windows bounce up and and down like a rubber band completely ignoring the 500 msec or 30 sec delays! And then with programs like Firefox AWR sometimes rolls up to the title bar, other times only to the toolbar. And sometimes a rolled-up window gets stuck and won't unroll, so all I can do is kill the window/program and start it again.

It is very frustrating. To the point that I have most of the programs I use excluded from AWR.

I like the functionality, but not the coding/implementation of AWR.

So here is an "opportunity" for BinaryFortress to show up one of your competitors! ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#85 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:18:31 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#85 DisplayFusion Just a quick update, the latest DisplayFusion 7.0 Betas (http://www.displayfusion.com/Download/Beta/) have two new functions on the Settings > Functions tab: Rollup to TitleBar, and Rollup to Icon

Thanks! ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#84 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:48:14 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#84 DisplayFusion Awesome, glad to hear it!

That feature is currently on our feature request list, so I've added your vote. If we're able to implement it in a future version, we'll be sure to let you know.

Thanks! ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#83 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 04:02:12 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#83 DisplayFusion That did the trick. Thanks!

On the subject of future development and feature requests, the other program I use to manage the UI is WindowFX from Stardock. Quite a few years ago (6? 7?) I asked them if Stardock had a feature to darken inactive windows (a similar effect some web pages use). They said no. Last year when I was hunting around for a program that handled multiple monitor wallpaper, I came across WindowFX.

As you know, when you're working with multiple open windows it is easy to accidentally type something into the wrong one. By darkening the open windows without cursor focus, it is easier to to quickly tell which window you're typing in.

WindowFX does some other things, but all I use it for is to make inactive windows darken and semi transparent. So that would be my feature request. ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#82 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 00:24:53 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#82 DisplayFusion The screen saver is basically just a normal window, but it runs in the DFSSaver.scr process, not from one of the .exe processes. Could you try adding the .scr file to the exception list in Actual Window Rollup? ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#81 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 19:15:14 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#81 DisplayFusion Yes, it does, but it doesn't help. I added every .exe file in the DisplayFusion directory to the exception list. And the interference is only on the left and right monitors, not the center one, so it has something to do with how DF displays screen saver images on those monitors. With wallpaper, DF builds a composite image. How are screen saver images shown? ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#80 Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:56:33 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#80 DisplayFusion Ahhh, interesting! We are actually planning to add a Window Rollup function at some point, so I'll definitely let you know when it's available

Glad to hear you were able to find the culprit! Hopefully that app lets you specify an exception for the DF Screen Saver

Good call on msconfig. Turns out there is some type of conflict with another program I use called Actual Window Rollup. After a few seconds of inactivity, this program "rolls up" open windows so only the title bar remains. With lots of windows open this helps declutter the screen, and you don't have to constantly drag the cursor down to the task bar to reopen it (for pgms that auto-minimize), just place the cursor in the rolled-up title bar and it "unrolls."

I had v8.1.3 installed. There was an updated v8.1.4 available, but it had only a couple minor changes that didn't relieve the conflict.

This would be a nice feature to add to DisplayFusion. Might be less work than trying to resolve the conflict.

I've only tested the wallpaper/screen saver problem; that's my main concern at the moment. And this was done using the newest DF v6.1.2. ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#78 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 18:14:59 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#78 DisplayFusion Yeah, the screen saver previews behave a bit differently than the wallpaper ones, but that's normal, because it's trying to preview the actual screen saver, rather than a static image.

Would you be able to try booting your system with no other applications running (msconfig > Startup tab, disable everything except DisplayFusion) and test the screen saver again, just to rule out interference from another application? ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#77 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:33:58 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#77 DisplayFusion Glad the video helped.

On the left monitor there are 9 gadgets.

On the center monitor there are 3 gadgets.

On the right monitor there is 1 gadget.

The screen saver appears to work correctly on the center monitor so I don't think gadgets themselves are the issue.

I've attached 2 photos of the screen saver setting screen. The first one, "a" shows the cursor under the right monitor default image. If I move the cursor up 1 pixel, the cursor disappears.

The second photo, "b" shows what happens when I move the cursor onto the image of the center monitor. The image disappears.

On the wallpaper setting screen, this does not happen. I can move the cursor freely and actual wallpaper images are shown on all 3 monitors. ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#76 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:28:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#76 DisplayFusion Thanks for the video! That helps clarify the issue for sure. It looks like it's not that the wallpaper is showing over top of the screen saver, but that the screen saver just stops displaying on the two side monitors altogether for some reason.

It's hard to tell from the video, but do you have some widgets (Windows Gadgets, or Rainmeter?) on the two side monitors? If so, are you able to try closing all of those to see if that helps at all? I'm guessing that some other application on your system is causing the screen saver to break out on those two monitors, and if we can narrow down which one, hopefully I can then reproduce the same issue here with that application

]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#73 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 19:46:53 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#73 DisplayFusion With all the changes to wallpaper management I decided to delete the history file and start fresh. So I exited DF, deleted WallpaperHistoryV4.db from ...\appdata\roaming\displayfusion\, and restarted DF. But the history file didn't get rebuilt. I did some hunting around and found the new history file in ...\appdata\LOCAL\displayfusion\. A brand new directory. ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#72 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 23:05:43 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#72 DisplayFusion Yes I do. They are set to power off after 10 minutes.

Reminds me of a question I've been meaning to ask. Does the screen saver continue to run after the monitors power off? I don't know if this is a Windows or DF question though. ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#71 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:00:37 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#71 DisplayFusion I think I was able to reproduce it here. Quick question, do you have your monitors set to power off after a certain amount of time in the Windows Power Options? ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#70 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:56:10 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#70 DisplayFusion That should be fun...

I haven't had DF beta4 freeze again but I am seeing an increase in CPU usage. It's small, but noticeable. ]]> RE: Screen saver freezing Windows 7 here too https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#69 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:47:51 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/screen-saver-freezing-windows-7-here-too/?ID=48427163-d544-4b15-be90-a0190ccfcaa6#69 DisplayFusion Thanks! I'm trying to setup a test system as closely as possible to yours to see if I can reproduce the screen saver issue. I'll keep you posted