https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014 DisplayFusion RSS: DFP opening random windows in the background Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:00:05 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#23 Wed, 18 May 2022 16:36:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#23 DisplayFusion no worries and yeah im in a thread on their forums as well but they dont seem to know much more either. i was just kinda grasping at straws trying to figure it out. i just did a whole wipe of my pc and reinstalled windows and everything and its still happening lol ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#22 Wed, 18 May 2022 16:03:27 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#22 DisplayFusion Ah, I believe this thread was for DisplayFusion opening those windows when something was opened from Object Dock. If you don't have DisplayFusion installed, there isn't really anything we can do here, but you may want to reach out to Stardock support if you haven't already.

And for what it's worth, I tested with just object dock on my end, no DisplayFusion, but still couldn't seem to reproduce this

Sorry! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#21 Tue, 17 May 2022 22:30:20 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#21 DisplayFusion i only have objectdock i dont have display fusion sadly. and im not seeing any way to log with just that ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#20 Tue, 17 May 2022 16:16:47 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#20 DisplayFusion Strange, I still can't seem to reproduce this. Could you send me over a debug log? Here are the steps:

• 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! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#19 Thu, 12 May 2022 20:08:17 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#19 DisplayFusion yes i usually just put the computer to sleep instead of shutting it down ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#18 Thu, 12 May 2022 18:47:00 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#18 DisplayFusion This was just when waking your computer from sleep, not a fresh boot?

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#17 Thu, 12 May 2022 16:25:40 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#17 DisplayFusion ok sorry for the message spam it didn't happen again after my last message until I woke my pc up from sleep this morning. but it happened when it woke up and I was again unable to get a recording but I think its happening when I log onto my desktop. I've checked startup protocols and none of those are set to launch on startup is there another setting I can check? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#16 Wed, 11 May 2022 19:40:03 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#16 DisplayFusion so it happened again after restarting my but my recording stuff wasnt working at the time but i have it all working now and will try and get it to happen again ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#15 Wed, 11 May 2022 17:41:27 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#15 DisplayFusion i have obs running right now recording my screen if it happens i should be able to catch it ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#14 Wed, 11 May 2022 17:35:30 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#14 DisplayFusion Okay strange, I tested it out on my end with the calendar but I couldn't seem to reproduce it. If you find a specific application that triggers it, or you're able to capture a video of it happening could you let us know?

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#13 Wed, 11 May 2022 15:31:24 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#13 DisplayFusion i can try and see if i catch it happening i have a screen shot of all the windows opened but i havent caught the moment it actually happens but ill leave the ss here if it helps. im not sure whats triggering it i initially thought it was the calendar but i cant seem to make it happen ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#12 Wed, 11 May 2022 14:38:10 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#12 DisplayFusion Could you send me over a video of the issue happening?

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#11 Mon, 09 May 2022 18:16:43 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#11 DisplayFusion im also having this issue after upgrading to a bigger ssd and am using objectdock as well and now when i open my calendar the calculator and settings opens as well. i am on windows 10 and read that could cause some issues but im not sure. also when i quit out of objectdock it doesnt do ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#10 Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:03:32 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#10 DisplayFusion Ok, interesting. If you guys disable ObjectDock, does this still happen? I wonder if ObjectDock has the same issue that we used to run into with our taskbars. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#9 Wed, 24 Apr 2019 04:13:27 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#9 DisplayFusion Yes I am, ObjectDock2 in fact. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#8 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 17:05:21 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#8 DisplayFusion @Ant: Are you also using ObjectDock? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#7 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 03:00:45 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#7 DisplayFusion I am having the same problem. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#6 Thu, 04 Apr 2019 18:28:16 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#6 DisplayFusion If you disable the taskbars, wait a minute, then re-enable them, does it happen as well? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#5 Thu, 04 Apr 2019 15:49:01 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#5 DisplayFusion I haven't had a chance to fully test it, but from my recollection that sounds about right. Also, the issue happens when I wake my computer up from hibernation and log in. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#4 Mon, 01 Apr 2019 16:58:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#4 DisplayFusion Thanks! It looks like they showed up right after exiting a full screen application. Does that seem to be the trigger every time? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#3 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 21:07:14 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#3 DisplayFusion I don't know the exact time the windows opened themselves, because they don't show up on screen, but at 2:04 pm I noticed them open in the task bar. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#2 Mon, 25 Mar 2019 17:48:06 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014#2 DisplayFusion Strange, that shouldn't be possible, as we fixed that bug a couple of years ago. Couls you send over 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! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014 Sat, 23 Mar 2019 17:23:58 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/dfp-opening-random-windows-in-the-background/?ID=50ee18cf-aae3-4856-a1ea-3a4c230f1014 DisplayFusion So, this problem actually started a while back, like years ago, but then I disabled Superfetch and the problem went away. The only thing is for the last couple of months the problem is back and it's driving me nuts. Calculator, Settings, Netflix, and other random apps keep opening themselves into the taskbar (I'm using ObjectDock, not the DFP taskbar or the windows 10 default taskbar) without opening any actual windows. A fix would be much appreciated.

Also, I'm running DisplayFusion Pro (Beta 1) v. 9.5. ]]>