DisplayFusion RSS: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48 DisplayFusion RSS: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode Thu, 21 May 2026 08:23:14 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48 RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#18 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:40:57 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#18 DisplayFusion Actually, you could create a Scripted Function in DisplayFusion to disable the taskbar, launch the game, then re-enable the taskbar after it exits. See the code below. If it doesn't work (might have the same problem, where it can't see that the game is actually running), just take out the "WaitForExit" and "EnableTaskbar" lines, and move the EnableTaskbar line to a separate Scripted Function. You can then give those two functions hotkeys so that you can enable/disable the taskbar as needed.

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using System;
using System.Drawing;

public static class DisplayFusionFunction
{
  public static void Run()
    {
      // Disable the taskbar
      BFS.DisplayFusion.DisableTaskbar(1);
        
      // Start the game and wait for it to exit
      uint appID = BFS.Application.Start("E:\\World of Warcraft\World of Warcraft - 1.12\\WoW.exe");
      BFS.Application.WaitForExitByAppID(appID);
       
      // After the game has exited, enable the taskbar
      BFS.DisplayFusion.EnableTaskbar(1);
     }
}


Hope that helps! ]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#17 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:39:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#17 DisplayFusion Is there any bat file i can run that can trigger DisplayFusion to completely hide the task bar? I can write it myself, but just wasn't sure if there is some kinda API call i can make. I'd be fine writing something to hide it till i close the cmd window after i close the game. ]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#16 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:32:23 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#16 DisplayFusion Yeah, that's bizarre. The only thing I can think of is that WoW might have some anti-cheat protection that's preventing DisplayFusion from seeing the process. Unfortunately I don't think there's anything we can do here :( ]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#15 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:27:14 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#15 DisplayFusion Yup... that's what i've been thinking is fishy too. It's not showing up at all... I turned on L1 logging, restart DisplayFusion, waited a few moments then opened WoW.exe, logged into my character and waited a few moments, and quit the game. I have no idea why this app would not show up. ]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#14 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:34:29 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#14 DisplayFusion No worries, thanks! I don't see wow.exe listed anywhere in the debug log either :(

Did you enable debug logging after launching WoW, or before launching it? ]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#13 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 01:03:53 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#13 DisplayFusion Sorry it took a bit to get back to you. Been on vacation :) Here are the logs, the time is about 7:00 PM MST when it happened again. ]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#12 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 17:23:08 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#12 DisplayFusion I'm really stumped on this! Could you try updating to the latest DisplayFusion Beta, and then send over a debug log while WoW is running?
  • On the Troubleshooting tab, change the Logging drop-down to "L1: Log Minimal"
  • Restart DisplayFusion
  • Reproduce the issue and note the time so we'll know where to check in the log file
  • Send us the DisplayFusion.log and DebugInfo.html files (can be found by clicking the Open Log button on the Troubleshooting tab)
  • Disable debug logging after sending the log
]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#11 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 04:07:11 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#11 DisplayFusion Here you go ]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#10 Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:45:54 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#10 DisplayFusion Could you send a screenshot of that process on the Details tab? ]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#9 Thu, 16 Jun 2016 16:55:55 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#9 DisplayFusion Yea, that's what I thought was weird to. I have tried making it detect on multiple names, and I for the life of me cannot figure this one out...

The process shows up as World of Warcraft (32 bit). ]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#8 Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:54:08 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#8 DisplayFusion Ok, the weird part is that WoW.exe doesn't even seem to be detected by DisplayFusion in the list of processes. Do you run WoW as administrator, or as a different user? ]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#7 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 22:10:25 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#7 DisplayFusion Still doesn't like it :/ ]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#6 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:51:25 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#6 DisplayFusion Can you try changing the path in the Compatibility rule to just:

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*WoW.exe?
]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#5 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 04:29:39 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#5 DisplayFusion Here ya go. ]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#4 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 19:13:34 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#4 DisplayFusion Ok, could you attach a copy of your troubleshooting info, copied while WoW.exe is running?
  • Open the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
  • Click the "Copy to Clipboard" button
  • Paste the text into a text file (please don't paste the text directly into your reply, the formatting gets garbled and makes it difficult to parse)
  • Reply with the file attached
]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#3 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 02:54:49 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#3 DisplayFusion No it doesn't look like it ever shows up as a FullScreen Application in the Troubleshooting section. ]]> RE: Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#2 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:56:22 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48#2 DisplayFusion That Compatibility rule should do the trick, assuming the path to the EXE is correct. If you open the Settings > Troubleshooting tab, and click "Full screen applications," is WoW.exe listed there as detected? ]]> Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48 Sun, 12 Jun 2016 19:13:25 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbar-issue-with-fullscreen-windowed-mode/?ID=6e31f041-28d5-49e4-b715-889336fc7a48 DisplayFusion Hey guys,
So Im having an issue with the taskbar not going away on some applications im using in Fullscreen Windowed mode... I have not been able to get this fixed going through all of the options in Display Fusion. I do use all Display Fusion taskbars, and I have the normal bar hidden with Taskbar Magic app. Is there anything else you guys can think of to fix this? ]]>