DisplayFusion RSS: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914 DisplayFusion RSS: Start Menu on wrong monitor Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:37:05 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914 RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#34 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 13:58:17 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#34 DisplayFusion @NetMage: Strange! Glad to hear it's working now, but please let me know if you run into trouble again. ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#33 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:39:02 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#33 DisplayFusion And now something I have done has corrected the issue - not sure if it was restarting DF multiple times, or something else. ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#32 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 16:01:59 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#32 DisplayFusion I was just about to order some 5.1 copies for work when I ran into this issue.

I have 5.1 installed on Windows 7 Enterprise, and the Start Menu always opens on the Windows 7 taskbar, not the DF taskbar, when I click the DF taskbar button. This did not happen in Beta 13 (I think that was my previous version). ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#31 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:19:15 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#31 DisplayFusion Oh sorry i saw someone else in the post talking about classic shell, thought thats what you had to :P shoulda read more thoroughly ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#30 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 03:54:20 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#30 DisplayFusion I remembering installing classic shell a few months ago, but uninstalling it after about a day as I found it a little disruptive. ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#29 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 03:43:51 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#29 DisplayFusion Do you have the latest beta for both classic shell and display fusion? classic shell did fix a multimonitor issue similar to this a few betas back, for eyefinity ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#28 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:01:06 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#28 DisplayFusion I'm having the same problem since upgrading last night (and with the latest beta too). ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#27 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:40:08 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#27 DisplayFusion @Johan: Ok, could you also send a debug log as per the steps in post #4 of this topic?

Thanks! ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#26 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:42:22 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#26 DisplayFusion
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@Johan: Did you also update DisplayFusion to 5.0 Beta 11?


Yes. ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#25 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:54:09 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#25 DisplayFusion @Johan: Did you also update DisplayFusion to 5.0 Beta 11? ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#24 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:50:55 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#24 DisplayFusion
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@Johan: You'll need the latest Start8 beta which was just released by Stardock last night. You should be able to access the beta if you login to your account on the Stardock site.


Nope, sorry. Does not work with 1.11 (1.10.1) beta either.
DF is just imitating a Windows key press when it comes to selecting to open a Start8 menu or the Modern UI Start. And still on the primary monitor. ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#23 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:32:20 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#23 DisplayFusion Ok, are you able to send the logs as per the instructions in post #4? We're not able to reproduce it here, so without the logs we're lost. Please make sure to restart DisplayFusion after enabling debug logging but before you click the Start button. ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#22 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:27:21 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#22 DisplayFusion Installed beta11 and menu pops up on primary, reinstall beta8 and it's fixed. ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#21 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:12:41 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#21 DisplayFusion @Chris: Just wanted to see if you were still having this issue in Beta 11, and if so, could you send over the debug logs? Please make sure to restart DisplayFusion after enabling debug logging so that we have a complete log from start to finish.

Thanks! ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#20 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:05:24 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#20 DisplayFusion @Johan: You'll need the latest Start8 beta which was just released by Stardock last night. You should be able to access the beta if you login to your account on the Stardock site.

@Chris: Thanks! ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#19 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:12:41 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#19 DisplayFusion beta10 same issue. I'll grab logs as soon as I can. ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#18 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:16:33 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#18 DisplayFusion Same issue here with Start8.
DF start menu button emulates a Windows key press and will open whatever start option I have selected in Start8 on the primary monitor.
Clicking on the DF menu button does not always work either, it erratic in its behaviour to say the least.

Strangeness from the logs:

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----- File: External: Start8 [folder]: Start8 ---------------
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8
Exists: False

----- File: External: Start8 DLL x86: Start8_32.dll ---------------
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Start8_32.dll
Name: Stardock Start8
Prod Version: 1.1.0.1
File Version: 1.1.0.4
Size: 755 824 bytes
Date Modified (UTC): jan 10, 2013 @ 16:28
Is Running: False [Instances: 0]

----- File: External: Start8 DLL x64: Start8_64.dll ---------------
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Start8_64.dll
Name: Stardock Start8
Prod Version: 1.1.0.1
File Version: 1.1.0.4
Size: 824 944 bytes
Date Modified (UTC): jan 10, 2013 @ 16:28
Is Running: False [Instances: 0]
]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#17 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:43:09 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#17 DisplayFusion @Chris: Ok, that's strange! Could you send a debug log as per the steps in post #4 of this topic?

Thanks! ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#16 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:39:09 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#16 DisplayFusion
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No problem Mark! Beta 9 is out, so the clrSharp skin should be all fixed up :)

@Chris: let me know if your Start menu breaks in Beta 9. Hopefully it won't :)

Thanks!


With beta9 the startmenu pops up on wrong screen again. Reinstalled beta8 and it's working again. ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#15 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:00:43 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#15 DisplayFusion Excellent, glad to hear it! Unfortunately we don't currently have a way to keep the Windows taskbar from unhiding when activating the DF Start menu, but it is on our list, so if we're able to find a way in the future, we'll definitely fix it! ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#14 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:53:44 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#14 DisplayFusion Keith, all my issues with clrSharp2 Glass skin have been fixed in Beta 9.

Thanks!

I do have one additional question. When I hit the DF start button, the taskbar on the windows screen unhides and stays unhidden whilst using the DF start button. When I hit the start button on the Windows taskbar, the DF taskbar doesn't unhide, and operates normally.. Is this a normal function, or should they operate independently? No biggie either way.

Thanks again;

Sarris ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#13 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:35:16 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#13 DisplayFusion No problem Mark! Beta 9 is out, so the clrSharp skin should be all fixed up :)

@Chris: let me know if your Start menu breaks in Beta 9. Hopefully it won't :)

Thanks! ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#12 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:56:43 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#12 DisplayFusion Thanks Keith, you da man. ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#11 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:29:58 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#11 DisplayFusion @Mark: Disregard my previous request. I was able to reproduce the issue using the clrSharp2 skin. We'll hopefully have it fixed up for Beta 9.

Thanks! ]]> RE: Start Menu on wrong monitor https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#10 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:26:03 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-on-wrong-monitor/?ID=7bd062ca-5edc-4705-9df1-53252928e914#10 DisplayFusion @Chris: Glad to hear it's working again. Would you be able to do the steps in post #4 again so that I can compare the debug logs from when it was broken and when it's working?

@Mark: If you choose a different Skin in Classic Shell, does the Start menu open on the correct monitor?

Thanks! ]]>