DisplayFusion RSS: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e DisplayFusion RSS: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:18:17 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#33 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:57:46 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#33 DisplayFusion Hi, Is there any way this can work with old games like BF3? I followed all the instructions above, but none of it worked. Please? ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#32 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:28:24 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#32 DisplayFusion From this post it looks like they added some anti-cheat detection that's likely blocking our hooks: https://github.com/ForzaMods/AIO/issues/119

There isn't much we can do there, sorry! ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#31 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 03:23:02 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#31 DisplayFusion My son is playing Forza Horizon 5 in my TV while running it in my laptop (Windows 11), I need to keep working while my son plays FH5 but once the FH% loses focus, the game pauses... I set up the PREVENT WINDOWS DEACTIVATION alnd also the TRIGGERS, but doesnt work.

I've seen some people mentioning it work for them but those posts were in 2022, is it possible the game changed and now cannot ALT-TAB without pausing the game?

One more thing, FH5 doesnt allow borderless window setting, but even if windowed mode, the ALT-TAB pauses the game.

Please help!!

Thanks! ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#30 Tue, 10 May 2022 15:58:57 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#30 DisplayFusion
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I can't use it with CS:GO. I use 4:3 and can not switch to window bordless. I tried the Steam overlay trick but when I click on my 2nd monitor this games instantly still minimize

I found a solution for CSGO. You have to write -allow_third_party_software in steam launch options but if you're playing matchmaking for the majority, allowing third party software, could lower your trustfactor. ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#29 Mon, 09 May 2022 17:18:20 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#29 DisplayFusion Hi Denis,

Unfortunately Counter Strikes anti cheat system blocks our hooks, which are required for this function to run, so there isn't really anything we can do here.

Sorry! ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#28 Mon, 09 May 2022 12:08:09 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#28 DisplayFusion I can't use it with CS:GO. I use 4:3 and can not switch to window bordless. I tried the Steam overlay trick but when I click on my 2nd monitor this games instantly still minimize ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#27 Thu, 10 Feb 2022 20:13:18 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#27 DisplayFusion Hi Richard,

Are you looking to have your mouse input on one window, and your Xbox controller input on another? If so, that's not something we support, and I'm not aware of any other software that does that unfortunately.

Sorry! ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#26 Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:58:03 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#26 DisplayFusion Hi, I'm trying to get multiple windows to work to run Runelite and Minecraft Windows 10 Edition. I would like to be able to use my Xbox controller to play Minecraft, while also using the mouse to play Oldschool Runescape on Runelite. I tried looking up guides, which lead me to your software, but I cant seem to figure out how to set it up to play both games. Help would be very much appreciated. ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#25 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 20:24:36 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#25 DisplayFusion Totally worth to pay just to only use this feature. Now I can finally multitasking while afking in Forza Horizon 5 without pausing ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#24 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 18:52:41 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#24 DisplayFusion Hi Jesse,

If you press the same key to activate the "prevent window deactivation" function while the game is open, it should disable the function.

We also have another function called "Move all windows to current monitor" that you could activate on your second monitor.

Hope that helps! ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#23 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 16:39:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#23 DisplayFusion Okay, this is working good, but I am having one issue. Sometimes application windows will pop up in on the game monitor(1st, Main monitor) and I can't see them. If I hit the windows key and try to access them, the game always stays on top. How can I prevent the game from always being on top. Or is there a way I can make the app open on 2nd monitor instead?

Sorry, I am new to this software and don't really know how to use it yet. ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#22 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 15:29:45 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#22 DisplayFusion Hi Jesse,

Yup, you should have received your key in your email. If you send us an email through our support page, we can get it sorted out for you. I'll attach the link below.

Thanks!

https://www.displayfusion.com/Support/ ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#21 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 15:00:47 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#21 DisplayFusion OMG! Been trying to get this too work for days until I found this post! Now it's working perfectly! :)
I tried to put the studio application in borderless window and it made the scaling terrible using borderless gaming app. I've been pulling my hair out trying to get these dual monitors working the way I want them to.

One more thing, I haven't received email with pro key yet. And I purchased it two days ago. It's supposed to email to me right? Or did I read that wrong. ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#20 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 16:26:06 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#20 DisplayFusion Hello,

As Keith mentioned earlier, unfortunately for games that it doesn't work for, there's not much we can do on our end to fix it.

Thanks! ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#19 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 18:48:26 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#19 DisplayFusion Hi, I purchased Display Fusion Pro specifically for this feature. It seems to work with all the Steam games I've tried it on by using the Steam overlay trick where you first bring the Steam overlay up, then press the Display Fusion hotkey (the swoosh noise will be heard), then alt-tab out of the game once, alt-tab back in, and then it works perfect (I'm able to click and do anything on my 4th monitor without my game loosing focus or minimizing or whatever). Great!

Are you able to get it to work with Battlefield 3 and 4 though?... I hear the swoosh sound but when I click on my 4th monitor these games instantly still minimize. I tried the Steam overlay trick but by using the Origin overlay (BF3 and BF4 use Origin, not Steam) but that doesn't work.

It seems there's some inherent "fix" where by using the Steam overlay, this feature seems to work (at least with every single Steam game I've tried). The thing is, this Display Fusion feature doesn't seem to work unless the "Steam overlay trick" is used. There's got to be a way to get Display Fusion to sort of do the same effect in the background that the Steam overlay does as that seems to make the feature work perfectly... ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#18 Tue, 02 Jun 2020 20:30:57 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#18 DisplayFusion It might not work with all games, unfortunately. If the stuff in the "Tips" section of this guide didn't work, there isn't anything else to try, sorry! ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#17 Tue, 02 Jun 2020 06:20:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#17 DisplayFusion I've read a few forum topics, but can't get this to work with Guild Wars 2. When I ALT+TAB the full screen game minimises as per usual instead of staying open. ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#16 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:38:05 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#16 DisplayFusion
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ok might be onto something here. DS4 works for the problem i stated earlier *only works with ps4 controllers*. maybe a brother program instead of using microsofts built in process for xbox..?..


Hi Jake - did you ever find a solution for this for an Xbox Controller. I still have this issue and its so annoying. The only solution I've found so far is using Input Director and using a Slave Machine to perform ancillary tasks. Any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated! Thanks. ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#15 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:58:11 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#15 DisplayFusion ok might be onto something here. DS4 works for the problem i stated earlier *only works with ps4 controllers*. maybe a brother program instead of using microsofts built in process for xbox..?.. ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#14 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:46:33 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#14 DisplayFusion alt(x) works.Is there any setting to lock my input from the controller? :controller within the game on one screen
:my mouse input to the other?
When i use my mouse on the "BROWSER SCREEN" , My controller input loses focus on my "GAME SCREEN"..... Any help would be much appreciated thanks :)
oh xbox bluetooth controller .. ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#13 Thu, 21 Mar 2019 18:07:17 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#13 DisplayFusion Thanks for letting me know.No worries. ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#12 Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:33:26 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#12 DisplayFusion Ok, unfortunately it doesn't seem there's anything we can do from our end to make this work, sorry :( ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#11 Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:51:50 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#11 DisplayFusion No it doesn't, if its in window it won't minimize but, if i go to the second monitor and start doing stuff over there, the game starts lagging, I have been trying to test it out with full screen, because my guess is that it won't. Thing is, I can't click on my second monitor and have the game stay in full screen in the first place to test it.
Just picking up where you two left off, as I am having the same issue. ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#10 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:51:32 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#10 DisplayFusion The game still minimizes even when it's set to windowed? ]]> RE: Preventing Game Windows From Minimizing https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#9 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 23:42:39 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/preventing-game-windows-from-minimizing/?ID=ab5ec329-4190-4dff-8d63-e9b5f611656e#9 DisplayFusion so i appreciate your time sir. what im having issues with now is when im running apex in window or borderless window and i alt tab out and then move my mouse cursor to my second monitor to do whatever (browse internet) and i click on any item it will then minimize on my primary monitor that is displaying apex ]]>