https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5 DisplayFusion RSS: 3.4.1 constantly crashes Sat, 23 May 2026 05:50:45 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#39 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:55:45 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#39 DisplayFusion @Bruce: If you're still running into issues with DisplayFusion crashing, could you give 3.5 Beta 10 a try? We've made some changes to the taskbar that should hopefully have everything fixed up.

For the folks who were having issues with Bins, the Bins developer has posted an updated version at the link below that fixes up the issue:

http://feedback.1upindustries.com/forums/103683-suggestions/suggestions/1787189-displayfusion-compatibility-?tracking_code=c3deffaee3816d22d61570b45fe66e01

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#38 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:10:00 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#38 DisplayFusion @Bruce: Ok, thanks for testing it out! Could you download Process Explorer (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653), use File > Save As to save the list of running processes, and attach it here so I can check it out? Just curious to see if there's anything running on your system that DisplayFusion might have some compatibility issues with.

Note, the attachments here are protected by default (only you and Binary Fortress staff can view/download them).

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#37 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:35:23 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#37 DisplayFusion After a few days of using 3.5 it still crashes. Not quite as much as it used to but still pretty frequently. Mostly after lengthy inactivity. As an example, I woke up today and went to my browser (which is on the extended desktop) and clicked the icon on the taskbar. It didn't open and it then greyed out (the taskbar) then brought up a window telling me it had ceased to respond. Waiting for it to respond does nothing. Closing and restarting is the only option at that point.

I've gone back to 3.4.0, as it doesn't seem to have this problem. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#36 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:51:59 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#36 DisplayFusion @Bruce: The initial thought was that the issues might be related, but we're working on both at the same time anyways. Were you able to give DisplayFusion 3.5 Beta 5 a try? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#35 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:46:10 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#35 DisplayFusion I'm not sure when this thread became a discussion about Bins, but I'd like to know if anyone has done any work on the issue of the frequent crashes for those of us having issues that aren't using Bins.. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#34 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:34:04 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#34 DisplayFusion Yep, this is exactly the behaviour I see when Bins is running as well. We'll do some more investigating and I'll keep you posted as soon as we find something out.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#33 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:32:20 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#33 DisplayFusion Keith,

I notice it creeps up slowly, and gets up to 25% (I'm running a Quad Core, so this would be 100% on a single core) over about a 24 hour period. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#32 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:38:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#32 DisplayFusion Ok, I've actually been able to reproduce the issue with Bins finally. We're going to investigate it further and I'll be sure to post an update as soon as we find something out.

For the other folks that don't have Bins running, could you give 3.5 Beta 5 a try, and let me know how it works out? If the CPU is still high, please let me know whether it is consistently high, or if it creeps up over time.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#31 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:17:18 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#31 DisplayFusion Ok, we've got another idea on what might be causing it, so we're going to make some changes for Beta 5. I'll post an update as soon as it's available to try out.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#30 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:03:49 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#30 DisplayFusion With Bins running. Funny thing is that it's been running for several days without incident. The only thing different was that I was attempting to open a Word document from an email, but I can't say for certain if the CPU usage was high at that point or not. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#29 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:57:38 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#29 DisplayFusion Was that with or without Bins running? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#28 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:55:23 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#28 DisplayFusion I just managed to get 3.4.0 into the 25% utilization state, so whatever the problem is, it also is present in 3.4.0. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#27 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:40:14 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#27 DisplayFusion Ok, same version I'm testing with here. DisplayFusion's CPU usage seems to go up a couple percent when Bins is running, but it seems that a lot of other programs increase their CPU usage when Bins is running as well.

I noticed that with a bunch of programs open but idle when Bins is not running, the total CPU usage on my system was around 5-10%, with DisplayFusion at 0-1%. After launching Bins, the total CPU usage on my system went up to 25-30% and stayed there consistently, with DisplayFusion around 3-4%.

Not quite sure what to make of those results yet, but I'll definitely investigate it further.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#26 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:49:36 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#26 DisplayFusion v1.0.0.220 ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#25 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:32:57 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#25 DisplayFusion Interesting! Which version of Bins are you running? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#24 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:55:23 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#24 DisplayFusion I'm also using Bins (http://www.1upindustries.com/bins/), and as an experiment I stopped the Bins process then stopped the DF process. I restarted DF and it's now only consuming 1% max.

So, it seems to me to be a compatibility issue with Bins. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#23 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:51:07 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#23 DisplayFusion Every time I open task manager to check, DF 3.4.0 is using at least 12%, but usually at 25%. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#22 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:32:57 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#22 DisplayFusion I haven't had any "serious" performance issues. DisplayFusion 3.4.0 seems to use a consistent 1% CPU which isn't great but not unreasonable and it's not really going to kill me. I would like to see it occasionally hit 0% but given the choice between crashing every 20 minutes or so and this, I'll take the 1%... ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#21 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:42:08 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#21 DisplayFusion I apologize that these performance issues are still ongoing, but they are a top priority for us, and will continue to be top priority until they are resolved.

As for the wallpaper request, we've got a number of wallpaper features and changes planned for the release after 3.5, and this one will definitely be in it.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#20 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:34:14 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#20 DisplayFusion I've encountered the same performance and crashing problems with 3.4.1 and the 3.5 beta. I've downgraded to 3.4.0 and have encountered no problems yet...knock on wood.

And, 3.4.0 isn't quite right in the performance area either. It's running between 8% and 20% CPU utilization.

This, combined with the two year old request for wallpaper spanning (see http://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/?ID=bb30d508-00d0-424b-a815-d9736af5c563) has me seriously considering alternatives to DisplayFusion. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#19 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:21:31 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#19 DisplayFusion 3.4.0 is still going.. no crashes since last I last posted with no reboots or changes made to my system. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#18 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:53:37 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#18 DisplayFusion Just wanted to follow-up, is 3.4 still working ok for you? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#17 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:48:08 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#17 DisplayFusion I found an old copy of 3.4.0 and went back to it. So far, no crashes.... We'll see how long it lasts! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#16 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:42:13 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#16 DisplayFusion now it won't STOP crashing... WTH? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#15 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:58:57 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/341-constantly-crashes/?ID=dfa4359d-5f57-4d73-bf0d-3581d21b5ef5#15 DisplayFusion Crashed again... and again.. and again... Not sure if you would need this but I figured I'd send it on just in case. ]]>