Start Menu issues with WIndows 10 and 3x1 Nvidia Surround Setup

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Mathias Lustig

6 discussion posts

Hello everyone!

I got a pretty annoying issue with displayfusion regarding Win 10 and my 3x1 nVidia Surround Setup.
I got three displays in landscape orientation, grouped by nVidia Surround and then split into three equal areas by displayfusion.
I have three seperate taskbars on each area, and the main windows taskbar is on the screen in the middle. (I've disabled the additional start menu buttons on the df taskbars.)

Now if I click on my only start button located in the native windows taskbar on my screen in the middle the start menu always opens on the far bottom left corner on my left screen. The start menu won't move to the middle screen where the start button was clicked.

Is there any way to get the start menu to the place it belongs to? It annoys the hell out of me, but I already know that it's not your fault since microsoft change the way how the start menu works with windows 10.

Greetings from Germany,
Mathias

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Oct 17, 2015 • #1

I've tested this setup here, but couldn't reproduce it. Couple of follow-up questions for you:

If you use the Windows key instead of clicking the Start button, does that make a difference?
Are there any processes called "nvsmartmaxapp" running in the Windows Task Manager?

Thanks!

Oct 19, 2015 • #2

Mathias Lustig

6 discussion posts

Hi Keith,

thanks for your response!

Using the Start Button or the Windows key on my keyboard doesn't make any difference.
Regarding the specified nVidia Process: No, a process with this name is not running. (See attached screenshot)

Thanks for your help!

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Oct 25, 2015 • #3

Thanks! I'm stumped as to why this isn't working. No matter what I do, I can't get it to happen here. If you add the Start buttons back to the taskbars on the left/right monitors, does it then work correctly?

Oct 28, 2015 • #4

Mathias Lustig

6 discussion posts

Hi Keith,

adding the start buttons back to the additional taskbars doesn't help.
It's still messed up.

Oct 31, 2015 • #5

Ok, quick question. If you exit DF, does the taskbar stay on the middle monitor, or stretch across all three? And does the Start menu work correctly when DF isn't running?

Nov 6, 2015 • #6

Mathias Lustig

6 discussion posts

It stretches across all three displays and yes, the start menu works as expected when DF is closed.

Nov 7, 2015 • #7

Ok, I think we may need to look at adding some more details to the logging code to help track this down. I'll keep you posted as soon as we have another build to test out.

Thanks!

Nov 11, 2015 • #8

Just a quick update, could you update to 8.0 Beta 1, set the logging level to L2 (instead of L3), and then send a new log after you've tried to open the start menu on the middle taskbar?

Thanks!

Dec 3, 2015 • #9

Mathias Lustig

6 discussion posts

Hi Keith,

there it is!

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Dec 5, 2015 • #10

Thanks! I was finally able to reproduce this issue here. We'll be sure to post an update as soon as we're able to get it all fixed up

Dec 8, 2015 • #11

zedug

5 discussion posts

I have the exact same issue on an AMD card running Eyefinity split on three monitors. Eagerly waiting for progress on this issue

Jan 13, 2016 • #12

We've just released a new DisplayFusion beta version (http://www.displayfusion.com/Download/Beta/) and this issue should be all fixed up. Please let us know if you run into any trouble after updating.

Thanks!

Mar 30, 2016 • #13

Marco Miseré

2 discussion posts

Hi,

had the same issue with NVIDIA surround with Version 7.xx. Start menu is on the left screen. (I have only one taskbar in the middle though). Updated to version 8 yesterday, which fixed it. However, then Win 10 installed the big anniversary update and now its again on the left side no matter what I do... :/ So was fixed for like 2 hours for me...

Aug 13, 2016 • #14

@Marco: I've confirmed the same as you here with Windows 10 German (Anniversary update) and have added this to our list. We'll be sure to let you know when we're able to get it fixed up!

Aug 19, 2016 • #15

Marco Miseré

2 discussion posts

Great to hear! Thanks Keith!

Aug 20, 2016 • #16