If you're running DisplayFusion in a corporate environment and need to centrally add Compatibility rules for specific applications, you can do this using Active Directory Group Policy Preferences.
The steps below will walk you through creating a Compatibility rule for Chrome that will disable the DisplayFusion TitleBar Buttons.
Open the Group Policy Management Console.
Add a new Group Policy Object for DisplayFusion and open it for editing.
Expand the left tree down to User Configuration > Preferences > Windows Settings > Registry.
Right-click in the right pane and choose New > Registry Item.
Select "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" as the Hive, and set the "Key Path" to
Software\Binary Fortress Software\DisplayFusion\Compatibility
.
Set the "Value Name" to
.
Set the "Value Data" to the path for the EXE you want to create the Compatibility settings for. You can also use wildcards, (e.g.
).
Add more Registry Items to the policy for the Compatibility Settings you want to enable for this application.
Make sure to replace "X" in the Value Name with the number that matches the "App_X_Path" value created in step 6. Set the Value Data to 1 to enable the Compatibility setting.
See the table below for a list of Compatibility settings and their Registry Value Name.
Repeat steps 4-8 for any other applications you want to create Compatibility rules for. Increase the number in the Value Names for whichever one you're working on. e.g. the second rule would be App_2_Path, the third rule would be App_3_Path, etc.
Link the GPO to an OU that has the DisplayFusion users in it so that they'll get the new policy the next time they logon.
The following table lists the names of the settings in the Compatibility rule edit window, and the corresponding registry Value Name. All registry values are type "String (REG_SZ)" and all of them use 0 for disabled, and 1 for enabled. Make sure to replace "X" with the number that matches the "App_X_Path" value you're adding this setting for.
| Setting Name |
Registry Value Name |
|---|
| Disable TitleBar Buttons | App_X_DisableTitleBarButtons |
| Disable TitleBar Buttons (all applications) | App_X_DisableTitleBarButtonsAll |
| Disable Window Snapping | App_X_DisableWindowSnapping |
| Disable Wallpaper changes while running | App_X_DisableWallpaperChanges |
| Disable middle-click window moving | App_X_DisableWindowMoveMiddleClick |
| Disable maximized window dragging | App_X_DisableWindowMoveMaximizedDrag |
| Disable removing from Windows Taskbar | App_X_DisableWindowsTaskbarRemove |
| Disable Application Hooks | App_X_DisableAppHooks |
| Disable DisplayFusion Taskbars while running | App_X_DisableTaskbarsAll |
| Disable moving new windows to current monitor | App_X_DisableMoveNewProcessWindowsToCurrentMonitor |
| Use process file icon on DisplayFusion taskbar | App_X_ForceProcessTaskbarProcessIcon |
| Force DisplayFusion to treat this application as full screen | App_X_ForceTreatAsFullScreenWindow |
| Disable unfocused mouse scrolling | App_X_DisableMouseScroll |
| Use alternate Mouse Scroll method | App_X_DisableMouseScroll |
| Normal TitleBar Button Offset X | App_X_TitleBarButtonOffset |
| Normal TitleBar Button Offset Y | App_X_TitleBarButtonOffsetY |
| Maximized TitleBar Button Offset X | App_X_TitleBarButtonOffsetMaxX |
| Maximized TitleBar Button Offset Y | App_X_TitleBarButtonOffsetMaxY |
