Taskbar issue with Fullscreen Windowed Mode

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SilverSix311

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Hey guys,
So Im having an issue with the taskbar not going away on some applications im using in Fullscreen Windowed mode... I have not been able to get this fixed going through all of the options in Display Fusion. I do use all Display Fusion taskbars, and I have the normal bar hidden with Taskbar Magic app. Is there anything else you guys can think of to fix this?

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Jun 12, 2016 • #1

That Compatibility rule should do the trick, assuming the path to the EXE is correct. If you open the Settings > Troubleshooting tab, and click "Full screen applications," is WoW.exe listed there as detected?

Jun 13, 2016 • #2

SilverSix311

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No it doesn't look like it ever shows up as a FullScreen Application in the Troubleshooting section.

Jun 14, 2016 • #3

Ok, could you attach a copy of your troubleshooting info, copied while WoW.exe is running?

Open the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
Click the "Copy to Clipboard" button
Paste the text into a text file (please don't paste the text directly into your reply, the formatting gets garbled and makes it difficult to parse)
Reply with the file attached

Jun 14, 2016 • #4

SilverSix311

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Here ya go.

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Jun 15, 2016 • #5

Can you try changing the path in the Compatibility rule to just:

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*WoW.exe?

Jun 15, 2016 (modified Jun 15, 2016) • #6

SilverSix311

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Still doesn't like it :/

Jun 15, 2016 • #7

Ok, the weird part is that WoW.exe doesn't even seem to be detected by DisplayFusion in the list of processes. Do you run WoW as administrator, or as a different user?

Jun 16, 2016 • #8

SilverSix311

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Yea, that's what I thought was weird to. I have tried making it detect on multiple names, and I for the life of me cannot figure this one out...

The process shows up as World of Warcraft (32 bit).

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Jun 16, 2016 • #9

Could you send a screenshot of that process on the Details tab?

Jun 16, 2016 • #10

SilverSix311

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Here you go

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Jun 17, 2016 • #11

I'm really stumped on this! Could you try updating to the latest DisplayFusion Beta, and then send over a debug log while WoW is running?

On the Troubleshooting tab, change the Logging drop-down to "L1: Log Minimal"
Restart DisplayFusion
Reproduce the issue and note the time so we'll know where to check in the log file
Send us the DisplayFusion.log and DebugInfo.html files (can be found by clicking the Open Log button on the Troubleshooting tab)
Disable debug logging after sending the log

Jun 22, 2016 • #12

SilverSix311

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Sorry it took a bit to get back to you. Been on vacation

Here are the logs, the time is about 7:00 PM MST when it happened again.

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Jul 11, 2016 • #13

No worries, thanks! I don't see wow.exe listed anywhere in the debug log either

Did you enable debug logging after launching WoW, or before launching it?

Jul 12, 2016 • #14

SilverSix311

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Yup... that's what i've been thinking is fishy too. It's not showing up at all... I turned on L1 logging, restart DisplayFusion, waited a few moments then opened WoW.exe, logged into my character and waited a few moments, and quit the game. I have no idea why this app would not show up.

Jul 12, 2016 • #15

Yeah, that's bizarre. The only thing I can think of is that WoW might have some anti-cheat protection that's preventing DisplayFusion from seeing the process. Unfortunately I don't think there's anything we can do here

Jul 12, 2016 • #16

SilverSix311

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Is there any bat file i can run that can trigger DisplayFusion to completely hide the task bar? I can write it myself, but just wasn't sure if there is some kinda API call i can make. I'd be fine writing something to hide it till i close the cmd window after i close the game.

Jul 12, 2016 • #17

Actually, you could create a Scripted Function in DisplayFusion to disable the taskbar, launch the game, then re-enable the taskbar after it exits. See the code below. If it doesn't work (might have the same problem, where it can't see that the game is actually running), just take out the "WaitForExit" and "EnableTaskbar" lines, and move the EnableTaskbar line to a separate Scripted Function. You can then give those two functions hotkeys so that you can enable/disable the taskbar as needed.

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using System;
using System.Drawing;

public static class DisplayFusionFunction
{
  public static void Run()
    {
      // Disable the taskbar
      BFS.DisplayFusion.DisableTaskbar(1);
        
      // Start the game and wait for it to exit
      uint appID = BFS.Application.Start("E:\\World of Warcraft\World of Warcraft - 1.12\\WoW.exe");
      BFS.Application.WaitForExitByAppID(appID);
       
      // After the game has exited, enable the taskbar
      BFS.DisplayFusion.EnableTaskbar(1);
     }
}

Hope that helps!

Jul 13, 2016 (modified Jul 13, 2016) • #18