Windows 10 apps showing on both monitors' taskbars

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Fred Greco

173 discussion posts

Is there a way to have it so that Windows 10 apps only show up in the taskbar of the monitor where the app is open? Right now the app appears (and takes space) on the taskbar of both monitors

Jul 2, 2019 • #1

Not at the moment. It's on our list to fix up, but so far we haven't been able to find a way to do it. The Universal apps do this when we use the same API call to remove from the taskbar that we use for regular desktop apps, and we haven't been able to find another API for removing buttons from the Windows taskbar

Jul 2, 2019 • #2

Fred Greco

173 discussion posts

OK. Thanks. Another thing that does not work now is using Compatibility settings to move the titlebar on Windows 10 apps. You can't choose the app to apply the settings.

Jul 2, 2019 • #3

For Univeral apps, you need to use the following as the Application:

C:\Windows\System32\ApplicationFrameHost.exe

All Universal app windows run in that container process, so the rule will affect all of them.

Jul 3, 2019 • #4

Fred Greco

173 discussion posts

That does not appear to work.

Jul 3, 2019 • #5

Could you send me a screenshot of the Compatibility rule, and the Universal app window?

Jul 4, 2019 • #6

Fred Greco

173 discussion posts

Here they are

• Attachment [protected]: compatibility.jpg [300,185 bytes]

• Attachment [protected]: window.jpg [148,378 bytes]

Jul 4, 2019 • #7

Interesting! I'm seeing the same behaviour here. I wonder if this is a change made in the latest Windows 10 update.

Can you try this in the compatibility rule instead?

*Todoist.Universal.exe

Also, you'll want something more like -175 for the horizontal offset.

Jul 4, 2019 • #8

Fred Greco

173 discussion posts

That worked! Both for Todist and Todist Preview apps.

Jul 4, 2019 • #9

Excellent, thanks Fred! We'll need to see if we can add a way to get those proper EXE paths in the Select Application window for Compatibility rules then.

Jul 4, 2019 • #10

Fred Greco

173 discussion posts

Quote:

Excellent, thanks Fred! We'll need to see if we can add a way to get those proper EXE paths in the Select Application window for Compatibility rules then.

Yes, because there is no way for me to know what the proper string would be for other universal apps. I tried (without success) to apply this to the Calculator app.

Jul 4, 2019 • #11

For sure. You can actually find it out now, it's just a bit of extra work. Here's how to do it:

Open the Universal app
Open the Windows Task Manager
On the Processes tab, click the arrow next to the app name to expand it
Right-click the app name thats indented below the main one and choose "Go to Details"
It should switch to the Details tab and highlight the process name
You can then use that process name with a * in front of it in the compatibility rule, like this:
```
*Calculator.exe
```

Jul 4, 2019 • #12

Fred Greco

173 discussion posts

Any update on having Windows apps only show on one taskbar instead of all of them?

May 1, 2020 • #13

Not yet, sorry!

May 6, 2020 • #14

Christopher Cuddy

1 discussion post

Add me to the list of people requesting a fix for this. Not a showstopper by any means, but it would be great to only have the app show on the proper monitor.

May 8, 2020 • #15

Chris Lowry

11 discussion posts

I agree this would be good to implement, confuses my stupid brain

Jun 11, 2020 • #16

dbaldon

22 discussion posts

Something I noticed for universal apps was that the path changes each time they are updated. I've changed all the paths for my universal apps to look like this; C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\**\BibleApp.Windows.exe just substitute the exe name as appropriate. Here's another example; C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\**\Slack.exe

I also vote for fixing the issue of the icons for universal apps being shown on both taskbars.

Jun 11, 2020 • #17

Joshdw

2 discussion posts

Any news on a fix for this? It's quite annoying seeing the window appear on both my main and one of my side-monitors' taskbars.

Oct 28, 2020 • #18

Hello,

Unfortunately, no updates yet, sorry!

Oct 30, 2020 • #19

Joshdw

2 discussion posts

Quote:

Hello,

Unfortunately, no updates yet, sorry!

Thanks for the quick response ! Hopefully soon

Oct 30, 2020 • #20

Hadoken

3 discussion posts

+1 for this please!

Dec 7, 2020 • #21

Ajasja Ljubetič

7 discussion posts

I know this is not a super helpful message, but it would be really great if the apps showed up only on the correct taskbars.

Jul 20, 2021 • #22

Cody Thurber

10 discussion posts

But I understand the reasoning for delay

Aug 24, 2021 • #23

trip35

22 discussion posts

This is an issue that has been bothering for years, and I revisit this thread from time to time to see if there has been any progress. I was thinking about it this morning, and I have a suggestion that might be worth investigating if it hasn't been already. I see that there are a number of apps that minimise an app from the taskbar to the system tray, such as 'MinimizeToTray' on GitHub. Perhaps it would be possible to incorporate such a function into DF so that if a universal app is displayed on the second monitor, the app disappears from the main Windows taskbar but still apppears on the DisplayFusion taskbar of the screen that is displaying the app.

Nov 8, 2023 • #24