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Dual Monitor Issue - Won't Stay on Screen #1 - Using DisplayFusion

Backman wrote on 2013-09-07 00:13

Hello, I recently set up my dual monitors. One is considerably larger than the other, so I'd like Mabinogi to open and run on that monitor, and leave everything else on the smaller one. The larger one is Monitor #1, and the smaller is Monitor #2, but the smaller is set as Primary.

I understand there's no way to "by default" force a program onto a certain screen, so I got the Pro Version of Display Fusion which claims to have such a feature. However, here is my issue:

I can launch Mabinogi (I go to C:/Nexon and double-click Mabinogi.exe from there) and it will launch on the large screen. I can log in. As soon as I log in, it pops back to the smaller monitor. I can drag it back to the big screen. As soon as I do anything (open options, etc.), it pops back to the small screen. Even WITH DisplayFusion forcing rules to launch and keep Mabinogi on a certain screen, it always pops back to the small one as soon as I do anything.

Here's the way I have it set up on Display Fusion, in case anyone is familiar with it:

puu.sh/4kQNo
^ I have two rules. One for Mabinogi.exe (which as I understand is the launcher), and one for Client.exe (which as I understand is what actually runs as you play). Maybe I'm just missing a certain .exe that needs to be on this list?

Anyway,
puu.sh/4kQRq
^ This is the rule I have set for both programs. It forces it to launch on Monitor #1 (the big one) and runs a function on it, which I code-named Mabinogi. The function, as you can see, causes it to run on Monitor #1 and not move the window or change the height/width. There's also a default function called "Prevent Window Deactivation (keeps game windows focused)" which also does nothing.

So, any help would be much appreciated. Maybe I'm missing an .exe file that is running. Or maybe there's a function that I need to be using that I didn't notice. No other program has any issues, so it has to be the way Mabinogi is set up or coded. I've heard that Mabi wasn't designed to work with dual monitors (I have Googled this issue extensively and found no solutions), but surely with professional, paid software, it should work?

Thanks to anyone who can help. :)
Osayidan wrote on 2013-09-07 12:24

I'm not familiar with that program but the only way I've found is to make the monitor you want your games to load on be primary.

After that if you want your start menu/taskbar on the other monitor you can drag it there. You can also place your application windows on that monitor manually and as long as your monitor settings don't change it should remember where to open things.
Backman wrote on 2013-09-07 14:22

Quote from Osayidan;1145295:
I'm not familiar with that program but the only way I've found is to make the monitor you want your games to load on be primary.

After that if you want your start menu/taskbar on the other monitor you can drag it there. You can also place your application windows on that monitor manually and as long as your monitor settings don't change it should remember where to open things.

Thanks. I believe I've tested it with both monitors taking turns being primary, and both taking turns being #1 and #2, but I'll dig a little deeper into it.
Osayidan wrote on 2013-09-07 16:06

If you have an nvidia graphics card then the nvidia control panel will probably help as well:

[Image: http://i.imgur.com/HaKmczl.jpg]

I assume AMD/ATI would have something similar.