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Dual monitor: Making some games fullscreen on left screen moves windows half a screen to the right

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  • Games
  • Dual Monitors
  • World Of Warcraft
  • Video Games
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May 11, 2013 6:34:42 PM

Been having a problem with some games when made fullscreen (dj max trilogy, Red alert 2) but not others (mostly games with "borderless" or maximized/windowed settings dont have issues, such as diablo 3, wow , starcraft Lol.)

So its hard to explain what happens exactly, but the best way I can describe it is that when a game is maximized on my left screen all the windows on my right screen are "moved" or pushed" about 1/3 of the second screen to the left.

but its not just that its as if everything is moved 1/3 to 3/7 of screen to the right.

So when I alt tab to the game (which is running on my left screen) everything is moved rightwards. even windows that are on my left screen get pushed rightwards with their edges or part of that window appearing on my right screen. But when i alt tab back to desktop, the page refreshes and all windows are moved back to were they originally were.

if people don't still understand maybe I can post some pictures

Thanks a bunch for the help

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May 11, 2013 7:20:51 PM

Usually wont happen if you run the games at the same resolution as that monitor's desktop resolution.

if you're running two monitors at 1920x1080, and a window is 1/2 way across the screen on the right monitor, it's location is 2880 pixels over... if you switch the left monitor to 1600x900 and the window is still at 2880 pixels over, it will move 320 pixels to the right.
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June 26, 2014 12:08:10 AM

I have the same problem but I cant resolve it by using your method because my second monitor is 1280x768 and wont go any higher than that.Is there any other way to fix it ?
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September 20, 2014 12:37:51 PM

I'm sorry to bump an old thread, but the exact same problem occured to me yesterday when I moved my secondary monitor over to the right side of my primary monitor. To be perfectly clear: the issue only occurs when the secondary monitor is on the right side. I have no problems when it's on the left, top, or bottom. The solition zyky suggested doesn't really help because I always run my games in a lower resolution than the native resolution of my primary screen, either because the game does not support it or to prevent low framerates.

I'm very certain that it's a problem with either Windows 7 itself or my videocard/drivers, because the issue keeps occuring no matter what windows are open on both screens. Please help me understand what is causing this.
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