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MindMover

(5,016 posts) Sun Nov 17, 2013, 04:16 PM Nov 2013

Upgraded my flash and lost full screen open on dual monitors ... ???

Used to be able to keep full screen open on both monitors but now have to stay on one screen with mouse to keep full screen open ...???

Wondering if there is a fix ... ???

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Upgraded my flash and lost full screen open on dual monitors ... ??? (Original Post) MindMover Nov 2013 OP

What OS and version? dballance Nov 2013 #1

Windows 7 ... MindMover Nov 2013 #2

If it's still not working ucrdem Nov 2013 #3

I have a screen on both monitors, just when I move MindMover Nov 2013 #4

How about right click on the desktop ucrdem Nov 2013 #5

Update your video drivers jrandom421 Nov 2013 #6

This is gonna sound stupid, but ... Make7 Nov 2013 #7

And thank you, you hit the button right on the head ... I had hacked it with previous version ... MindMover Nov 2013 #8

dballance

(5,756 posts)

1. What OS and version?

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sun Nov 17, 2013, 05:09 PM

Nov 2013

Windows? OSX? Linux?

MindMover

(5,016 posts)

2. Windows 7 ...

Reply to dballance (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 17, 2013, 06:08 PM

Nov 2013

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)

3. If it's still not working

Reply to MindMover (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 17, 2013, 11:51 PM

Nov 2013

have you tried the ol' unplug the monitor, reboot, plug the monitor back in and let Windows find and install it trick?

MindMover

(5,016 posts)

4. I have a screen on both monitors, just when I move

Reply to ucrdem (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 18, 2013, 01:18 AM

Nov 2013

my mouse to a different screen I lose the full screen, reverts back to a small screen ...

before the upgrade, could have full screen on both monitors and move mouse back and forth between screens ... not now ...

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)

5. How about right click on the desktop

Reply to MindMover (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 18, 2013, 02:35 AM

Nov 2013

and then either graphic options/panel fit, or graphic properties, or screen resolution? One of them lets you choose your monitor set up as I recall, but I forget which one exactly in Windows 7. . .

jrandom421

(1,003 posts)

6. Update your video drivers

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2013, 03:35 PM

Nov 2013

Make7

(8,543 posts)

7. This is gonna sound stupid, but ...

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2013, 04:15 PM

Nov 2013

... have you considered uninstalling the updated version and going back to the version that seemed to work how you wanted it to?

I seem to recall way back when that there was some flag in flash that had to be set to allow full-screen to remain on a second monitor while another program had focus. It was an actual byte that needed to be edited with a hex editor (although there were some third party utility programs that would do it for you). Not sure if that is relevant in current versions - other than you may have done that to your previous version that was working.

MindMover

(5,016 posts)

8. And thank you, you hit the button right on the head ... I had hacked it with previous version ...