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Reged: 05/09/05
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Re: Running MAME on two displays without losing focus?
02/08/14 06:49 AM
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> Hey guys, > > I am running MAME using two displays. Upon launching the emulator, the emulator goes > into full screen mode on Display #2, while my main Windows desktop and apps remain on > Display #1. This is how I deliberately have it set up and everything works great. > > However, I would like to click away from the main MAME screen(Display #2) without > having it lose focus, and keeping the mouse enabled so I can click on other things. > Often times I'll be playing a game but suddenly get an email or something. In order > to click away and read the email, with the way it works now, I'm required to Alt-Tab > out of the MAME screen to make it minimize. > > I want to simply click away from MAME, while keeping it running and showing on > Display #2, while being able to click on Display #1 to access other programs. Is > there a way to accomplish this, without having to run MAME in a window?
It would be very handy, but I'm pretty sure the answer is no. It's not even a MAME thing, it has to do with how full screen mode works in Windows in general.
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