> > 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.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Thanks for the replies guys. Yup, I figured this was the case DMala. Really not sure why Microsoft made Windows to behave this way. It does the same thing with standard PC games as well. Click away to another screen or window, and the game will auto-minimize and you lose sound.
I wonder if there's some sort of Windows hack utility or app that prevents apps, games and programs from losing focus when running on a second display, to keep running on the screen without minimizing and losing sound?
I'll try the Windows trick Dullaron.
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