Windows side-by-side resizing nightmare!!

RESOLVED !! Thank-you Rosco !!

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I wasn't sure where to post this since it isn't a Stardock or Wincustomize problem, it's my PC or monitor or Windows ?? I really don't know. Here's the deal.....when you bump a window to the left or right side of your screen it automatically resizes to 50% so you can have 2 windows open neatly side by side. I'm sure everyone knows that, but I just wanted to reiterate. When I bump to the left side of my screen, everything is fine, the window resizes like it should, but when I toss a window over to the right side for a bump, it keeps going !!!! and going !!! and going ....and gone ! I cant'get it back and I can't close it without logging off. YIKES !!! I'm at a loss here. It happened before I even re-installed any Stardock apps. after my windows re-install and was happening before I even did the re-install. The first time I thought it was collateral damage from a malware attack , but even on a clean install it does it. Apparently, I have come to discover that this is probably why I have lost the scroll "right" function on a few of my games as well. I can move to the right in my games using the "right" arrow on my keyboard, but I can't automatically scroll right by moving the mouse pointer to the edge of the right hand screen , and here's the clincher, when I move the mouse pointer over to the right side of my screen it will actually keep going and disappear somewhere way off to the right. When this happens in a game that I'm playing, if I click the mouse button while the pointer is disappeared off to the right, the game window automatically minimizes down to the taskbar and there I am looking at my desktop screen. HOLY COW !!! what is going on here !! Is there a Doctor in the house ??

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

o.k....well I've narrowed the problem down to my DVI input, when I changed to the VGA input the problem went away and all was normal. Only problem is that VGA doesn't give you High-Def. I tried the DVI on 2 seperate video cards and got the same result, so...it's obviously not a card issue. I'm thinkin' maybe somethings fried on the Motherboard, but I'm just guessing here.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

It almost sounds like your computer thinks there's a second monitor attached.  Any reason it might think that?  Check your 'Screen Resolution' settings to make sure there's nothing weird going on there.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Sorry it's taken so long to get back here , I was up all night trying to fix this issue. I agree with you Rosco ,as I was thinking the same thing as well. I'm going to try a few experiments here and try to post back here in a little while. :thumbsup:

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

I had a similar issue a while back when I had mt TV hooked up by HDMI.  Forgot it was hooked up, so when it was off, I was confused as to why some programs weren't showing up.  Did a facepalm when I figured it out.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:sun: :thumbsup: Problem is Fixed !!! Thank-you so very much Rosco. I got to thinking more and more about what you said. Why would my system think I had 2 monitors even though it is setup for only one ? Here's the reason: I have 2 high-end video cards in my rig. According to a tech website, you can assign one of your unused cards as a dedicated GPU for PhysX rendering in games.....so I did this. It turns out that Win7 see's this as a second monitor in use even though the settings don't indicate this. As soon as I removed the 2nd card the settings in the Nvidia control panel reverted back to default and the problem disappeared YIPEE !!! I wish I had talked to you last night, maybe I would have gotten some sleep !! LOL !! Thank-you so much for responding and getting me oriented in the right direction....you are AWSOME !!! 5* 5* :thumbsup:

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

At least tonight you'll sleep really well!  Just glad you're up and running properly.