Windows 10: Is it possible to prevent full screen applications from minimizing when they lose focus?

Discus and support Is it possible to prevent full screen applications from minimizing when they lose focus? in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; I use a dual monitor setup, and would like to dedicate one monitor to display applications in full screen mode, while using the other to manage other... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by WonderLost, Feb 26, 2021.

  1. Is it possible to prevent full screen applications from minimizing when they lose focus?


    I use a dual monitor setup, and would like to dedicate one monitor to display applications in full screen mode, while using the other to manage other applications I'm using. I would expect that an application being used in full screen mode should should take priority of whatever screen it is on, but this doesn't seem to be the case. Instead, if I interact with another application on my second screen, the application I have full screened on my first monitor minimizes, and depending on the application, crashes.

    I have seen suggestions to use borderless windowed mode as a work around for this issue, but I feel that this is an inadequate solution as not all applications support this feature, and frankly appears to be a feature that exists solely to work around this issue which shouldn't be an issue to start with.

    :)
     
    WonderLost, Feb 26, 2021
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  2. Jason Win User

    Is it possible in Windows 10 to prevent an opening application from stealing focus?

    In Linux I can do this but can you do this in Windows?

    I launch a new application and it takes awhile to load. In the mean time I am tying text in an application or searching for an application in classic shell. While typing the launching application finally takes focus and interrupts my typing. Is there a way to prevent this in windows?

    I did see this Preventing applications from stealing focus but that was back pre Windows 8.x days. Does anyone know since the newer OSes that this has become possible?
     
    Jason, Feb 26, 2021
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  3. CK011885 Win User
    Prevent Fullscreen games from minimizing?

    I've been playing an ARPG called Path of Exile lately, and the game seems to run way smooth in Fullscreen mode than it does in Windowed Fullscreen. The only problem I have is if a window pops up outside of the game, it'll minimize the game and pull me out of it. Since I'm playing a hardcore character, this is potentially deadly and a situation I'm looking to avoid. Is there any way possible to prevent another window from taking focus and minimizing another program like the game I'm trying to play?
     
    CK011885, Feb 26, 2021
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  4. CK011885 Win User

    Is it possible to prevent full screen applications from minimizing when they lose focus?

    Prevent Fullscreen games from minimizing?

    I've actually never had the game minimize on me...yet. It's something I'm always worried about happening though. The one time it did minimize was because I plugged my phone in and the AutoPlay window popped up asking what I want to do about the Removable Disk that was just plugged in. So I'm mostly asking this as a preventative measure, I've invested about 3 weeks into this level 79 character, it would suck for it to die because the game got minimized for some unforeseen reason. So there's no way of forcing a window to always stay in focus or something along those lines?

    Some other things I've tested though so not minimize the game, like a Steam message from a friend won't minimize. I'm not sure why some things do and some don't. But if there was a way to prevent it, I'd like to do it.
     
    CK011885, Feb 26, 2021
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