Is it DX or GameEx?

[windowpains]

Have been trying to get GameEx to work with two monitors for about eight months now and I just don't understand what I am doing wrong. On XP Pro with dx9 and .net 2.0. Have had GameEx working fine with one screen but when I try to run it on the secondary monitor like I do my media player and other apps, it stays in full screen only until I use the mouse and then it minimizes to the taskbar. I cannot disable the mouse because it is needed with the applications I will be using GameEx to Front-End to. Can someone tell me what causes this? Is it a common error?

Don't know if this info will help, but I am using an Nvidia Geforce card with included software to manage the dual screen. And I noticed that when GameEx goes to screensaver mode, my mouse disappears altogether.

[T. Goodchild]

Have been trying to get GameEx to work with two monitors for about eight months now and I just don't understand what I am doing wrong. On XP Pro with dx9 and .net 2.0. Have had GameEx working fine with one screen but when I try to run it on the secondary monitor like I do my media player and other apps, it stays in full screen only until I use the mouse and then it minimizes to the taskbar. I cannot disable the mouse because it is needed with the applications I will be using GameEx to Front-End to. Can someone tell me what causes this? Is it a common error?

Don't know if this info will help, but I am using an Nvidia Geforce card with included software to manage the dual screen. And I noticed that when GameEx goes to screensaver mode, my mouse disappears altogether.

It minimizes with me too if I go to the edge for some reason. I use x-mouse in tweak ui though so I guess if I'm too far off screen it believes I want to focus on another app. I noticed it in the 11.1x revs.

[Tom Speirs]

To be completely honest I have not had a chance to test running on a second monitor with GameEx since we moved to Direct3D. So it may need some work. Its difficult for me to test with my setup here but ill try and get on it.

[windowpains]

Glad to get your respnse, Tom. I look forward to being able to figure this out. With your help, of course!

[windowpains]

For now in case anyone is interested in a temporary solution which pales in comparison but should work. I am told that I can run it on my second monitor through a Virtual Machine application. I don't know yet if they will give all the DX support needed for the emulators to work, however. I know that they don't work with Windows Desktop Manager and are behind on DX compatibility for games. Seems it would probably work for Mame though. Just guessing.