Keep Flash Videos in Full Screen on Dual Monitors

Pretty good article, I'm sure most of us have experienced this. Haven't tested it myself yet though.

http://lifehacker.com/5419028/keep-f...-dual-monitors


excerpt of article

"All you need to do is grab d.i.z.'s modified npswf32.dll file and replace the one located in C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\ or C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\ folder on Windows 7 64-bit (though we recommend you backup the original file just in case). After a restart of your browser, all your Flash videos should exhibit the new behavior (i.e., you should be able to multi-task without losing full-screen playback). You can still exit full screen mode by hitting the escape key or using the Flash player's full screen button, of course."

WoW, now that is a nice find. I'm always watching movies on one of my monitors.

Stephen

Wow, I've been wanting this, does it work for vista(64) too?

I made a change that does the same thing about a year ago. I had to get a HEX editor and change one value in some dll file somewhere in the flash folder, I assume this file replacement basically does the same thing.

I can attest that it works great on vista 64 ultimate.

To exit full screen video, you can either use the on screen buttons, or give the window focus and press ESC.

I have had some flash videos crash on me though. In this case, I had to end the (google chrome) process. For chrome, this just shut down the video, but for other browsers you might have to end process for the entire browser. This happens very rarely.

awesome thanks