Im using nVidia TwinView and I want to use one monitor in full screen for a game and leave the other monitor available for other apps. Is this possible?
Yes. The principle is pretty easy. Basically you want to run all your games in windowed mode in the same resolution as one of the monitors, presuming your hardware can support the resolution and still have a playable game. If not, there’s still a way. The first way can be done like this: Start the game and select to run it in “windowed mode”. Sometimes this means “full screen: no” in the game’s menu. Once you see the game in a window, make your window manager remove the window dressing (This means the title bar and sides surrounding the window). Once this is done, move the window into place, and tell your window manager to “remember” where it goes. You may be scratching your head wondering how you can grab a window with no title bar! Well, as an example, let’s see how this can be done using Enlightenment: Step 1) Remove the window dressings: hold down ALT and right click the window, a menu will pop up. Go to “Set border style” and select borderless. Step 2) Move the window: Hold down A
