"Always on top" for Windows 10?
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vurt




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PostPosted: Wed, 5th Jun 2019 16:35    Post subject: "Always on top" for Windows 10?
Anyone found a program to make apps/games running in a window stickied on top of everything...?

Why is this crappy OS even named "Windows" when it can't even handle such simplistic thing as having windows "always on top"? After all those years, still you have to google for third party programs.. people have been requesting this feature for the last 20 years Laughing

I tried Deskpins but couldn't get it to work (tried it with Rimworld running in a window..) i just got some message that it couldnt do it.
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PostPosted: Wed, 5th Jun 2019 16:39    Post subject:
It can handle them. App developer needs to support it. CreateWindowEx with WS_EX_TOPMOST for win32 windows, window.Topmost for XAML windows. UWP can't do it
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PostPosted: Wed, 5th Jun 2019 16:44    Post subject:
I dont know what any of that means.

Had a program for Windows 7 that made it possible for most stuff i had.. unfortunately i dont remember the name and i have no idea if it works for Windows 10 anyways.
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PostPosted: Wed, 5th Jun 2019 16:50    Post subject:
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vurt




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PostPosted: Wed, 5th Jun 2019 18:22    Post subject:
what's funny?

but no, tried it and it doesn't work (again i tested with rimworld in a window). if i click my browser or whatever that window takes over.
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PostPosted: Wed, 5th Jun 2019 19:20    Post subject:
I laughed because I saw it in an article from 2017, but the images on the site seem like from Windows 2000, max. Laughing
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vurt




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PostPosted: Wed, 5th Jun 2019 19:52    Post subject:
yeah i was expecting it to say "last updated 2001" or something.. the program is from 2016 (last update)...

it's weird that none of these programs seems to work in Windows 10. lazy ass microsoft is one of the richest companies in the world yet they can't implement this function..

the windows-part of Windows should have a bit of priority over the other junk they're doing, you'd think Mad
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PostPosted: Wed, 5th Jun 2019 20:09    Post subject:
Again, Windows can handle it (unless you're talking UWP) IF the game/application developers added it to their code. That's what Leo tried to say but that was apparently before he knew you were completely programming-illiterate.


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PostPosted: Wed, 5th Jun 2019 20:40    Post subject:
Laughing Very Happy
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vurt




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PostPosted: Thu, 6th Jun 2019 07:54    Post subject:
Yes i got that part but it's true i have no interest in programming.

I guess there's a workaround for it though since there are third party programs that makes it possible (though not always it seems).. you'd think it would be something that would "just work" in Windows, just like minimizing or full-screen etc..
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PostPosted: Thu, 6th Jun 2019 09:40    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Thu, 6th Jun 2019 12:27    Post subject:
Could be that this was blocked by Windows at some point. It makes sense, if you think about it; other processes should not have write access to other apps' windows.
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PostPosted: Thu, 6th Jun 2019 12:51    Post subject:
They probably could if run with admin rights. Before Vista, all apps were by default run with admin rights so you could get the handle of e.g. Windows Taskbar and mess with Start menu button. But they've got smart in the meantime.
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