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Windows 7 has an odd idea of what fullscreen is

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 20262112 views
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Windows 7 has suddenly decided that when i hit fullscreen, fullscreen refers to only part of the screen (and aerosnap works the same way), and while i can pull windows into the unused bit, i can't have proper full screen (here's a video of what i'm experiencing). While i suspect rebooting will fix …

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Fix for: Windows 7 has an odd idea of what fullscreen is

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This is caused by the dockable buddy list option in the Pidgin IM client, which you have running in your screenshot. To configure this option, open the Tools menu, click Plugins, and find the "Windows Pidgin Options" plugin. Click on "Configure Plug…

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