Comments on: Lock full screen video with dual monitors

By: ben

ben — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:28:09 +0000

Thank you very much for this, would not work on internet explorer but works great on firefox! Great fix!!

By: Extra monitors ftw

Extra monitors ftw — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:28:55 +0000

I think by ‘security’, they meant their own job security. What security is there to be gained by preventing users from using their TV screen while browsing the web? Screen scrapers work just as well with one screen as two.

For mac users, I’ve found it’s possible to very quickly switch to another application after clicking the fullscreen button on a flash player. (There’s usually a one-to-two second lag between clicking it and actually going to fullscreen.)

The easiest way to do this is to Apple-Tab to another application at the same time as clicking fullscreen, as long as you make sure that most of your browser window is on the video screen. Then, you can keep using other applications like normal, and if you want to browse the web, just open up a different browser.

But just a word of warning about replacing plugin DLLs. Adobe is known for having really bad security holes, so you need to make absolutely sure you are on the latest version (which is now 10.1.x).

By: KaiserSoze

KaiserSoze — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:13:16 +0000

Thanks Henrik, good tip! I’ll add it to the article.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:16:26 +0000

Hey, i use chrome, and they recently applied an update, which invalides this operation to flash.

The solution is simple though:

In your chrome install folder (which usually is):
C:\Users\Heknu\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\5.0.375.86

Replace the gcswf32.dll with the file downloaded modified file (npswf32.dll) and ur good to go

U might want to keep your original chrome file, just in case. And if chrome release another update, the solution might just be the same

By: KaiserSoze

KaiserSoze — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:04:52 +0000

@Benj

you’ll probably find the .dll file here: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromedia\Flash folder

By: Benj

Benj — Fri, 28 May 2010 12:16:54 +0000

Hi,
i don’t find the npswf32.dll file,
On vista 64 Bits.
Adobe flash player works fine…

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:21:44 +0000

You DLL file replacement works perfectly, thank you very much for this. Using it on Vista with firefox. Genius.

By: terry

terry — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:26:31 +0000

Man this has been bugging me for the last year. I just tried your fix on xp, IE8 and Firefox. Works perfectly on Firefox using Youtube and BBC iplayer.

Thank you very much for the fix.

just for ref on XP the file is here.
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash

By: Jworm

Jworm — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:23:40 +0000

Worked for me. I am running win 7 x 64 and figured it wouldn’t work. I downloaded the file, closed all web browsers, searched the windows directory for the .ddl, BACKED UP ORIGINAL FILE and replaced it. Works with Safari but not Fire Fox but that is fine in my book. GOOD LUCK!

By: Rob Hayes

Rob Hayes — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:38:09 +0000

Thanks for this! I’ve been wanting to do this for a while now, and even requested it as a feature for DisplayFusion Pro.