External monitors and fullscreen

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External monitors and fullscreen

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I currently have two screens attached to this computer - the laptop screen and an LCD TV. XP can use the second monitor as extra desktop space, which works nicely, however -

Certain applications refuse to go fullscreen on the second monitor. I start the application, drag it over to the TV, go to fullscreen mode and it pops back to the laptop screen. If I set the second screen as primary this doesn't happen, but switching is not really a practical option since it requires resetting the resolutions and what not.

Some apps, like VLC, don't have a problem with fullscreen on the secondary monitor, so I know it's possible. Is there a way to force an app to stay in the same screen when it goes full size?
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