Right. There is a lot of confusion on this thread.
This happens, and I get that message, when I use Google Chrome as my browser on my laptop and I'm moving the cursor around the screen.
How do you turn off Fullscreen mode in Windows 8?
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Despite all of the annoyances of Windows 8, I must say, the random "switching to fullscreen mode" is the most aggravating. . I thought I turned off full screen mode, but it keeps doing that fullscreen.... thing. It's done it -at least- 5 times while I typed this.
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Anonymous
2013-03-06T17:25:34+00:00 -
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btbt 11,841 Reputation points2013-03-06T16:58:30+00:00 That's not what I meant. I mean when you move your finger around and it randomly gets big. There's this tiny box that says : "You've gone fullscreen, Exit Full screen (F11). How do I stop Windows 8 from doing that at random?
Everyone, there's a difference between a Metro app and something like this happening. What app is this happening in?
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Anonymous
2013-03-06T16:52:02+00:00 "Cannot turn it off" - as in Microsoft made a conscious decision to make Windows 8 a single threaded OS and cripple the interface, dramatically limiting usability?
I hope the engineer who made that decision gets fired.
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Anonymous
2013-03-06T16:49:51+00:00 yeah - lets take the new modern Windows 8 operating system and make it single threaded so that you can actually only use 1 app at a time.
Did Microsoft even consult a single user before deciding to cripple the OS in this manner?
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Anonymous
2013-03-05T14:05:23+00:00 I have this same annoying issue. It's driving me nuts. It's only when I'm using a web browser that it happens.
Come on Microsoft and Support Engineer. Give us a fix please.