Fullscreen Mode still showing window

Ok, I'm using DirectX to set up my engine and I'm nearly done with it. This is a problem I've been having since day 1 and can't find a way to fix it. Fullscreen works fine but...I can still drag/close/minimize the window through directX. I can't see the window, but if I know where to click, I can minimize it, etc. I've tried using styles without close buttons and disabling the window but I can still minimize it if I double click the title bar. I know there's a way around this, anyone know?

Can you show us the methods used to create the window? And the initialization code you use with DirectX?

Specifically the CreateWindow[Ex] calls and such, and the init directdraw/3d calls.

Sure, here's how I create the window:

Code:

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wcex.cbSize = sizeof( WNDCLASSEX ); //size of the structure
        wcex.style = CS_CLASSDC; //the class style
        wcex.lpfnWndProc = (WNDPROC)MsgProc; //Window procedure callback
        wcex.cbClsExtra = 0; //Extra class bytes
        wcex.cbWndExtra = 0; //Extra window bytes
        wcex.hInstance = hInstance; //Handle to the app instance
        wcex.hIcon = NULL; // icon
        wcex.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW); //cursor
        wcex.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(GRAY_BRUSH); //bgcolor
        wcex.lpszMenuName = NULL; //resource name for the menu
        wcex.lpszClassName = "Arkhana"; //class name being created
        wcex.hIconSm = NULL; //Small icon handle
        RegisterClassEx( &wcex );

        //Create the window
        wndHandle = CreateWindow( "Arkhana", // Class name to use
                Title, // Title bar text
                WS_DISABLED, //The window style
                0, // The starting x coord
                0, // The starting y coord
                1024, // The pixel width
                768, // The pixel height
                NULL, // The parent window, null for desktop
                NULL, // The menu for the app - null for none
                hInstance, // The handle to the app instance
                NULL); // No values passed to the window

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Init D3D

Code:

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ZeroMemory( &d3dpp, sizeof(d3dpp) );
        d3dpp.Windowed = false;
        d3dpp.SwapEffect = D3DSWAPEFFECT_FLIP;
        d3dpp.BackBufferCount = 1;
        d3dpp.BackBufferHeight = 768;
        d3dpp.BackBufferWidth = 1024;
        d3dpp.PresentationInterval = D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT;
        d3dpp.FullScreen_RefreshRateInHz = D3DPRESENT_RATE_DEFAULT;
d3dpp.BackBufferFormat = Format;
        d3dpp.EnableAutoDepthStencil = TRUE;
        d3dpp.AutoDepthStencilFormat = D3DFMT_D16;

        d3dpp.hDeviceWindow = wndHandle;

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Try using the call:

Code:

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D3DDISPLAYMODE d3dmode;
g_pD3d9->GetAdapterDisplayMode(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, &d3dmode);

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This will give you the width, height and format for full-screen mode. Use the format for the Back Buffer format in your D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS struct, as well as the width and height. Also, why do you use WS_DISABLED for your window style? Why not try something like WS_OVERLAPPED. Or even WS_EX_TOPMOST would be great if you were using CreateWindowEx.

So what is the problem you are experiencing exactly? Give some more details and I will try to help you further.

The reason it was WS_DISABLED is because I could close the window while DirectX was in fullscreen. When DirectX is in fullscreen mode, the window didn't disappear, it was behind DirectX in the background. I couldn't see the window but if I knew where it was I could close it by clicking the X and it would shut the whole program down...that's why it was disabled. I did fix it though. I used WS_OVERLAPPED first, it's the one that generated the problem. WS_POPUP|WS_VISIBLE did the trick though.