Dual Monitors Switching While Running Full-Screen Game?

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Published on 2011-03-17T21:43:17Z Indexed on 2013/11/08 4:01 UTC
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I have a dual-monitor setup, and currently I can run a full screen game (Warcraft 3 and Starcraft 2 currently) and see still see anything I have open on my second monitor.

I can't move my mouse from one monitor to the other, which is a good thing. However, I would like to know if it's possible to press some key combination and "release" my mouse control from the full screen game to my second monitor without the game minimizing (which is what happens when I ALT - Tab).

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