gPhotoShow Products Support Forum

I am planning to use gPhotoShow to run a slideshow on a Windows 11 mini PC. I'd like to have the slideshow running 24/7 on the PC, but be able to turn the monitor on/off manually whenever we are not in that part of the house.

I tested this with a slideshow created with the default settings, but when I switch the monitor back on the slideshow is no longer active, and the monitor is showing the windows desktop instead. So it looks like the process of switching off the monitor is also terminating the slideshow.

The PC has only one user account (with auto logon enabled) and I am running gPhotoShow as a slideshow, not a screensaver.

How can I get the slideshow to stay live while the monitor is off (or turn back on automatically when the monitor is switched back on)?

gPhotoShow normally doesn't exit if monitor is turned off but it is possible something else causes the program to exit. You should change all events in "Slideshow Options" page and leave only the ESC key as exit event.
There is another possible problem, if you turn off monitor power the monitor is disconnected and OpenGL/DirectX may fail with unrecoverable errors.
The best thing would be to use windows power management to turn off monitor, or use its power button.

Thanks for the response.

Using the power button works, but changing slideshow options or using power management doesn't make any difference. I've resolved my issue by programming Unified Remote to wake up the monitor and restart the slideshow in using a single click.