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devil976 · 04-23-2008, 10:11 AM

I want to run a game in windowed mode so that it doesnt take my whole screen. I have loads of stuff running in the background when I alt+tab out of the game to check on something the game crashes. Is there anyway I can get it to run in windowed mode?

cirereyes · 04-23-2008, 12:38 PM

I think there are some games that will allow you to do that specifically the old games like pinball and Pac Man, but for the new ones I'm not sure about that. I think one of the reasons why it crashes is that the resolution of the game is different from your current windows resolution.

Dartz · 04-23-2008, 04:39 PM

Windowed modes just have problems up the wazoo, try pressing alt+Enter, see if that does it. If it doesn't, then look at the resolution settings under the Graphics options. If that doesn't work, then the game flat-out doesn't support windows modes.

devil976 · 04-26-2008, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by cirereyes

I think there are some games that will allow you to do that specifically the old games like pinball and Pac Man, but for the new ones I'm not sure about that. I think one of the reasons why it crashes is that the resolution of the game is different from your current windows resolution.

Yes that is exactly the problem. The resolution of the game is different from my desktop resolution and hence the game crashes. Even if I make both their resolutions same and then alt+tab out the screen keeps flickering and its impossible to see anything.

I found a program 3Danalyse which can force a program to run in windowed mode. Thanks for the help anyway.

error32 · 01-29-2009, 07:31 PM

depend of the game but check on the graphic option
sometime your able to select full or window screen

04-23-2008, 10:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
devil976 Status: Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 103	Running a game in windowed mode? I want to run a game in windowed mode so that it doesnt take my whole screen. I have loads of stuff running in the background when I alt+tab out of the game to check on something the game crashes. Is there anyway I can get it to run in windowed mode?

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Dartz Status: Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 565	Windowed modes just have problems up the wazoo, try pressing alt+Enter, see if that does it. If it doesn't, then look at the resolution settings under the Graphics options. If that doesn't work, then the game flat-out doesn't support windows modes. __________________ I don't believe that computer games cause violence but they add an additional amount of creativity to it. - Blanka I don't know anything about PSPs or homebrew modding, please don't ask me about it.

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04-23-2008, 12:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
cirereyes Status: Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 250	I think there are some games that will allow you to do that specifically the old games like pinball and Pac Man, but for the new ones I'm not sure about that. I think one of the reasons why it crashes is that the resolution of the game is different from your current windows resolution.

01-29-2009, 07:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
error32 Status: Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 7	depend of the game but check on the graphic option sometime your able to select full or window screen

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