Shoutbox

The problem centres around how the system handles fullscreen. Fullscreen isn't in a window in the traditional sense: it's an overlay over the entire frame buffer. To switch the game from fullscreen (where it can use the GFX card directly) to a window (which can't, as Windows has to), you'll need to somehow force the game to output its graphics to a data buffer in memory, which them gets merged with Windows' own display data on the graphics card.

Doing this in software is not easy.

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Originally posted by raceprouk
The problem centres around how the system handles fullscreen. Fullscreen isn't in a window in the traditional sense: it's an overlay over the entire frame buffer. To switch the game from fullscreen (where it can use the GFX card directly) to a window (which can't, as Windows has to), you'll need to somehow force the game to output its graphics to a data buffer in memory, which them gets merged with Windows' own display data on the graphics card.

Doing this in software is not easy.

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Well I doubt anyone will do that... unfortunately...

Create a shortcut, right click on it and go to properties then the "shortcut" tab. Then go to target and put on the end of the target " -window" eg: D:\Games\Halo\halo.exe -window

says path name is incorrect

Did you make sure there was a space between .exe and -window?

I had to put it after the Quotations, BUT.... it still didnt change anything

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Originally posted by zach
Create a shortcut, right click on it and go to properties then the "shortcut" tab. Then go to target and put on the end of the target " -window" eg: D:\Games\Halo\halo.exe -window

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Which will only work for Halo (assuming it uses -window).
Each game will use its own option to force a window.

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Originally posted by zach
Create a shortcut, right click on it and go to properties then the "shortcut" tab. Then go to target and put on the end of the target " -window" eg: D:\Games\Halo\halo.exe -window

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Originally posted by joe cool
says path name is incorrect

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Zach, you forgot the "" try:

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"C:\Games\Halo\halo.exe" -window

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Tried it with GunZ Online and Mario Forever, nothing different happened then usual, still fullscreen.

Which proves raceprouk's point..