How to run the game in windowed mode

Many gamers prefer to play them in windowed mode. These include people who do not like to play at work when my boss isn't around. At the same time they run the game in windowed mode and switch the mouse to another window. Old games in windowed mode to play comfortably, because many of them don't have enough for modern monitors resolution.

Instruction

The first method is the most primitive. Start the game, press Alt+Enter. Part of the toy responds to this combination, switching to windowed mode. Unfortunately, this part is not great.

A more sophisticated way. Create a desktop shortcut of the game, if there is not. If the shortcut is available, you will operate with him. Click on the tab right button mouse, select menu "Properties" ("Properties" – for English version of OS). Fill in the line ' of the game "-window". For example:
It Was – "D:\Games\Data\Gothic.exe";

Was – "D:\Games\Data\Gothic.exe -window".

Click on the "Apply" ("Apply") and exit. Now start the game via the edited shortcut. It is worth noting that some games continue to run in a window even if you remove the words "window". Here it is necessary to prescribe another inscription, namely the "full screen".

The third way is inline. The fact that many modern games provide a windowed mode. You need only to activate the corresponding option in the game settings and everything.

Note

If your game started to slow down in windowed mode, switch to full screen mode. Perhaps your computer simply can't handle window mode. Because, oddly enough, resources the game consumes more in windowed mode than in fullscreen. The second cause of retardation the game in a window is the inability of the game to deal with your PC. The developer can not optimize or not to test the game in window mode.

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