Fullscreen games minimize to tray automatically
FrozenLord
Hi,
I've got a problem with my Vista Home Premium x64 and haven't found a
solution so far.
My PC started recently to minimize some games to the tray when I start
them.
Those games are:
- Sacred Gold
- Ghost Recon (inlcuding both addons)
- Tom Clancy's HAWX Demo
- Braid Demo
I can't figure out what's causing this...
The problem only started to occur recently - I don't know why. I
uninstalled everything I had installed recently, but to no avail.
My Specs are:
Windows Vista Home Premium x64 (all updates installed)
Core 2 Duo T7200
4 GB Ram
Comodo Firewall (latest version - deactivating/closing doesn't help)
avast Anti Virus (latest version - deactivating/closing doesn't help)
Any tips and / or clues would be much appreciated :-)
FrozenLord
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FrozenLord
FrozenLord
Thanks for the tip but unfortunatelly, this isn't the case.
I'm still clueless about why this problem occurs :-(.
Some sites report, that Comodo is causing this or the Skype 4 Beta -
which I have both installed. But deactivating (or exiting) both - which
is recommended on those sites to solve those problems in 100% of the
cases - didn't do anything for me.
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FrozenLord
Adam Casada
be switched to, therefore causing any other windows (i.e. your games) to
minimize?
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FrozenLord
Unfortunatelly, it's neither the mouse (a Logitech RX1000) nor a
different app.
The PC idles when I start up the game and I don't see any app when the
game minimizes that would need my attention.
I've got a Logitech V470, too. So I tried using that mouse and it
didn't help :-(
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Adam Casada
using to run the games. If, in the "Shortcut" tab, the "run" option is set
to "minimized", change it to "normal window".
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nick66
I am having the same problem with my vista (ultimate 32 bit), and I also
couldn't find a solution.
I have noticed that when I start some games, windows gives me a popoup
that says that it had to change my visual theme to basic, not that it
actually solves the problem... I have set my visual theme to windows
basic my self to see if it helps and it doesn't.
I have read on some other forums that some people has started getting
the problem after installing updates.
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FrozenLord
I've reinstalled my machine and am using Vista x86 now.
Windows is 100% up to date and the problem hasn't happened again yet.
Vista changes the theme to Basic as soon as you start a fullscreen
game. As far as I know that's Vista's normal behaviour.
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sammysamness
oh but you need to assign a win+tab key to another key
like mine is set to left scroll
then you can scroll through and right click
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sammysamness
if anyone wants a quick solution
open the "failed full screen thing'
win+tab to it and right click it
it seems to work on mine
i have the same problem
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thomasbill
I _-WAS-_ experiencing this same issue. When I ran games or full screen
applications that would become minimized. Eventually, after some
investigation I found that it was indeed skype causing this issue...
However, _*this_can_be_resolved:_
*_The solution is simple, and will work for all versions of vista... In
SKYPE, go to TOOLS>OPTIONS>GENERAL - and change the 'Visual style of the
window' option to 'classic windows'. This should resolve your issue,
worked for me.
As an extra measure, I also ensured that I set the windows application
setting to run the program minamized. To do this, simply RIGHTCLICK THE
SKYPE ICON ON YOUR DESKTOP OR START MENU > and choose PROPERTIES > and
then from the RUN drop down menu, choose: minamized.
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Dane
I also had this problem, I just disabled Windows sidepanel and the
problem was solved...
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housewife
>
> Hi There
> I have had this problem for months and this morning I have at last
> hopefully solved it.
> I have not been able to play any games, because as soon and i try to
> open them they minimize and as much as I click to open them fully, the
> go straight back in the tray!!!
> This morning I turned of my SKYPE.
> So far, so good. Every game opens straight away, first time.
> I hope your problem turns out to be as simple as mine in the end.
> And why didn't I think of this before!!!!!
> By the way, My computer is Vista
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Gunslinger
Hey,
So I was having the same problem as everyone else. I was playing the sc2
beta and I like to turn off game the game's soundtrack and listen to
iTunes and turns out I was scrobbling to last.fm and that little addon
that was minimized to the lower right hand side of my taskbar was
causing the issue.
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