Modern programs, as a rule, automatically adjust to the display resolution - however, fans of old action or arcade games may have a question about how to make the game full screen.
Because an application created 10, 15 or even 25 years ago can only be partially displayed on a modern monitor.
Sometimes this question also arises when launching modern games.
Game running in windowed mode
There are a number of reasons why this happens, as well as several ways to get everything back to normal and play in full screen mode.
Method 1. Using "hot keys"
Quite often, you can translate a game or any other application full screen just by pressing 2 keys - "Alt" and "Enter".
The method helps not only in old games, but also in modern ones - for example, in WoT.
The same keyboard shortcut will revert to windowed mode if necessary.
Method 2: Change launch options
Sometimes it happens, especially if you are playing on someone else's computer, that the launch in windowed mode is due to the “-window” parameter set in the shortcut properties.
It can be written in the "Object" line of the properties of the game shortcut.
By removing this inscription, you can restore the standard launch to the entire monitor.
The launch problem also occurs when the game is incompatible with this operating system.
In this case, you should select the "Compatibility" tab in the properties of the shortcut or the application itself and select the operating system.
However, most often the list of OSes ends with Windows Vista, and this method will not help the owner of a modern OS, for example, Windows 10.
Running the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP
Method 3. Setting up a video card
In some cases, outdated video card drivers prevent you from running games in full screen. The issue is solved by updating them or completely reinstalling them.
The graphics card settings menu of each manufacturer looks different.
For example, for Nvidia products, the user will have to open the Start / Control Panel menu.
Here select the nVidia Control Panel and select the scaling control there. When enabled, the game should expand to fit the screen.
Change scaling for Nvidia graphics card
ATI video cards require the launch of the Catalyst Control Center application.
And for integrated Intel Graphics cards, often installed on laptops, you will need to perform a number of steps, described separately.
Method 4. Game settings
Some games on modern operating systems, such as Windows 8, allow you to set full screen or windowed mode in their graphics settings.
This possibility can be detected by running a game that, for some reason, runs in a window, that is, not in full screen.
Solution to the problem:
Sometimes after changing the settings the game has to be restarted. In this case, it usually does not matter what the operating system costs, nor the screen resolution.
Setting the full screen mode for a Minecraft game
Method 5. Change permission
If all of the above fails to bring the game's resolution back to normal, the game may be old enough to run in full screen on Windows 7.
Sometimes in this case the picture looks fuzzy.
And there is only one way to fix the problem - change the resolution of your screen.
After that, however, other programs, more modern and designed for normal parameters, will stop running.
Therefore, after playing the game, you need to return the monitor to its usual resolution.
Adjusting the monitor resolution to the game settings
If the game requires a resolution of 640x480, and the monitor does not support it, there is another option. It is selected in the shortcut properties on the compatibility tab.
Important! It is worth noting that this function allows you to return the normal resolution automatically after exiting the game.
Selecting a screen resolution for older games
Solving a problem on a laptop
If the problem with the application opening not to the full height or width of the screen occurred on a Windows laptop, it may be due to incorrectly set parameters of the integrated Intel Graphics card.
To fix it you will need:
Changing Resolution in the Intel Graphics Control Panel
By reducing the resolution, they get the opportunity to change the screen settings.
By closing the Intel panel, you can run all the necessary applications, which will now stretch over the entire display area.
Sometimes this may degrade the clarity of the original image.
Therefore, after the game, it is worth turning off scaling and using it only for this particular program.
Summing up
Knowing how to open games and programs in full screen mode can greatly simplify the process of working and playing. As a rule, all these methods require little action.
And some of them allow, having spent a little time right away, no longer worry about games that do not open in full screen.
How to make the game full screen? On a laptop
For a comfortable game on some laptops, you need to turn off various graphics options and lower the resolution. In this case, in computer games, black stripes may appear along the edges of the screen. And all because of incorrectly configured scaling. In this article, we will figure out how to stretch the game to the full screen of a laptop. Please note that the image quality will degrade slightly.
You can change the scaling in the graphics card control panel. True to find this parameter in Nvidia Control Panels(GeForce) or Catalyst Control Center(Radeon) You can't.
Modern laptops have an integrated Intel graphics card. It is in the Intel Control Panel that the scaling option is located. You can open it by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting " Graphic specifications…» in the context menu.
If this item is not in the context menu, you probably do not have the Intel software installed. Install it from the disk that came with the laptop or download it from the official website of the company. At the first start, a window with the choice of application mode will appear. Choose " Advanced mode” (display all settings) and press the button “ OK«.
In section " Display» open « basic settings". If you are using the maximum display resolution, then the desired scaling option will be hidden.
Accordingly, it is necessary to reduce the resolution so that the parameter we need appears. Choosing a new permission(for example, it was 1366x768, 1360x768 was selected), after which we set the scaling parameter - " Scale to full screen«.
Save changes using the " Apply". We immediately return to the usual screen resolution and save the settings again.
That's it, you can close the Intel Control Panel. Now, despite the selected resolution, the game will stretch to the full screen of the laptop.
In casual or indie games, as well as old games with low resolution, the question of how to make full screen is difficult even for experienced users.
Sometimes it's quite easy to make the game full screen, just change the resolution, press a keyboard shortcut, or uncheck the "windowed mode" option in the game settings, but this does not always work.
In order to run the game in full screen mode, you must first update the drivers for the video card. Outdated or built-in VGA drivers may cause the game to not run at normal resolution.
There are several ways to launch the game in full screen. Below we will describe point by point all the known ways to launch games in full screen mode.
In many applications, you can try pressing "Alt+Enter" on your keyboard. This can put the game in full screen mode.
Through the game settings
In many games, full screen mode can be made through the graphics settings menu. You just need to select the desired mode: windowed or full screen.
Launch without additional parameters
In order to start the game without additional parameters, you must do the following:
- Right click on the game icon and select "Properties".
- Make sure that in the line "Object" the address of the game does not contain the parameter "-window". If it exists, remove it.
Setting via video card driver
The first thing you need to do if you're having graphics issues with your game is to update or reinstall your graphics card drivers. Then go to the graphics settings menu and adjust the scaling of the image. Depending on the manufacturer of the card, the menu will look different.
- : Enter the "Adjust desktop size and position" menu and enable scaling.
- : In the "Display Properties" menu, select "Properties" and adjust the scaling there.
- For kartIntegral Intel Graphics: in the Display menu, select Basic Settings and set the scaling options. If they are not available, lower the screen resolution, adjust the scaling and return the original resolution.
Screen resolution adjustment
Sometimes old games simply cannot open in full screen mode due to too low resolution, and even if they are deployed in full screen mode, black bars appear on the sides or the picture looks very bad.
If all the previous methods did not help, you should do the following:
- Look in the game settings, what resolution is the maximum for it.
- Set the same resolution through the computer settings.
Of course, the desktop and all programs after that will look worse, visually increase, and other games created for a higher resolution will not allow you to fully enjoy the graphics, therefore, after finishing working with the old game, the screen resolution must be returned to its original value.
Very often it happens that the program does not behave as expected from it. Most often this happens with computer games. For example, to run some games in full screen mode, you need almost shamanic dances.
How to make the game full screen?
- First, try expanding the window through the game settings. To do this, find two items in the menu: "Windowed Mode" and "Window Size". First, check the first item and if the game does not turn around, set the parameters in the "Window Size" to the maximum. This will allow you and the program to compromise. Technically, the game will still run in windowed mode, but will now take up the entire screen space.
- Change the screen size. Right-click on the desktop and select "Properties" in the pop-up window, and then move the slider down by selecting 800x600. This will increase not only the shortcuts on the desktop, but also the game itself.
- Now try the keyboard shortcut. The standard combination in this case is "Alt" and "Enter", but this combination may vary in different games. In order to find out what keyboard shortcut this game needs, you should read the readme, ask on the game's forum, or use the combination of "Alt" and "Tab". Sometimes it helps.
- Check the game settings, perhaps the problem lies in them. Right-click on the game's shortcut and select "Properties", then the "Object" field. If there is no windowed in the address bar, then everything is correct. If there is, remove it. This parameter also launched the program in windowed mode.
Video lessons
I want to tell you today about full screen mode work of computer programs. It's about how easy it can be forcibly turned on for almost any program or game. First of all, the article is designed for inexperienced novice users.
You all know that almost any window in the Windows operating system can be maximized to fill the entire monitor screen. This is done by the middle button "Expand" in the upper right corner ...
I did not accidentally say "almost any window" - some resist. The recently described USB Ports Disabler program initially does not work in full-screen mode - the middle button is not active at all (it is clear that such a possibility is not actually needed in such small single-window programs - I just gave it as an example). Also, very often there are questions with this mode in games or video players.
I have great news for you - you can run almost any program or game in full screen mode. This is done very easily and simply - right-click on the shortcut of the program (game) and go to "Properties" ...
...to the "Shortcut" tab...
... and in the line "Window" set "Expanded to full screen" ...
Don't forget to press "Apply".
That's all - the program or game will now start initially in full screen mode.
Full screen mode in the browser
Separately, I want to note the extended “Full Screen” mode, which is turned on for any browser by pressing the “F11” button on the keyboard (it is also turned off by it).
From personal observations - almost no one uses this mode for some reason, but in vain. It is very convenient and practical - all the panels and buttons of the browser are hidden, and the information literally spills over the entire monitor screen as much as possible. This is especially true for laptop owners. Overlords large monitors this feature may not be needed at all.
This magical full-screen mode is best implemented in the Mozilla Firefox browser - at any time you can “throw” the cursor over the top border of the window and the tab and search bars will pop up. Switched to another tab or entered a request and you can move the cursor down - we get the full screen of information again.
In other browsers, this requires you to exit the "full screen" and then return to it - this is sad and inconvenient.
How to make a convenient full-screen mode in the Google Chrome browser.
I want to draw the attention of users and admirers of Mozilla Firefox to a small nuance - at the end of working in the browser, before closing it, it is very desirable to exit the “Full Screen” mode, otherwise the pinned tabs may “fly off” at the next start and the window view will generally “spoil” . Manufacturers cannot (rather, do not want to) fix this glitch for several years, radishes.
That's the whole forced full-screen mode of programs - up to new, hopefully useful, tips and computer programs.
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