game don't run in fullscreen?..

[PeteLouie]

my gta IV it's only opening in windowed mode.. i have a nice video card NVIDIA 920 GEforce 920M. and i want to know if somebody know how to fix that problem, the game freezes when open in fullscreen..

[Kill4Beer]

You need to go into your windows gta 4 folder and right click the file GtaIV. Click properties. click compatbility, then click the disable fullscreen optimization box.

[PeteLouie]

This is the problem.. i want to play the game in fullscreen

[Auto.Reverse]

Hey! try to do this:
Game folder > Right click on GTAIV.exe and enter its properties screen.
Under the compatibility tab, tick Disable fullscreen optimizations and click OK.
It worked for me.

[PeteLouie]

ok im gonna try. works for me too thanks to supernintendo and kill4beer.

[deancgy]

I'm running a 940mx...i posted full solution on Dec 13 to GFWL and graphics issues. worked for me after trying everything else over 20hrs and 50 attempts. worked first go
part of is a conflict between intel hd and Geforce cards...read full post ..too much to cover here.

[One2Two]

I'm currently having the same problem here as well. Used to play the game on fullscreen on my MSI GL72 6QE on Windows 10 but after I did an update with my OS, game suddenly gets stuck at the disclaimer screen and now only works with windowed mode. :(

[⎛⎝GracefulFlynBlob⎠⎞]

-fix the game to run in fullscreen mode. *Freeze at loading screen fix*
Open the folder where GtaIV.exe is placed on your computer. this can be found with steam by rightclicking the game in your libary and clicking on properties. find "open file location"and left click it. Find the file GTAIV.exe and right click it to get into properties. (somtimes you have to load this twice to get to the compaibility tab) once you are here look for the disable fullscreen optimizations click box. have it checked and apply the settings.

Run the game in windows vista Service Pack 2.


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*If you are useing a nevida CPU*

-going into your nevida control panal and manage your 3D settings.
Right click the back of your desk top and left click on nevida control panel

find the program settings tab. you should see a drag down bar where you can find GTA4 and slect a preferred processer.
Use your High-peformance NVIDIA Processor and Apply the settings.

**make sure you have updated Drivers with your GeForce Experience program, u can find this with your search tool in the bottem left tab on your screen **
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-Best launch options that I have ever used. *IMO the best*
Right click the game in your steam library. Left click on properties. then left click on set launch options.

copy and past this next line into the box.

-nomemrestrict -norestrictions -refreshrate 30

[xCeeTee]

Originally posted by SuperSaj:

*If you are useing a nevida CPU*

Nvidia make CPUs?