Game making multiple windows in the background

[Yoyó]

My problem is that the game makes multiple windows in the background, some looking identical to the original, some have only a window title and no content. When I exit the game, they ones without content stay running. I can't even find them in Task Manager, can only kill them by alt-tabbing on them and hitting alt-f4. This seems to happen when I alt-tab a lot from the game, looking up schematics in the wiki. Anybody else have this problem? Any solutions?

[Zaflis]

Sounds like that issue can only happen with fullscreen mode, so try windowed instead.

Oh and Fullscreen mode in general for most games has been buggy in Windows OS since forever...

[titandestroyer52]

yo i never thought of alt tabbing and using alt f4 thanks

[Gxz]

you can also open task manager and restart windows explorer to close those "ghost" tabs

[Sol]

Originally posted by Gxz:

you can also open task manager and restart windows explorer to close those "ghost" tabs

this helped fix the problem instantly. thank you.

[toriningen]

Or the developer could just fix this himself without resorting to ugly workarounds. Shapez is the first game where I have encountered this issue, fullscreen or not, and I've played hundreds of them.

[Hemor Odin]

Originally posted by Zaflis:

Oh and Fullscreen mode in general for most games has been buggy in Windows OS since forever...

That would be the first time for me, and I'm playing games since 1990.

[Desian]

Same issue, and this is not to sheep blame buggy Windows.
Other apps dont have this issue.

Its also that in <ALT>+<TAB> some processes named "schapez" keep being open. after closing the game. This dont show up in task manager or process explorer. SO i cant dismiss them. They stay until i restart my computer.

[Hemor Odin]

Originally posted by Desian:

Same issue, and this is not to sheep blame buggy Windows.
Other apps dont have this issue.

Its also that in <ALT>+<TAB> some processes named "schapez" keep being open. after closing the game. This dont show up in task manager or process explorer. SO i cant dismiss them. They stay until i restart my computer.

It disappeared for me, after I was closing Steam, but didn't really check, if there is anything left in the task manager. I refunded the game already.

[Flash✪Gordon]

Same problem here. I have so many instances of Shapez when I alt tab. Some I can close, some close the game, some stay even when the game is closed (like right now after playing I still have 3 shapez windows/tasks. They are invisible/ghosts but appear in the alt-tab window and can't get terminated)

What the heck is that?

How to get rid of these windows? Alt F4 does not terminate them.

[submeg]

Originally posted by Zaflis:

Oh and Fullscreen mode in general for most games has been buggy in Windows OS since forever...

Been playing games since 1990, this is not a thing.

[Kamyk 🥎🐦]

Originally posted by Hemor Odin:

Originally posted by Desian:

Same issue, and this is not to sheep blame buggy Windows.
Other apps dont have this issue.

Its also that in <ALT>+<TAB> some processes named "schapez" keep being open. after closing the game. This dont show up in task manager or process explorer. SO i cant dismiss them. They stay until i restart my computer.

It disappeared for me, after I was closing Steam, but didn't really check, if there is anything left in the task manager. I refunded the game already.

You refunded this game only because of this problem?

[Hemor Odin]

Originally posted by 🥎🐦:

You refunded this game only because of this problem?

Yes. Maybe we should stick to the topic and you should mind your own business.