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Didongo Jun 19, 2015 @ 10:59pm
Game keeps minimizing and won't reopen. Have to Taskmanager out
The game runs fine, and there's not really any crashes after doing all the tutorial stuff that's been laid out, however my game keeps minimizing itself into this thin black bar and won't let me reopen it (kind of similar to an alt-tab out except this just turns into a black bar with the window skeleton around it.

This is pretty much making the game unplayable since unless I save every 3 minutes, it'll keep doing it.

I have a good computer, specs are as follows

Windows 7 Home Premium
Intel core I7 CPU 1.73 GHz
8 GBs of RAM
64 bit operating system
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000

I don't really use any firewall stuff or AVG. I'm open to any ideas?

Thanks
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AzureMetal Jun 20, 2015 @ 11:24am 
I'm having the same problem. It's really fraustrating, especially if you didn't get to an auto save point prior. :angry_creep:
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Didongo Jun 20, 2015 @ 9:28pm 
Yeah I did half the steps in the guide. I did step 6 and it said that unoffical patch should automatically take care of it? Or should I just go ahead and do step 4 along with step 6?

I managed to run it on windowed mode and that fixed the problem but if I could get it to play in fullscreen that'd be nice.

Appreciate the help!
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RMPyro Jun 20, 2015 @ 9:36pm 
It might be antivirus that causes the problem. Or any ui overlay that appears in windows while you play the game.

This could happen also if you use multiple monitors.
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The Lone Wanderer Jun 20, 2015 @ 11:24pm 
I'm having the same issue. Game keeps minimizing every few minutes and the music keeps playing. The only thing I know to do now is completely uninstall and redo the steps in the guide.
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AngryPuppy Sep 15, 2015 @ 3:19am 
Originally posted by BenWah:
This problem is immediately fixed with step 4 in the pinned thread at the top of this forum discussion area.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=149946772

I've done every step there. Still happens. It isn't a crash. The game just minimizes and can't be brought back up. Sound still plays and everything.
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Shrapnel Sep 15, 2015 @ 11:29am 
ok I thought it was me or my system, good to know this is something
I guess I'll d/l the UFP, didnt really want to have to recdonfigure my NMM for F3...
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AngryPuppy Sep 15, 2015 @ 11:49pm 
I think I solved it by using the fakefullscreen mod found on the Nexus. I'd give that a try if you haven't yet.
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