Window'd mode annoyance

[Qutsemnie]

Hi

I will start here because technically I am trying to fix this issue to play Cities: Skylines, but I fully realize it is an OS issue (and a pet peeve that I have finally decided I want to learn to fix!)

When you window mode a game at 1080p you get a window with a border around it, and in windows 7 when you drag that window to the top it snaps the window down to show the title bar, but this cuts off the bottom of your game!

Does anyone know a work around?

How to avoid the snapping so that you can push the title bar off the top?

[Mansen]

Play in Fullscreen? It's just a fullscreen window without borders anyway. (Which is why you can seamless alt-tab in the first place without the need for re-rendering of any kind)

[vega]

no. playing in fullscreen automatically pops the "window" on the main monitor not the scondary and there is no option what screen is used to display in fullscreen like there is in other games - wow for example.


edit

try this op. http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/quick-tip-disable-snap-in-windows-7/

and win 10 users http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/how-to-disable-snap-assist-windows-10/

[Macronomicus]

Set the other monitor as your default monitor in Display Settings, then when you go into full screen mode it will show the game there, you can move your windows taskbar to the other screen, it doesnt have to be on the main monitor. Oh and GET THE FREE UPGRADE to windows 10! Its soooooo much lighter, faster, more secure, less buggy, less hacked than windows 7.

[vega]

yeah i had thought of changing the other monitor to primary, anyway ive found the setting for disabling the auto snapping that hides the bottom of the window so i couldnt see the money bar etc. much simpler solution :)

edit didnt notice the thread was a year old i found it by serching forums. just looked at 17th march and assumed it was a few days old sorry

[Macronomicus]

Nice glad you solved it, congrats! My suggestion does work in Full screen mode by the way, just setting the other screen as your default monitor in windows display settings will force the full screen games to load there.

The upgrade is worth it, I just upgraded a friends laptop from windows 7 to 10 yesterday, it was seamless, didnt have to do anything but a few small adjustments, its still free on microsoft.com but it wont be forever im sure. It has DX12 and a gazillion other improvements over windows 7 and you dont even need to change your installed programs.