Graphic settings reset every time I enter the game?

[Kungi]

I just got GTA V yesterday and each time I enter it I get a 800x600 resolution and everything is set to low,then I have to adjust it manually again to 1680x and medium settings. Same happens in online,does anybody have this problem and is there a known fix?

[Ripp]

Mine keeps switching itself to "Windowed" mode every time I start the game up, very annoying.

[Kungi]

Originally posted by BIAARipGroove:

Mine keeps switching itself to "Windowed" mode every time I start the game up, very annoying.

Just press alt+enter and it should be fullscreen :)

[Ripp]

Originally posted by Kungije Cezar:

Originally posted by BIAARipGroove:

Mine keeps switching itself to "Windowed" mode every time I start the game up, very annoying.

Just press alt+enter and it should be fullscreen :)

Will try that thanks :-)

[Kungi]

Nvm found the fix to my problem,just make sure your "settings" file in rockstar directory is not set to "read only"

[Invisible]

Originally posted by BIAARipGroove:

Mine keeps switching itself to "Windowed" mode every time I start the game up, very annoying.

Do you click somewhere else when you started the game? Even if only to close a window or something, as soon as the game starts and the launcher isn't on top/active window anymore then the game will start in windowed mode.

[Ripp]

Originally posted by Invisible:

Originally posted by BIAARipGroove:

Mine keeps switching itself to "Windowed" mode every time I start the game up, very annoying.

Do you click somewhere else when you started the game? Even if only to close a window or something, as soon as the game starts and the launcher isn't on top/active window anymore then the game will start in windowed mode.

Don't think so.

[A Regular Italian Plumber]

The only way to lock the settings is to go to Documents>Rockstar Games>GTA V then right click on the settings.XML file and check the "Read Only" box. Keep in mind you wont be able to make ANY settings changes while in game till you untick that box, so make sure you got everything just the way you like it.

[Ripp]

Originally posted by Day Eahta PuPu:

The only way to lock the settings is to go to Documents>Rockstar Games>GTA V then right click on the settings.XML file and check the "Read Only" box. Keep in mind you wont be able to make ANY settings changes while in game till you untick that box, so make sure you got everything just the way you like it.

Good info, thanks.

[RonJambo187]

Have the same problem, the game starts fullscreen 1920 x 1080 as intended, but after the loading screen is over and the actual game has loaded, it switches to 800x600 windowed every time.

I already set the "settings.xml" to "read only", but that does not make a difference.
Tried "-ignoreDifferentVideoCard" in the starting options, but that did not work either.

Very annoying! The bug did not occur from the beginning, though, it just happened to turn up the last three months or so, at first just sporadically, now permanent...

Does anyone have new info on this? Help would be appreciated!

[SlackerMG]

Everytime i start GTAV i get a window that sends me to this link https://support.rockstargames.com/hc/en-us/articles/203428177

[Rabid]

If anyone is still having this issue, check your background apps, I recently had this happen to me after installing 'display fusion' and 'controller companion' programs.
Resolution went windowed and 800x600, changing settings did nothing It kept reverting back as soon as I hit apply.

After quitting both programs and restarting GTA V the game was back to normal when with resolutions switching ro and staying at the correct size.

So I am going to say there are some programs that do not play nice with GTA V, find what it is, disable it when you play and you should be fine.

Now I just need to work out if there is a fix after determining which program, if not both of them, is the culprit.

[dogsnapper1984]

My problem is similar I change the resolution or any other graphics settings and it wants me to restart only problem is the game will not restart and force exiting and starting the game back up does nothing it won’t save the settings I just bought it and can’t play it wtf.

Originally posted by Kungi Gospodar Galaksije:

I just got GTA V yesterday and each time I enter it I get a 800x600 resolution and everything is set to low,then I have to adjust it manually again to 1680x and medium settings. Same happens in online,does anybody have this problem and is there a known fix?

[Captain-Crash]

Originally posted by dogsnapper1984:

My problem is similar I change the resolution or any other graphics settings and it wants me to restart only problem is the game will not restart and force exiting and starting the game back up does nothing it won’t save the settings I just bought it and can’t play it wtf.

Originally posted by Kungi Gospodar Galaksije:

I just got GTA V yesterday and each time I enter it I get a 800x600 resolution and everything is set to low,then I have to adjust it manually again to 1680x and medium settings. Same happens in online,does anybody have this problem and is there a known fix?

Lol replying to 4 year old comments ..not sure they will be happy, they probably dont even play anymore. Would be much more likely finding an answer by checking reddit.
The problem is most likely a corrupt settings file in user>documents>rocksargames>gtaV and delete the file PC_settings.bin and if that doesn't work also delete cfg.dat
When you start the game redo your settings and it will recreate the file/s and save. Thats how i fixed mine a couple of months ago.