Stuck minimized/in task bar?

[Kulpy]

I launch the game, and it gets to the mini-launcher with the settings and such. I click play, and it just gets stuck in my task bar. If i hover over the icon it is playing at the main menu, and you can still hear the background music, but it won't open on my screen.
I've tried deleting FalloutPrefs.ini and Fallout.ini, restarting my computer, doing both at the same time, restarting steam, and I can't think or find anything else. The weird part is that it was working comepletely fine for around 30 hours of gameplay. It's just now deciding to have problems, and it's quite infuriating. Oh, also it sometimes just doesn't respond after launching, but only sometimes.

Specs:
GTX 1060 6GB
8GB DDR3 RAM
i5 4690k @3.5ghz

[sdack]

I suggest you update your graphics driver, Windows and also verify your game files. You might even want to run a virus check for good measure, but also try disabling anti-virus software to see if that's causing it. And if you run anything else, like helper apps or just a ton of little stuff on the system tray, then get rid of them and see if that helps.

Also please post your system specs as seen by Steam: go into the Help menu of the Steam client, select System Information and post the full output here in a comment (please don't cut it short). Thank you.

How to verify your game: open the Steam Library, right-click on Fallout 4 on the left pane, select Properties, go into the tab Local Files, and there it's the button at the bottom.

[Kulpy]

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Form Factor: Desktop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690K CPU @ 3.50GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x3c
CPU Stepping: 0x3
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3500 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Windows 8.1 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

DirectX Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll
Driver Version: 21.21.13.7866
DirectX Driver Version: 21.21.13.7866
Driver Date: 9 Feb 2017
OpenGL Version: 4.5
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1c03
Revision: 0xa1
Number of Monitors: 2
Number of Logical Video Cards: 2
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 2944 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 23.54" x 13.23" (26.97" diag)
59.8cm x 33.6cm (68.5cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 6143 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x

Sound card:
Audio device: Speakers (Logitech G430 Gaming

Memory:
RAM: 8077 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Microphone: Not set
Steam Controller Cable and Base: Not set
Media Type: Undetermined
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 953516 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 133059 Mb
OS Install Date: Dec 31 1969
Game Controller: None detected
VR Headset: None detected

[sdack]

Originally posted by Thats a spice meatball:

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Video Card:
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Driver Date: 9 Feb 2017
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Number of Monitors: 2
Number of Logical Video Cards: 2
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Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 2944 x 1080
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There is a newer driver available. Also try using Nvidia GeForce Experience and let it optimize the game's settings. If you're somehow having trouble with it then go into the Documents/My Games/Fallout4/ folder, delete the three .ini files, start the game's launcher and let it detect the graphics card again, and then use GeForce Experience for optimal settings.

Also try updating the driver to your second graphics card. I'm guessing it's on-board graphics. If you're still having trouble then try changing their initialization order in the BIOS or disable on-board graphics altogether.

Last but not least, make sure the game didn't just start on the second monitor.

[Kulpy]

Unfortunately none of this seemed to work. Any other ideas?

[Jarhead63]

\Documents\my games\Fallout4 - Go here, look for the fallout4custom.ini

Open it up and make sure the X and Y values are set to 0.

http://i.imgur.com/cJSOXYp.png

[The Aves]

Originally posted by Jarhead63:

\Documents\my games\Fallout4 - Go here, look for the fallout4custom.ini

Open it up and make sure the X and Y values are set to 0.

http://i.imgur.com/cJSOXYp.png

That just sorted mine out; multi monitors and I guess it got confused and was launching WAY off the desktop. Nice one, cheers.