My Skyrim is in a small box on the top left corner of my screen.

[ahmed]

I've scowered the internet to try to find a solution to this. I can't full screen it and everytime it launches its just reduced to a small part of my screen. I've tried adjusting the resoultion through the launcher. I've edited the Skyrimprefs file and there doesen't seem to be any duplicates. I'm not using any mods. I don't wanna give up on this game as it looks pretty dope. I know this games is pretty old to be talking about but does anyone know a possible fix?

[Uncle64]

Have you verified you files?
What SkyrimPref file did you edit?

[ahmed]

Originally posted by Uncle64SwE:

Have you verified you files?
What SkyrimPref file did you edit?

I just tried verifying the files and it says that 2 files failed to validate and will be reaquired. I edited the skyrimprefs.ini file and changed bfull screen to 1 and set my native resolution.

[Uncle64]

I did ask since there is 2 of them. One in your document folder and one backup in Skyrim\skyrim\

You need to edit the one in your Document folder.
Did you get it to work after verify?

[ahmed]

Originally posted by Uncle64SwE:

I did ask since there is 2 of them. One in your document folder and one backup in Skyrim\skyrim\

You need to edit the one in your Document folder.
Did you get it to work after verify?

Ive located and edited the one in the skyrim folder. Can't seem to find another one. Not sure but I may have deleted it troubleshooting.

[ahmed]

i did a little extra digging and found the other one. I edited them both but it says the same message.

[ahmed]

I've tried again and it seems after I attempt to verify the integrity of the files, it goes back to how it was before i edited it.

[Uncle64]

When you start up the lancher, and you open up the settings for grafic.
Is anything greyed out, and what settings can you use there?

Try the same setting you have on your monintor, make sure that you put in letterbox if you have one monitor for that.
You should not have any need at all for editing the ini files for that.

Dont edit the one in Skyrim folder, it is one backup.

[ahmed]

Originally posted by Uncle64SwE:

When you start up the lancher, and you open up the settings for grafic.
Is anything greyed out, and what settings can you use there?

Try the same setting you have on your monintor, make sure that you put in letterbox if you have one monitor for that.
You should not have any need at all for editing the ini files for that.

Dont edit the one in Skyrim folder, it is one backup.

When I open up the settings in launcher nothing seems to be out of the ordinary or greyed out. I set it to my gaming laptops resolution 1920 x 1080. Still the same result. Box in the corner of the screen.

[ahmed]

I tried verifying the files without changing the backup but now it says that 1 file failed to validate.

[Uncle64]

It should say that, it download only one new SkyrimPrefs.

Perhaps you should try to install SKSE and OneTweak and force the game to run in full windowmode.
SKSE is some you should have installed anyway.
SKSE can be found on workshop or here.
http://skse.silverlock.org/
You will also have need for one skse.ini file.
There is one already done that you can grab and install from here. You can create one free account for download it. Or you can make one your self, that is not hard at all.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/51038/

Check this guide how to do it. Easy to follow.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=839312113


OneTweak can be found here.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/40706/

Let us know how it goes.

[ahmed]

Originally posted by Uncle64SwE:

It should say that, it download only one new SkyrimPrefs.

Perhaps you should try to install SKSE and OneTweak and force the game to run in full windowmode.
SKSE is some you should have installed anyway.
SKSE can be found on workshop or here.
http://skse.silverlock.org/
You will also have need for one skse.ini file.
There is one already done that you can grab and install from here. You can create one free account for download it. Or you can make one your self, that is not hard at all.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/51038/

Check this guide how to do it. Easy to follow.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=839312113


OneTweak can be found here.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/40706/

Let us know how it goes.

Holy hell. After about 2 hours of messing with files I finally got skyrim to be playable through one tweak. Thank you kind sir, couldn't have done it without you. :)

[Uncle64]

Nice :)
Happy gaming.
Did you install the SKSE.ini file to?

[ahmed]

Originally posted by Uncle64SwE:

Nice :)
Happy gaming.
Did you install the SKSE.ini file to?

yes