How to switch Steam HIDDEN compatibility mode for Win XP SP3 OFF in Windows 7?

[captaincofresi]

Originally posted by gamerfieldy:

It works great for me in vista and in windows 7
To fix the fist icon bug do the following:
All you have to do, is find the FF.exe file in the game folder and
right click it, go to properties, compatibility tab,
1. check the box that says
"run in compatability mode" , in the pull down menu select "Win98/ME"
2. check to box to disable visual desktop
3. check to box to disable desktop composition
4. click the OK button
5. Now right click on the STEAM shortcut on your desktop that launches STEAM (not the game shortcut.
6. right click it, go to properties, compatibility tab.
7. check the box that says
"run in compatability mode" , in the pull down menu select "XP service pack 3".
8. click the OK button
step 9.
*IMPORTANT*. EXIT steam, make sure you right click close steam thats is still running on your system tray or the changes won't take affect.
Now when you launch steam it will be in xp compatibilty mode, which will allow you to launch freedom force in win 98/ME mode to play the game without the fist bug on newer video cards / newer OSes.


.......Your welcome ;)

I used this fix to get Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich working on Windows 7, this game now runs perfectly.

The only problem I now encounter, is that other games I play like F1 2012, now suddenly have major performance issues. Even when I use the Windows 7 tab-interface to revert the compatibility it seems to be "stuck" in compatibility mode for Win XP SP3, since I never had any performance issues with F1 2012 whatsoever before I did this!

I already tried turning it off for all users, and also tried setting the compatibility mode to Windows 7, both didn't help. I did reset the PC after changing the settings.

Please can anyone help with this???