PC games not in fullscreen in Windows 10

[EDIT: May '17 - Screen scaling has been returned to the graphics processor again with the 1703 update.

You can now run games that use a low res full screen, as was possible with earlier Widnows ]

[ EDIT: The issue with using a high DPI setting is no longer affecting my games since the 1511 Win10 update.

Note that this post was directed to nhmbtvt, and is not intended as a fix for Win10 having taken over screen scaling

from the graphics processor driver.

There is no 'fix' . The issue is due to a decision by MS to put screen scaling of phones, etc. over gamers desire

to force wide screen when using an in game resolution that is not native to the wide screen format.]

Most of the games with the DPI scaling issues will run if Compatibility mode is set to

Disable display scaling on high DPI settings, but some games do require you set Windows DPI to 100%.

- Some older games will not launch if a setting over 100% is used, and others, DOS based games in

particular, will launch but will not be properly centered on screen.

Win7 also has this problem with some games, but not nearly as many as does Win10.

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Any word on a fix? Some examples of games in a window are Ma fia II and Max payne 1.

Ardit you are spot on, PC users had it with Vista - laptops with 8, Microsoft get an idea but never finish it before releasing it. I've got my 10 waiting for a real computer download, 7 is the boss until then. Another worry is, if and when they get it right, will I end up with some phone arcade game auto download. Angry birds et al may be big on phones, they won't even get in the top 100 for PC gamers. They've got to stop this 3 Musketeers thing, all for one & one for all.

They will fix this dude just give it some time . They will do it on next updates . Why should microsoft do this to us gamers ? They want from us to downgrade from windows 10 ? No , they want us , they need us . This is a minor bug which can be fixed later .

This is beyond a joke, we all knew we were guinea pigs, but didn't realise we'd be the ones scurrying around trying to find answers. Maybe when we've all said what worked on Windows 7 / 8, what almost / might work on Windows 10, then Microsoft will find a fix. Just in time to roll it out to the big boys - BUSINESS - they were made to wait, while stuff like this was sorted out. I'm writing this using the Windows 10 drive because that's all I use it for now - bog standard web browsing & mail. Real computer work is done on the Windows 7 drive, it's built for PC, Windows 10 isn't. Will keep 10 in the hope that Microsoft sort it & themselves out, and knowing they'll just ditch support for all other OS as soon as they can.