PC games not in fullscreen in Windows 10

Anonymous
2015-08-02T08:18:47+00:00

I nned help with PC Games not in fullscreen when the resolution is on 1024x768 and the Intel Control Panel does not give me an option to switch to full screen when in 1920x1080 resolution and switching the screen resolution to lower and set to scale fullscreen, launch the game and still not in full screen.

ASUS-G551JM

Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 10240) (10240.th1_st1.150717-1719)

Language: Hungarian (Regional Setting: Hungarian)

System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

System Model: G551JM

BIOS: G551JM.204

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4710HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.5GHz

Memory: 8192MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 8076MB RAM

Page File: 3859MB used, 6135MB available

Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS

DirectX Version: 12

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

User DPI Setting: Using System DPI

System DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)

DWM DPI Scaling: UnKnown

Miracast: Available, with HDCP

Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Supported

DxDiag Version: 10.00.10240.16384 64bit Unicode

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-09-20T16:29:57+00:00

    Thanks for the reply! I too am on system with integrated graphics, an Asus T100 book or some such. I knew I had a real problem on my hands when plugging into an external monitor my display wasn't stretched. I recently got the update and tried again and the quake 1 and 2 games work great!

    Dgvoodoo does fix some odd ball rendering issues in direct draw and direct3d so I'll stick with it in some cases, but often the simpler solution is best. Also I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to aspect ratios so lots of 4:3 enforcing. dgvoodoo has been around for 10+ years on vogons and such. I didn't start having problems until my old Windows 98 legacy machine finally went to silicon heaven.

    If you're brave you can put dgvoodoo and associated dlls into your safe list, but that is a lot of work. The simpler solution is often the best. I've already invested my time in dgvoodoo and it's a pain to clean without reinstalling games.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-12-22T06:03:05+00:00

    Hi Ben, I'm stilling looking for a way to play all my older games in full screen on Windows 10.  Resolution is set at highest, full screen box checked in games. Have they come up with a fix for  this yet?

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-12-22T10:24:57+00:00

    By full screen do you mean full wide screen without borders, or are your games running in a Windows rather than full screen ?

    • Some games will launch in a Windows if you click on anything while the game is loading. Generally tapping Alt + Enter should

    put the game in full screen mode.

    • The way Win10 does screen scaling and how it deals with aspect ratio has been changed several times since this thread was started. As such it should have been closed, but...

    With update version 1703 Win10 returned control of aspect ratio to the graphics processors control panel, rather than Win10

    forcing games with a maximum resolution that is native to 4:3 aspect ratio to run with black bars rather than allowing

    the user to force Full Screen on these old games as had been the case with previous Windows.

    However the default Win10 setting is to Maintain Aspect Ratio, which will make low res games run with a border.

    With Nvidia graphics the option in Nvidia Control Panel to force Full Screen can be found under Display > Adjust desktop size and position.

    Intel has a similar option - Scale Full Screen - in the Intel HD graphics control panel

    - A lot of older games don't fit the screen properly if you use a Custom Scale Factor (in Windows Display Settings).

    For these games you need to use the Compatibly option > Override High DPI Scaling Behavior( Application )

    ( R/click games Shortcut > Properties )

    • This option was required a few Win10 updates back, but has returned with update version 1709.

    Windows will force this setting on a lot of games that don't need it, but misses many that do.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-12-22T21:26:11+00:00

    I really appreciate your answer to my question, but for the most part it's Greek to me. My older games play in a format about the size of this message box with black borders all round. I don't know if I have version 1709 but I'm assuming so since updates are automatically downloaded. I have intel and have been looking at the graphics control panel but don't see the compatibility option you mention. I guess there is an answer to my problem? Would you mind terribly walking this non-techie through this step by step. Thank you again for replying, you're the best.

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-12-22T23:48:52+00:00

    Hello Cindy, first step is go to Windows resolution open it and then lower it two steps, apply it but leave the window open as the last step is going back to change the Windows back. Now open the app that operates the graphics card, wither its amd or intel and it may take a little looking for the setting that allows full, letter box, or aspect ration. Click the one that says full screen and click apply, if the allow button does not work click aspect ratio then click full screen button and click apply close that. Then go back to Windows resolution then set back to recommended setting. That should allow all apps and games to display full screen. If not get the latest Windows update I found that Microsoft might have changed the software to allow full screen display. I trust the my every day was understood. Contact me again if it worked

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