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OldMonk002
7 years ago
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Unable to play Apex in Fullscreen. Keeps exiting to windowed mode.

I have a 4k monitor laptop with an i7 processor, 16 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 1050 2GB graphics. Obviously, I can't run the game in 4k (which I'm not trying to). I'm trying to run it at a much lower reso...
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    OldMonk002
    7 years ago

    WOW. Dude, this actually worked! My taskbar was on top and I moved it bottom and now it works

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VaultBoi777
7 years ago
Hey did u try forcing it to launch in full screen from origin, if not here's how to :

1.open origin, go to game library
2.right click apex and click properties
3.go to advanced launch options and type
"-fullscreen" without quotes.
  • OldMonk002's avatar
    OldMonk002
    7 years ago

    Hey, just tried this but to no avail.. Same thing, it tried to start in fullscreen, screen goes black for a couple seconds and its back to windowed.

  • JOHN_F_CHINO's avatar
    JOHN_F_CHINO
    5 years ago

    THIS WORKED!!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!

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      Sachi_BLANK
      4 years ago

      I have my taskbar at the top and what worked for me is disabling News and interests. 

  • 51810208's avatar
    51810208
    4 years ago

    Thank you so much! Worked instantly 

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