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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...

OldMonk002
7 years ago
WOW. Dude, this actually worked! My taskbar was on top and I moved it bottom and now it works

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
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.
- Konform103
  7 years ago
  Not sure if it helps but here goes:
  https://windowsreport.com/windows-10-fullscreen-games/
  - OldMonk002
    7 years ago
    WOW. Dude, this actually worked! My taskbar was on top and I moved it bottom and now it works
JOHN_F_CHINO
6 years ago
THIS WORKED!!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!
- Sachi_BLANK
  5 years ago
  I have my taskbar at the top and what worked for me is disabling News and interests.
51810208
4 years ago
Thank you so much! Worked instantly