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4 years ago

Game keeps minimizing

I bought Spore on steam and started it, but it minimized sfter few seconds of black screen and minimizes every time I open it again. I changed compatibility, turned on "Run this program as an administrator", reinstalled the game, checked the files in properties. I can't even do anything in the game

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  • Hi! I had the same issue, bought it yesterday and it was acting up this way. I found this old steam thread from a while back, I tried a fix suggested by one of the users and it was fine afterward.
    The fix for me was going to the game page in my library, to properties, and then in the box that says "advanced", I typed "-w <1290>" and relaunched. This changes the aspect ratio of the window, and I guess full-screen is just cursed or something. You can click the maximize button to expand it to fill the screen, or switch the ratio in the brackets if you so desire! Hope this helps ^^
    Source thread: https://steamcommunity.com/app/24720/discussions/0/630800443318755908/

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