Sims 3 Won’t Open- Minimized in taskbar
Hi there, I just downloaded Sims 3 on a new Windows 10 (64 bit, 32 GB ram, intel i7 10750H, NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super) and this is the first time I’ve ever had an issue running it! I open the launcher ...
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Tried all of the above. The only one that worked is Windows mode using full screen =0
But I’m curious if this means I cannot ever play it full screen? The window is really small now! And I cannot drag it to make it grow
@Vargasboda It more likely means you have some other program that conflicts with Sims 3 in fullscreen mode. Common culprits are the Discord and Steam overlays; even if you don't open the apps yourself, they could be set to start with Windows, so check the Task Manager, including the background processes list. You can also try disabling Game Mode and Game Bar, both under Windows Settings > Gaming. And if your laptop came with any gaming optimization software, as most do, try disabling that as well.
If that doesn't help, try playing in a clean boot:
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-boot-windows-10
When you reboot, again go through the Task Manager's background processes list shutting down anything that doesn't absolutely need to be running. If you accidentally kill something critical, it should restart itself, but if not, another reboot will do so.
As for the game window's size, increasing the resolution within the graphics settings fixes it. If you in fact cannot play in fullscreen mode, you could also use Windowed Borderless Gaming (free download) to get the fullscreen size with the functionality of windowed mode.
