When I try to run it a small command window pops up for half a second goes away then nothing happens. The windowed mode in the options is enabled. I'm using a TV as a monitor (1360 768 resolution on the shortcut) Also the FalloutLauncher is a renamed fose_launcher.
How do I uninstall this completely? When I run fallout thru steam it still counts as the maximized version. even when I deleted the shortcut and the original. The little black box still pops up for a second and also in Borderless Gaming 7.9 (The program I am trying to replace this with because it actually works) it shows fallout 3 as "Fallout 3 (Max) that means this program is still attached somehow.
For those who can't get this to work, here's what I did:
First, I placed the MaximizedWindows.exe in the Fallout 3 folder, then created a shortcut to it on the desktop.
Then, I right clicked the shortcut, and clicked Properties. Then, I located "Target". This is the part where you add the three numbers at the end of. I added 5 1280 1024 (first number is the wait time I'm making the program to wait before it starts)(second and third numbers are my screen resolution for my Windows, not my game, which is 1280 x 960).
When I added 1280x960, the screen would be small, and show part of the desktop, whereas when I typed 1280x1024, my Windows Vista screen resolution, I only got a small black bar at the bottom. It's hardly noticeable, but still there.
Anyway, don't forget that you need to go to game settings on the Fallout 3 launcher or FOMM's game settings option and click on Windowed. Otherwise, Maximized Window won't work properly.
Now, for the actual usage of this program: You must get the game ready by clicking on FOMM to ready it, but don't click on Launch Fallout 3/FOSE. If you don't have FOMM (why?) have the Fallout 3 launcher ready, but don't click play. Now double click on Maximized Window's shortcut and you'll get a black screen with the three numbers you added. The first of the three numbers dictates how long the program waits until it executes. Pick a number where you have enough time to click Play/Launch to launch Fallout 3. Once the game is launched and the window appears, the executable will kick in when the timer is done and the window will be "maximized" (almost), allowing you to play the game as a full screen game, but still windowed.
For anyone who knows how to get rid of that black bar at the bottom, please PM me. And for everyone else, I hope this helped.
EDIT: Oh, and for some reason, leaving Properties without clicking Apply first seems to not work for some reason, so be sure to click Apply, then OK.
Perfect solution. Thanks for taking time to post these instructions. I couldnt get a .bat or a .cmd to work at all, prolly due to Windows 7 "Shelled" Program Files security architecture.
for those having issues like me - kept getting a black window pop up and disappear in windows 7 32bit - using a batch file on my desktop i had to change the location of where the file was opening from or kept getting an error - after playing with it for a few minutes i got it to work using this below - only need the 5 lines between the start and end of batch:
_______ start batch file
@echo off cd c:"fallout 3" start c:"fallout 3"MaximizedWindow.exe 10 1024 768 start c:"fallout 3"fose_loader.exe exit
_______ end batch file
note that if your fallout is located elsewhere you need to point the second line to the location of the folder as well as the other two lines below that - if there is a space use "" for the item - ie c:"program files""fallout 3" - also you can change the 10 second thing as well - this is definitely a nice little program though love playing with Dual monitors
You can actually create a batch file to execute FO3 with the usual double-click: - Create a text file named FO3.cmd - open it in notepad - add the following two lines: start /D PATH-TO-MAXIMIZEDWINDOW-EXE MaximizedWindow.exe 1 1920 1080 (change the last two numbers to your screen resolution, of course) PATH-TO-FALLOUT3Fallout3.exe
Now you can execute the FO3.cmd and Fallout 3 will start automatically in maximized window mode. Don't forget to set the game to windowed mode, i.e. by altering the line bFull Screen=1 to bFull Screen=0 in the FalloutPrefs.ini
I had a lot of CTDs without this tool, some even after about three minutes of running the game. Now I can finally play without big problems and even use alt-tab if needed. I'm using Windows 7 x64, by the way.
Anyway I can get it to run when launching FOSE from FOMM?
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@echo off
start /c C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Fallout 3 goty\MaximizedWindow.exe 5 1360 768
start /c C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Fallout 3 goty\FalloutLauncher.exe
exit
When I try to run it a small command window pops up for half a second goes away then nothing happens.
The windowed mode in the options is enabled. I'm using a TV as a monitor (1360 768 resolution on the shortcut)
Also the FalloutLauncher is a renamed fose_launcher.
Can anyone see where I'm goin wrong?
First, I placed the MaximizedWindows.exe in the Fallout 3 folder, then created a shortcut to it on the desktop.
Then, I right clicked the shortcut, and clicked Properties. Then, I located "Target". This is the part where you add the three numbers at the end of. I added 5 1280 1024 (first number is the wait time I'm making the program to wait before it starts)(second and third numbers are my screen resolution for my Windows, not my game, which is 1280 x 960).
When I added 1280x960, the screen would be small, and show part of the desktop, whereas when I typed 1280x1024, my Windows Vista screen resolution, I only got a small black bar at the bottom. It's hardly noticeable, but still there.
Anyway, don't forget that you need to go to game settings on the Fallout 3 launcher or FOMM's game settings option and click on Windowed. Otherwise, Maximized Window won't work properly.
Now, for the actual usage of this program: You must get the game ready by clicking on FOMM to ready it, but don't click on Launch Fallout 3/FOSE. If you don't have FOMM (why?) have the Fallout 3 launcher ready, but don't click play. Now double click on Maximized Window's shortcut and you'll get a black screen with the three numbers you added. The first of the three numbers dictates how long the program waits until it executes. Pick a number where you have enough time to click Play/Launch to launch Fallout 3. Once the game is launched and the window appears, the executable will kick in when the timer is done and the window will be "maximized" (almost), allowing you to play the game as a full screen game, but still windowed.
For anyone who knows how to get rid of that black bar at the bottom, please PM me. And for everyone else, I hope this helped.
EDIT: Oh, and for some reason, leaving Properties without clicking Apply first seems to not work for some reason, so be sure to click Apply, then OK.
p.s. WTFBBQMAN, your instructions were clear & easy to follow. Thanks for posting!
_______
start batch file
@echo off
cd c:"fallout 3"
start c:"fallout 3"MaximizedWindow.exe 10 1024 768
start c:"fallout 3"fose_loader.exe
exit
_______
end batch file
note that if your fallout is located elsewhere you need to point the second line to the location of the folder as well as the other two lines below that - if there is a space use "" for the item - ie c:"program files""fallout 3" - also you can change the 10 second thing as well - this is definitely a nice little program though love playing with Dual monitors
start /c "C:Archivos de programaBethesda SoftworksFallout 3MaximizedWindow.exe" 5 1280 1024
"C:Archivos de programaBethesda SoftworksFallout 3Fallout3.exe"
thanks a lot for this. now I'll be able to play my game much smoother with FOSE =3
Anyway I can get it to run when launching FOSE from FOMM?