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Can't fullscreen DOSbox games in windows 7.

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First post, by Armageddon Potato

Posted on 2009-12-18, 06:27

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Hello, I'm new here! I've been using D-Fend Reloaded frontend, and I can't seem get the fullscreen option to work. It attempts to fullscreen the game, but then windows re-shrinks it and gives me this message:

"A program running isn't compatible with certain visual elements of windows. Click here for more information..."

Any idea how to get my games to be fullscreen/what I'm doing wrong?

Reply 1 of 7, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2009-12-18, 08:38

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Reply 2 of 7, by Armageddon Potato

Posted on 2009-12-18, 09:50

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Thanks. I realized I messed up right after I posted. =)

Reply 3 of 7, by kaput

Posted on 2010-01-07, 18:22

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Hello,
First I would like to apologize for my English, I know it's very bad, but I'm from Poland and I don't know English as well as I want to, so please be forgiving and answer my question using basic English.

I have the same problem like Armageddon Potato. DosBox (with and without D-Fend) can't run dos games and programmes on full screen with Windows 7. When I open a game and press alt+enter, I see black screen, keyboard doesn't work and I have to restart my computer. Anyone can help me? Maybe this problem will be solved with next DosBox version? Maybe there is some patch, which can fix it?

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Reply 4 of 7, by ADDiCT

Posted on 2010-01-07, 19:29

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Update your video card drivers. Try different "output" settings in dosbox.conf.

Reply 5 of 7, by BadManiac

Posted on 2010-01-07, 23:31

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I'm running Windows 7 RC 7100 x64 still, and I've got my output set to D3D and I can Alt-Tab in and out with no problems. Just FYI

Reply 6 of 7, by kaput

Posted on 2010-01-09, 22:44

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ADDiCT wrote:
Update your video card drivers. Try different "output" settings in dosbox.conf.

I've installed the newest graphics card drivers and set in dosbox.conf "output=overlay" and everything runs great! Thanks a lot. Now I can rescue the universe with Commander KEEN once again :].
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Reply 7 of 7, by Armageddon Potato

Posted on 2010-02-04, 11:29

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Update your video card drivers. Try different "output" settings in dosbox.conf.

I know my reply to this topic is late, but when I took your advice of updating my video card drivers it actually completely broke my computer, 🤣. It's ATI Radeon's fault actually, but everything is ok now.

I will try what I can on this laptop, and I'll give it another go on the windows 7 computer soon. I'll see if what worked for Kaput works for me!

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