Problem using "Borderless Fullscreen" with Windows 10 / GeForce (solved)

[White-Gandalf]

My girlfriend and i have mostly similar PCs, running Windows 10 and using Nvidia GeForce graphic cards.

 

While i can run 7DTD in borderless fullscreen mode using "twitch chat overlay" on top of it, my girlfriend lately (discovered just this week) became unable to do so. While having been able to use it beforehand.

 

At the moment, i have nearly no clou about what may be the cause and how to react. If there is someone out there who has experienced a similar behavior, i would be glad to hear about it to compare circumstances and discuss ways to circumvent it.

 

The only crucial difference between our systems is that i am belonging to people who common folks call "paranoid" concerning security measures. I have very strict rules on my PC's what accounts are allowed what actions, have a tight software restriction policy in place and am conservative in regard to updates of a running system. Thus, my graphic drivers are two years older than hers, my windows as well (my from 2019, hers from last month).

 

THAT, however, usually comes out at MY PC being unable to perform certain actions (which is usually a (by me) wanted behavior). So i doubt that this detail could have something to do with the problem at hand.

 

Is it possible that i have missed some settings in the game or game launcher? Or are there settings hidden in some config files that could have something to do with the "borderless fullscreen" control?

Edited August 24, 2021 by White-Gandalf
problem solved (see edit history)

[SylenThunder]

Add the startup argument -popupwindow to the launch settings in Steam.

[White-Gandalf]

Thanks for the advice. The setting alone didn't solve the thing, but together with a check at "exclusive fullscreen" and "directx" as graphic api it did.

 

I think we are save for now. The thread can be closed.

[SylenThunder]

Sorry, I assumed you would be already using the DirectX renderer since it's the default that would be used on Windows systems. Choosing Vulcan or OpenGL is typically only done as a workaround when aging hardware doesn't properly support DirectX.