is there any way to run "full screen" games in a window in xp?

[palidor]

i'm running windows xp at work.. and i'd like to play some games that are normally full screen in a window so I can still take calls and do my job.

the game in particular is carmageddon 1 (old, i know).

i've seen people play quake in a window, but i can't for the life of me figure out how to do this.


any ideas?

 

[AtTheGates]

I think that needs to be be built in feature of the game. A few of my games have the option but most don't.

 

[Looney]

It normally does have to be built into the game, but there are some apps that will do it for you. If the game is DirectX, this might work: CobraCommander

There are others out there too, but i can't recall them atm.

 

[jfall]

Try Alt + Enter

 

[palidor]

alt+enter doesn't work, and the game uses directx 3 or something. i can't seem to get cobracommander to work.

thanks for the replies, any other ideas?

 

[styrafoam]

If you add -w to the shortcut it will run the game in a window. I do not know if the game has to specificly support this but I have seen this answer given more than once.

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: styrafoam
I do not know if the game has to specificly support this

Unfortunately it does.

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: styrafoam
If you add -w to the shortcut it will run the game in a window. I do not know if the game has to specificly support this but I have seen this answer given more than once.

depends on the game. it's different for most.