Nealius Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 At one point Alt+Tab used to work, but at some point it stopped working. It's rather irritating because sometimes I may forget to load my Saitek profile, or something goes wonky with my head tracking and it won't recognize my recenter hotkey, or maybe I'm in the mood to run Spotify as I fly around. Currently we have to completely exit the game and do everything from scratch instead of simply Alt+tabbing out, loading my profile/headtracking/music, and Alt+tabbing back in. It ends up wasting some of what little time I have to fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tailhook Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 If Alt-Tab doesn't work, just use Windows key, then click on the taskbar to click out of DCS. Control-Alt-Delete and then Task Manager also works. In Windows 10 there is a very small vertical bar on the bottom right in the task bar with no icon to the right of the clock time and system notifications icon, click that little bar and it will switch to desktop view. Intel i9-13900K : ASUS TUF RTX 4080 : 32GB G.Skill RipjawsV 4000 : TM HOTAS Warthog : HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealius Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 Windows key doesn't work either, for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Run DCS without administrator mode, then alt-tab will be able to work. For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealius Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 I have it set to run as administrator by default, but it still doesn't work. It only works if I already have additional windows open when DCS is running. If DCS is my only open window, neither Alt+Tab nor Windows key will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconus Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I have it set to run as administrator by default, but it still doesn't work. It only works if I already have additional windows open when DCS is running. If DCS is my only open window, neither Alt+Tab nor Windows key will work. There is no DCS fault in this behavior. Every full screen Windows app acts this way. If DCS is your only opened app use CtrlAltDel or CtrlShiftEsc and click from there. No need to close DCS. Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX3060 Rift S T16000M TWCS TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealius Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 Is this a Windows 10 thing? Because on Windows 7 Alt+TAB would minimize any open window regardless of whether it was full screen or not. This also still doesn't explain why pressing the Windows key will not work while in DCS, when it works when I use any other program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I can RALT+ TAB and condense my DCS to get at my task bar, etc. 2560x1440 monitor but I run DCS at 1920x1080 so I have some resolution "slack" I guess. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] http://www.476vfightergroup.com/content.php High Quality Aviation Photography For Personal Enjoyment And Editorial Use. www.crosswindimages.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealius Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 This is strange. I have full screen deselected in the options, and run at 1920x1080. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iKyrThraad993i Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 I noticed sometime say I have a black screen problem I can't CtrlAltDel at all because it just wont show up. Seems weird this is full screen I might end up running in windowed mode 1080p to give me the start menu and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconus Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Does hitting LAlt+Enter change anything regarding Alt+TAB for you? Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX3060 Rift S T16000M TWCS TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeF Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Launching DCS with admin mode did the trick for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latware Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Maybe this is stated somewhere else too, but for complexity: I run DCS without admin privileges, at 1920x1080, no full screen, despite of it I can not minimize DCS screen, but I found a workaround, thanks to that I have two monitors. I simply click to another surface, it makes DCS "window" deselected and then works Win key and another combos too. With the help of Ctl-Shift-Esc I can run task manager and in it minimize the DCS screen. greetings latware (Intel Core i7-4790K;NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970;2xdisplay 1920x1080;Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar+pedals;TrackIR3 6DOF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealius Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 I run DCS as admin but am completely unable to minimize unless there is another window open somewhere on my machine. I don't know if this is a Windows 10 thing or a DCS thing, as I upgraded to Windows 10 around the same time 2.5 came to DCS, and that's when I started having the issue. On Windows 7 I could minimize DCS without having any other windows open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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