Window mode on a max 1024x768 monitor?

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Is there a way for me to run galciv2 in window mode on a monitor that maxes out at 1024x768? My laptop screen will only run at that res, but I have a second monitor that I run in a dual screen config that I'd like to play the game on. That monitor can run at 1280x1024, but I can't move the galciv2 window onto it because (I presume) I'm running the game at the same res as my desktop.

is there a way to either make the game launch straight into my second monitor, or a way to move it when it's already maxed out?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Oh, obviously I know the command line switch to run in windowed mode, it's just not working because my laptop monitor sucks.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Run it in windowed mode. Then try right clicking it on the taskbar, and see if it has a move option. Click on the move option and then use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move it around until you can see the title bar. Hit enter to place the window, then use the mouse to drag it to your second window.

This is just a guess but hopefully it will work for you. If you can't see your task bar while the game is running you can try switching to another app. If the taskbar still doesn't show up, try moving it to your secondary monitor before starting the game.

Good luck!
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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Before you go to far, often a secondary monitor will not acturaly excelerate. I would try this first. Go to Desplay Settings, and see if you can select your secondary montor and change it to the Primary. Then you should be able to launch GalCive from there and it will run there nativly.

Hope that helps.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
I did as suggesteRun it in windowed mode. Then try right clicking it on the taskbar, and see if it has a move option. Click on the move option and then use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move it around until you can see the title bar. Hit enter to place the window, then use the mouse to drag it to your second window.


That worked, kind of. I don't have a menu bar with the "min, max, close" buttons on it.

I did a Alt-Space to bring up the taskbar context menu. I'd done that before, but I didn't try using the keyboard arrows to move it to the other window. So I can get it in the second monitor, just not in an actual window. Strange.