Windows: How to minimize full screengames

Contributor Icon Contributed by gouthro Date Icon November 11, 2005  
Tag Icon Tagged: Games

how to minimize a full screen game with out exiting.


When your in a game lets say Sims or Starcraft or whatever your passion is and you need to minimize it for what ever reason.

Simply hit the Windows button (located between Control and Alt) on your keyboard.

What this will do is bring up your start menu but at the same time will minimize your game.

It will stay minimized with any repercussions other than on some games it will pause the game.

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  • Anonymous
    Sometimes Alt+Enter works, other times windowskey + D, the latter being useful for sneak attacks by seagulls, boss types and other nosey people.
  • Abi
    Thankyou for the help!
  • Thanks :D
  • Luke
    I am trying to do this on a really old game, on a brand new computer, and whenever I hit that button the screen is black ad the game will not work when I try to return. To be exact I'm trying it on Star Wars TIE Fighter, and I am playing it on Windows Vista. Any advice?
  • Godzdude
    How would you do this on a mac?
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