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How do I keep Bejeweled 2 Deluxe in windowed mode?

Asked by Booknight (704points) November 15th, 2010

To play in windowed mode I have to launch the game (go to options and untick full screen) twice. The first time, I get the message:
No Windowed Mode
Windowed mode is only available if your desktop is running in either 16 bit or 32 bit color mode, which it is not.
I quit, exit and relaunch. When I relaunch I can get windowed mode but it is back in full screen the next time I play.
Why do I get that message when I try to untick full screen option during first launch but not during second launch? And how do I keep it in windowed mode?
The game is a free download so I can’t uninstall and reinstall.
I have Vista Home Premium 32 bit.

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DeanV's avatar

Just to clarify, it’s not through Steam, right?

I have that same free version and it doesn’t happen to me.

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Booknight's avatar

The game download is from PopCap Games Inc (US). They were giving 10,000 free to celebrate 10 years.
I’m not familiar with Steam, so I don’t know if they are associated with PopCap Games.

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DeanV's avatar

@Booknight It’s really just a distribution system that PopCap puts there games through, but is not exclusive to all PopCap stuff. More about Steam is here.

Have you tried hitting “alt+enter” within game to switch within full screen and windowed? I know that works with my copy of Peggle, another PopCap game.

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Booknight's avatar

@dverhey
Thank you ! Hitting alt+enter did switch the game from full screen to windowed mode. That is much easier than double launch.

But it’s a case of good news-bad news.

The good news is it did work !
The bad news is it caused the browser icons on my taskbar to stop working (lol). No worries….. I fixed that by deleting and replacing them.

Thanks again for a solution but I think I’d better stick with the double launch :)

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