Cannot run games in full-screen mode

[aussie]

I'm not sure if anyone has experienced this problem.

When I try to run a game in full-screen mode the screen just goes blank, music plays for a little bit, then the window gets minimised and I'm back to the desktop.

Any hints?

[Gilbert]

Hmmm... Have you tried toggling the "Use 85 Hz display" option and changing the resolution in the game's setup?

It is possibly because your graphic card driver/monitor combination can't display some of the modes properly.

Did it happen in all/most of the games?

[aussie]

Yep, I've tried the 85Hz thingy.

I does happen in all games, as far as I know. The funny thing is I haven't changed my hardware recently, and I've been using AGS for years...

[Pumaman]

So has this only just started happening? Restart your computer; try reinstalling DirectX.

[aussie]

No it hasn't just started. It's been happening for awhile.

I'll try and reinstall DirectX.

[Pumaman]

The other thing to try is the "Force letterbox mode" in game setup. It's possible that your current graphics drivers don't support 320x200/640x400.

[ago75]

I have the same problem.
You have an application running in background that causes this problem.
Use task manager and terminate that process.
In my case the application is a "Multimedia Keyboard Software Driver".
I hope this might help you.
Sorry for my English.

[LordHart]

Well, I have a Multimedia Keyboard working with mine, and I have no problems here at home.

I'd suggest checking to make sure your colour resolution is at 16-Bit and that as CJ said, installing the newest DirectX drivers as I had a similar problem when I was at TAFE and couldn't get the games to work properly. And also make sure to run a virus program, I had a virus once that stopped my resolution from changing (as odd as that was).