using suffixes on windows programs

General Questions
#1

Hey, computer noob here again with what’s probably a real simple question.

Via this: http://www.gog.com/en/forum/arcanum_of_steamworks_and_magick_obscura/windowed_mode_fix

I realize that I could run the game windowed (which I’d like to do) by running it with the -window suffix. The thing is, I’m not sure how to do that. I’m running Windows 7, and I’m a double-click-on-stuff kinda guy without much computer savvy. I tried renaming the target of the shortcut to it, but it didn’t seem to want to allow that (and in hindsight, that was probably not at all what I needed to do).

So, anyone able to throw me a line here?

#2

Okay, I’m way rusty on this stuff, but I seem to recall that there’s a way to wrap up a command to start a Windows program into an icon. I think that you can make a shortcut icon and then edit the program launch parameters in the icon. But that’s an XP-era memory, so it’s probably out of date…

#3

“renaming the target of the shortcut” should be exactly what you need to do…

Right click on the shortcut, and select ‘Properties’. Resulting window will have a number of tabs, one of which is called ‘Shortcut’. On that tab, modify the ‘Target’ field; add the ‘-window’ there. You may need to add double quotes around the existing path if it includes a space. In that case, add the ‘-window’ outside the quotes, like so:

“C:\Program Files\Folder\program.exe” -window

#4

Hm. Gave me permission to do it, but still isn’t running the program in windowed mode. Not sure if I’ve done something wrong or what-all. Grumble.

#5

Besides adding the “-window” did you follow this suggestion:

…from the OP you linked in your OP?

#6

I did. Still no help. I posted in the forum there, but as it’s several months old, and everyone else seems to be able to make it work, I’m not holding out a lot of hope.

#7

Yoiks! Never mind. Figured out there was a patch I had to install. All is hunky dorey now!