Minimize flight sim

[taffy2jeffmorgan]

Hi All, Is it possible to minimize the flight sim with Windows 10, I have been adjusting my TrackIR and have to reload the sim each time that I need to check the adjustments.  Cheers

[Oyster_KAI]

Just uncheck full screen and use "tab+alt".

[taffy2jeffmorgan]

Thanks for that

[J2_Jakob]

Or keep fullscreen checked and just hit the Win key... That's what works for me when I need to switch between any opened apps while IL2 is running and alt+tab just doesn't do it.

[Trooper117]

Yep, just hit the windows key... works every time.

[Winkysmith]

That’s funny, the windows key doesn’t do anything for me. I have to close the game to get out of it.

Edited August 17, 2021 by Winkysmith

[AEthelraedUnraed]

16 minutes ago, Winkysmith said:

That’s funny, the windows key doesn’t do anything for me. I have to close the game to get out of it.

That's strange. What does alt-tab do (note that you do need to have another program running)? And ctrl-alt-del -> Task Manager?

[jollyjack]

On my system (Win LTSC) the win key does nothing. Alt-Tab works however.

But i have classic shell running.

[Winkysmith]

10 hours ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

That's strange. What does alt-tab do (note that you do need to have another program running)? And ctrl-alt-del -> Task Manager?

Alt-tab switches between running programs, but doesn’t take me out of IL-2. Any program that I switch to is just layered over the IL-2 screen, if you take my meaning. I Haven’t tried ctrl-alt-del yet. I’ll try that when I get home a bit later (I’m in Aus).

I actually didn’t try to troubleshoot it until I saw this thread, as I just thought it was a thing with the game client.

With Steam games, I can just hit the Windows Key and it’ll take me out of the game, however.

[ATAG_Headshot]

A lot of gaming keyboards have a setting to disable keys like "Alt Tab" and the Windows key when it detects a game from running. If you have a gaming keyboard maybe check your software for it, or see if there is a button or toggle on the board itself to enable/disable windows functions. It's specifically designed to make it so that you can't accidentally switch apps when a game is running. 

[RossMarBow]

On 8/16/2021 at 8:28 PM, J2_Jakob said:

Or keep fullscreen checked and just hit the Win key... That's what works for me when I need to switch between any opened apps while IL2 is running and alt+tab just doesn't do it.

You need to have a window to alt + tab into if that makes sense 
So either open up idk file explorer window or something and leave open in background

 

 

"Alt-tab switches between running programs, but doesn’t take me out of IL-2. Any program that I switch to is just layered over the IL-2 screen, if you take my meaning."

 

That's how it works with the recommended il-2 setup, I think if you change it too fullscreen window'd or something it will minimize, but its not recommended for performance reasons.  

 

 

Edited August 23, 2021 by brahguevara