artmustel Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Hello everybody! I am a newbe to DCS and there is a minor issue that puzzles me. Is there a way, when I am in game, to switch momentarily to my desktop (Windows 10) so I can check emails and other stuff like game guides without be forced to exit game? I am very sorry if this question does not belong here. Thanks!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunf Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 The way I do it is to press ctrl-alt-del and select Task manager. After that, I can normally alt-tab in and out of DCS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chump Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I keep something running in the background (text editor or browser). I find that I don't need to do the ctrl-alt-del that way, only alt-tab. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artmustel Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Thank you ! That worked great.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probad Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 i run dcs in borderless window mode, alt tab works fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ala12Rv-watermanpc Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 or even simpler, just alt+enter to quit full screen mode (assuming you did alt+enter before to enter full screen mode which every body should) and then Win key :thumbup: Take a look at my MODS here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac5 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I don't see any difference alt-enter or not, settings:full screen. ? Mainboard: ASUS Maximus X Hero Intel Z 370 CPU: Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.0 GHz Memory: 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4-3000 Graphics Card: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB Monitor ASUS PA 329 32" @ 4K 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 256 GB 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 4 TB Windows 10 - 64 V. 2004 CH Pro combatstick, throttle and pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razo+r Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I don't see any difference alt-enter or not, settings:full screen. ? alt enter works only if you have dcs set to a different resolution compared to your monitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finch Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 How to avoid that the screen goes sleep mode? only disabling it in the control panel/power management? I have windows 8.1 and this only happen with DCS, not with Xplane, IL2, Cliffs of dover or any other sim/game thanks and sorry for the offtopic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayos Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 No if you can figure out how to do it with it running in VR I'd like to know. If you alt + tab out you can't use the mouse to select other screen outside the area the game is being displayed on the monitor. The confine mouse option in the settings doesn't seem to affect this either. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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