How to open P3D "semi-windowed"?

[Dirk98 354]

I think I remember I came across some settings whereas the P3D window opened with the bottom taskbar visible and fixed there but still it was a full screen mode. I can't find it in Prepar3D.cfg nor in SIMstarter. Is it possilbe at all?

Thanks,

 

[Bill Griffith 160]

I'll using this program.  It works for FSX and P3D.

https://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=pseudo+full+screen&CatID=root&Go=Search

 

Edit:  You may not be able to get to the task bar without going out of the pseudo mode.

[Dirk98 354]

Any negative sides with it, like some performance hit or VAS usage?

Thanks,

[Bill Griffith 160]

No side effects.  With FSX I seemed to have problems in full screen mode that I don't having in the pseudo full screen mode and no frame rate hit.  I haven't seen any problems at all in P3Dv4.  I don't have a lot of time in P3Dv4 though.  There is this note in the library entry, "Autohotkey needs to be downloaded and installed first.".  I just tried that in FSX  and you can go in and out of the pseudo full screen mode using the Win+F11 keys.  I'll try it in P3Dv4 and check back.

[Bill Griffith 160]

Worked as advertised in P3Dv4 also. 

https://autohotkey.com/download/