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How to make 'windowed' stick

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I thought that I had asked this question some time ago however a search by author (me) didn't find a post.

I noticed that when I select 'windowed mode', when I exit MSFS2020 and start again it it is 'full screen mode'/

What setting do I use to make it 'stick'

Thanks

Regards

John

Gigabyte Z390 m/b, i7 9700K cpu, 16Gb Hyper X Fury 3200 ram, RTX2060 6Gb, Gigabyte 32" monitor, MSFS 2020 store edition

At times after an game update it reverts back to full screen and you have to go back and re-enable windowed mode.

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I have done everything suggested above. When I set graphics to 'windows' and save it, if I exit MSFS2020 and restart immediately, windows mode is retained. If I don't use MSFS2020 for some time and then restart it has reverted to full screen. I am sure that someone once mentioned something else so that windowed mode is retained regardless of how long it was between setting it and restarting MSFS2020

Regards

John

Gigabyte Z390 m/b, i7 9700K cpu, 16Gb Hyper X Fury 3200 ram, RTX2060 6Gb, Gigabyte 32" monitor, MSFS 2020 store edition

44 minutes ago, Jarnie said:

# I am sure that someone once mentioned something else so that windowed mode is retained regardless of how long it was between setting it and restarting MSFS2020

You can set the Usercfg.opt file to read only.
That is where the setting is stored.
Or, you can just press Alt + Enter, less than one second's task.

10 hours ago, vbazillio said:

My MSFS2020 works this way without setting any specific: MSFS should remember the status (windowed or full screen) when I quit the last time. It works in MSFS2020 but not with MSFS2024 SU4 Beta.

It may have something to do with the SU4 Beta.

I was running the Beta and stopped because it was very buggy upon first release on my system.

Running SU3 I don't have a problem with Windowed mode being remembered.

 

On 9/30/2025 at 5:59 AM, Jarnie said:

I thought that I had asked this question some time ago however a search by author (me) didn't find a post.

I noticed that when I select 'windowed mode', when I exit MSFS2020 and start again it it is 'full screen mode'/

What setting do I use to make it 'stick'

Thanks

Are you using the Nvidia App?

Best Regards,

Vaughan Martell  PP-ASEL KDTW

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