Issues with staying in fullscreen mode

[aVoided]

I have this issue 100% but my work around works for me. maybe it will work for you. I window a lot to look things up. Then revert back to full screen. When i revert back I would have the same issue. Even moving my mouse around I would see desktop icons kinda ghost into my eq screen as my mouse went over them even with eq on top and in full screen, and If i clicked. bam back to my desktop and windowed.

1) click full screen box option. The game will flash and such as it adjusts to full screen.
*if i do not do step 2 i have the same issue as you guys and I will click through the
screen onto my desktop and minimize and re-enter windowed mode.*
2) I then go under video modes and re-select my resolution (for me its 1400 x 900 im on
a lappy) I need to do this everytime I switch back from windowed.
3) Once i select the resoultion and hit accept my game will flash slightly again and a
confirmation box comes up asking if i want to keep this resolution. Naturally I hit yes.

Not sure if it will work for you guys but my wife and I both had this issue and reselecting the resolution once in full screen works for us. We have to do it everytime we come back from windowed and such, but once we do it we have no isses of ghosting desktop or clicking through to the dsktop. It's like the game doesn't recognize your full screen resoultion unless you tell it again what it is.

[Kuldiin]

aVoided's fix worked well for me [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[guineapig]

That's odd that you need to reselct the resolution each time. As soon as I select fullscreen under options it reverts back to the proper resolution for me.

I am going to try to change the windowed resolution in the the .ini file when I get back home on Monday, it sounds like a good solution and would prevent me from having to switch back and forth at all...

(Of course since I bought my wife a laptop for Christmas I could just look stuff up on that now.)

[aVoided]

It is reverting to the resolution i have it set to Guinea, but for some reason the desktop ghosts in the backround and around the edges of the screen I click around the edge and poof back to windowed even though it's in the proper full screen reso. Once i re tell it the video mode though it stops even though its already in that reso mode.

I've played the game thus far with a fresh instal and only modding the files p99 says to. This issue drove me bonkers for the first couple hrs on the server. So far everyone i told this to, has worked for them. If your little edit to the ini file works let me know. It's only 2 extra clicks and a few seconds, so it doesnt bother me much.

[DaMaN841]

The solution that I have found with trouble staying in Fullscreen mode is mostly a compatibility issue. I'm running Windows 7, and what I did was run the Everquest executable in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode. For those who are unaware of this feature, right click on the executable, click properties. Choose the Compatibility tab on the dialog that appears, and select the check box that makes the drop down combo box editable. Choose Windows XP SP3, click apply and then Ok.

Run the game, and you shouldn't have any more problems. Hope this worked as flawlessly as it did for me.