[WIN7] Game starts minimised and the only way to maximise...

[kovarex]

It is probably solved for 0.10, let me know if it isn't the case once it is released.

[arl85]

For me (on win7 x64) this is not solved.
If I start the game in fullscreen, only a very small window appears in top left corner; if I start in window mode, it starts in taskbar.
When using "window mode", WIN+D trick works, but the first time I start the game it doesn't recognize mouse wheel movements (it doesn't zoom in/out) and shift key (cannot place ghost building, for example).

Reducing to taskbar again and reopening solves the mouse wheel problem. Shift problem is sometimes solved, but not always (still trying to find a proper way to have it working again...)

If it is important, my graphic card is an ATI Radeon HD 6700 + Intel HD 3000 (switchable graphics) but I'm just using the ATI in fixed mode.

[arl85]

Even if it should be ok since 0.10.0, for me (win7 x64) this is not solved.
If I start the game in fullscreen, only a very small window appears in top left corner; if I start in window mode, it starts in taskbar.

When using "window mode", WIN+D trick works, but the first time I start the game it doesn't recognize mouse wheel movements (it doesn't zoom in/out)
Reducing to taskbar again and reopening solves the mouse wheel problem.

If it is important, my graphic card is an ATI Radeon HD 6700 + Intel HD 3000 (switchable graphics) but I'm just using the ATI in fixed mode.

[posila]

Hey, is anyone who has this issue still around? I have added some extra information about available displays to Factorio logs, so I would be interested to see the 0.12.5+ logs from people who experience this issue.

[arl85]

Hi, I tried with 0.12.4 and problem is no more. Factorio starts and takes focus properly.

but I found that during the update process from 0.12.4 to 0.12.6, immediately after restart, factorio is in taskbar but I cannot display its window.
I closed it by right-click on taskbar - close window and restarted it. no problem at all, started and focused normally.
so problem now seems to be present only with automatic restart after updates.
Log attached.

[Boogalo]

Another way to get it to the main screen is to make sure it has focus, the press windows key + left right arrows until it moves to the correct monitor.

[Orangi]

Greeting FF,
I have been playing this game vir steam for a week now with no issues and today I started the game only to find this locked to minimized on taskbar problem.

My laptop runs Windows 10 with Radeon HD 7600m 1GB

When I run the program the Factorio icon loads on my taskbar and when I hover my cursor over it I get a sml preview windows showing me that the game is running and on the Main Menu but im unable to maximize it to the desktop.

I have tired Restarting machine, updated my drivers, reinstalled game, Win+up, Taskmanager Open/ bring to front, Set to admin, Compatibility for Windows 8, Win+D x2, Alt+Space M Direction and nothing seem to bring it up. I also dont recieve any crash or error notification

My only concern is that I cant us my laptop monitor as it is damaged so I use a HTMI Monitor as my primary screen.
I have never experiance this problem before and this only just happend today so hopfully you guy can offer me somthing else to try to fix this.

Thankyou.

[posila]

Hi, can you attach factorio-current.log, please?

[Koub]

I'll tell you what I'd do under Win7, I'm sure there's something similar on Win10
- Start Factorio
- Shift-Right-Click on Factorio icon (the one showing Factorio's running)
- Click Move
- Hit any combination of your directional keys (like Right, down, ...)
- If it's what I think, Factorio window will be forced to focus to your mouse cursor.

If it's not what I think, well, we'll have to keep on searching

[Orangi]

Yeah sorry, here the current log from the steam folder is that enough?

0.002 2016-03-05 14:29:23; Factorio 0.12.25 (Build 17747, win64)
0.002 Operating system: Windows 8
0.002 Program arguments: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\bin\x64\Factorio.exe"
0.002 Read data path: C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/data
0.002 Write data path: C:/Users/Janet/AppData/Roaming/Factorio
0.003 Binaries path: C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/bin
0.140 Available display adapters: 2
0.140 [0]: \\.\DISPLAY1 - AMD Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series {0x01, [-1366,0], 1366x768, 32bit, 60Hz}
0.140 [1]: \\.\DISPLAY2 - AMD Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series {0x05, [0,0], 1680x1050, 32bit, 60Hz}
0.141 Create display on adapter 0. Size 1266x668 at position [40, 32].
0.582 Initialised OpenGL:[0] AMD Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series; driver: 4.5.13399 Compatibility Profile Context 15.201.1151.1008
0.629 Desktop composition is active.
0.629 Graphics options: [FullScreen: true] [VSync: true] [UIScale: 100%] [MultiSampling: OFF] [Graphics quality: normal] [Video memory usage: medium] [Light scale: 23%] [Screen: 0]
0.771 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
0.784 Loading mod base 0.12.25 (data.lua)
5.677 Initial atlas bitmap size is 16384
5.678 Created atlas bitmap 16384x1418
74.266 Factorio initialised
1367.641 Steam API shutdown.
1367.650 Goodbye

[Orangi]

I tired ur Idea, (Shift-Right-Click on Factorio icon) i get this: OPEN, Run as Admin, Pin to Taskbar and Properties.. Nothing that allows me to move. Thanks thou

[Koub]

And if you right-click on the Taskbar and select “Cascade windows” ?

[Orangi]

I unticked the Cascade windows and nothing happend.

[Koub]

Well sorry, I have no Win10 to test (I have even never seen one tbh ). I'm pretty sure the game runs on your second display, and can't find the way to bring it back to the oter one. Do you have a way to switch displays somehow ?

[Orangi]

I only have one monitor, as the laptop screen met with a tragic accident, HTMI monitor has been my savior for so long, but now it seem it has finally met its match.. i hope there is somthing im my logs that can fix it. The game ran fine to begin with, but today no luck. Maybe it will work again tomorrow.

OHOH important: I do have an Imac that i have been playing this on and it seem to use the same save files, could using the same Factorio steam account on two separate operating system effect it somehow?

[Koub]

Your log says this :

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0.140 Available display adapters: 2
0.140 [0]: \\.\DISPLAY1 - AMD Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series {0x01, [-1366,0], 1366x768, 32bit, 60Hz}
0.140 [1]: \\.\DISPLAY2 - AMD Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series {0x05, [0,0], 1680x1050, 32bit, 60Hz}
0.141 Create display on adapter 0. Size 1266x668 at position [40, 32].

As I read it, [0] is set to be a the left and [1] at the right.
Your Factorio seems to open on [0], and I think you're on [1]

If you use cloud sync for Factorio on Steam, maybe can you load your PC save on your Mac. I incidentily asked myself the same question (but only have a PC).

[Orangi]

Oh so i just need to change that Adapter setting to (1) okok..... how do i do this.. this could be the key....

[posila]

You can either: set launch options in Steam to "--fullscreen=false", start game, go to graphics options, set Screen 2 and exit the game. Then remove --fullscreen=false from launch options, start game and turn fullscreen on in options.

Or open %appdata%\Factorio\config\config.ini and change preferred-screen-index to 1 (or 255 to force it to always use primary screen).

[Orangi]

Yes its worked, took me a while to find the file, but it works !! YAY THANKYOU!