Major Problem with Windowed Mode. Please Help!

Ok i tried to play the game n the windowed mode but in preference it was greyed out for me. Fine enough. Then i went to the game file and in the target tab i added the necessary command but even after that the windowed mode is not working for me. FM starts and its black for 5 seconds and then it says that FM has encountered an error and needs to close. I have asked this question before but noone from SI has yet replied. THis is probably the sixth time im asking and i need it desperately to get my game to run faster so please can someone help me? What do i do to get windowed mode workimg?

PS: the entering the command in the target tab method worked perfectly for me in 08 but not in 09.

Sounds similar to a problem I was having.

Tryhttp://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=65326

And then take out the windowed bit from your shortcut. It may be for some reason your machine (like my old one) wont run the game in windowed mode.

Have you downloaded patch 9.2.0?

And where did you add the line to the target box? This needs to be done in a desktop shortcut, not in the actual file's target.

Yeah i did it in the desktop shortcut. Did the exact same thing for 08 where it worked. And no im yet on 9.1.0.

Its worth patching to the latest version cause that patch has resoleved some graphics issues TBH

Huwlet...were you able to change the game to windowed in preferences? I cant even do that...

No I wasnt. I think thats an indication that the game wont run in windowed mode. Have you managed to get the game to launch now?

Huwlet...were you able to change the game to windowed in preferences? I cant even do that...

I think that means you don't have the required resolution. I think 1024 x 768 is the maximum resolution which will not support windowed mode.

But i have been playing FM since FM 05 and i have ALWAYS used the windowed mode and with the same PC. Why the problem now? SI never responds to this in any of the threads.

@ HuwFLet...so finally your back to playing in the non windowed mode?

No im playing in windowed, Ive brought a new laptop that I needed for several thinks (including fm09!)

As to the what I have no idea unfortunatley

eshaan, did you try this that HuwFlet suggested? After that, try again to add the windowed command to the target line and run the game.

If that doesn't work, download the 9.2.0 patch.

So basically you entered the command in the target field and its working now?

Nah unsurprisingly its not working. No one from SI ever replies to this query in any thread

Have you downloaded and applied the 9.2.0 patch? Patch links are stickied at the top of this forum.

Yeah il try that now. Hopeit works.