How to escape to Desktop from Full Screen?

[yeehi]

If you alt-tab, a white column appears in the left, but there doesn't seem to be any way from there except back to the game.

 

[Kurnn]

Press the windows key 3 times and say "Beetleguise, Beetleguise, Beetleguise!"

 

[Piruparka]

Win + D

 

[tedhebert]

Best thing to do is to leave an application running, be it word, excel or a browser (IE, Chrome...) before starting the game. That way, when you alt-tab, it WILL switch out.

Of course, I also often forget to do that, so another trick is to ctrl+alt+del and choose "Open Task Manager"... that will open a window and let you alt-tab...

Win + D

I've never tried that,,, will do so when I get home to see... sounds simpler than my way

 

[bladex]

run in borderless window

 

[yeehi]

Thanks for the solutions!

 

[ShakaKhan]

If you don't have another application running, you can hold alt+tab, then release tab, but not alt. With your other hand, hit windows and then select some application.

 

[Abraxis]

If you're using Windows 10, a handy trick I started doing is to have a second (virtual) desktop open always (use Windows Key-Tab to add one). If something goes wrong, sometimes Windows 10's ctrl-alt-del won't open. Ctrl-Windows Key-Left always works though, just shift over and do anything you need on the second desktop.

It also lets you quickly shift between a normal desktop and a fullscreen application as easily as if you were alt-tabbing a border-less full-screen application.

 

[ShakaKhan]

On a related note, anyone else have problems with the game freezing when you exit to desktop after a long (3+ hour) session? After clicking "exit to desktop," the darkened option menu screen stays on indefinitely, alt-tabbing and then ctrl-alt-del to bring up task manager won't bring it up, and the only option I have is to hard-boot my machine.

Anyone else have this happen? Solutions other than hard-booting?

 

[bladex]

On a related note, anyone else have problems with the game freezing when you exit to desktop after a long (3+ hour) session?

it's been doing that since day one

 

[Disgustipated]

Solutions other than hard-booting?

Alt-tab out, then control alt delete and end the application. Or you could just sign off which is still quicker than a hard reboot.

 

[Canadian Bluebeer]

This. I use it since I'm always switching over to Firetuner, it keeps the game from getting stupid(er) on me.
Also good if broadcasting and want to pop over and post in chat, etc.

run in borderless window

 

[ShakaKhan]

Alt-tab out, then control alt delete and end the application.

Not for me. It just tries to end indefinitely.

 

[tedhebert]

Not for me. It just tries to end indefinitely.

Yeah then I think the best idea is to follow his 2nd advice... ctrl+alt+del then sign off... better than restarting all...

 

[PendragonWRB]

If you have the desk space having two monitors is the ultimate solution. Just run full screen windowed and you can do all kinds of things on that extra monitor while playing a game.

 

[bladex]

Yeah then I think the best idea is to follow his 2nd advice... ctrl+alt+del then sign off... better than restarting all...

you can also download sysinternals process explorer and use that. right click the civ VI exe and choose kill process this is what i use