title: “How To Play The Sims 2 In Windowed Mode” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-11” author: “Christian White”
How to Enable Windowed Mode in The Sims 2
Follow these steps to get The Sims 2 to run in windowed mode:
Locate the shortcut you use to start The Sims 2. It’s most likely on your desktop, where it appears by default when the game is first installed. Right-click or tap-and-hold the shortcut, then pick Properties from the menu. In the Shortcut tab, next to the Target: field, go to the very end of the command and put a space followed by -window (or -w). Click or tap the OK button to save and exit.
Open The Sims 2 to test the new windowed mode shortcut. If the game opens in full-screen again, return to Step 3 and make sure there’s a space after the normal text, before the dash, but that there isn’t a space between the dash and the word “window.”
Switching Back to Full-Screen Mode
If you decide you want to play The Sims 2 in full-screen mode again, repeat the same steps as described above but delete “-window” from the shortcut’s command line to revert back to the previous settings.
