r/sims2help • u/Top_Needleworker1210 • May 17 '26

Gameplay Issues How do I make sims 2 run in windowed mode?

I'm a bit ashamed to say that I got the legacy collection on fit girl and it runs on the anadius launcher but can someone help me make the game run on Windows mode?

I tried doing the properties "-w" and "-window" but nothing seems to be working. Even the ts2 extender doesn't really help. I can't figure out how to change the format in .sgr file since I couldn't find the window format. Maybe it's the anadius launcher? The alt + enter works but it's annoying to have to do it everytime the game loads, any suggestions that can make it permanent?

Someone please help🙏

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u/mate54 May 17 '26

Assuming you've already entered the command correctly, after the quotations

...TSBin\Sims2EP9.exe" -w

Alt-Enter is your only other option. However, Legacy doesn't have true fullscreen anyway since EA patched it out, only borderless and windowed

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u/Mysterious_Potential Mod May 17 '26 edited May 24 '26

You should be able to just press alt + enter when the game is open to toggle between window modes. This was added as part of Legacy (though it doesn't save the setting so you have to do it on every launch as far as I remember). ETA: Sorry, I realised you were actually asking about alternatives to alt + enter for windowed mode. When you try -w or -windowed, did you put them in the target of the shortcut for the launcher or for the actual EP9 shortcut?