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My monitor is 1600x900 but only 1152x 864 seems to work (editreg doesn't work also) everythings good except the top bar which makes it look like windowed mode---any fix for this? Thanks
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Tappedops1: My monitor is 1600x900 but only 1152x 864 seems to work (editreg doesn't work also) everythings good except the top bar which makes it look like windowed mode---any fix for this? Thanks
I too have this problem and I find it extremely annoying. My monitor is 3440 x 1440 and so I set the resolution to the max allowable in the GOG setup program, i.e. 1856 x 1392. Regardless of the resolution I set it to the game is always in some pseudo windowed mode with a title bar and an oddly multicoloured border. I tried the suggested registry hack as well, but if I set the resolution higher than that allowed the game crashes and anything else still results in the awful windowed mode.

This is something that GOG really need to fix.
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I found a workaround that works great and results in complete elimination of the annoying title bar and border. This was posted by "Manwith Noname" over at the B-17 forums on Steam where the same problem exists (https://steamcommunity.com/app/328900/discussions/0/620695877499699854/#c537405286658879878).

Do Once

1. Download WinExplorer by Nirsoft.
2. Extract the contents of the zip file to a convenient folder and set the compatibility of the winexp.exe file to Windows XP SP3.

Do Every Time

1. Run B-17 so that the windowed game screen is shown.
2. Alt-Tab back to Windows.
3. Run Winexp as an Administrator.
4. In the list of windows shown, click once on "B-17 - The Mighty Eighth" so that it is highlighted.
5. Select the "Style" tab in the area below the list of windows.
6. Uncheck "WS_DLGFRAME" and "WS_BORDER"
7. Close the WinExplorer program.
7. Alt-Tab back to B-17

That's it - the game should now be shown without any title bar or border.
Post edited March 24, 2016 by ikrananka
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ikrananka: I found a workaround that works great and results in complete elimination of the annoying title bar and border. This was posted by "Manwith Noname" over at the B-17 forums on Steam where the same problem exists (https://steamcommunity.com/app/328900/discussions/0/620695877499699854/#c537405286658879878).

Do Once

1. Download WinExplorer by Nirsoft.
2. Extract the contents of the zip file to a convenient folder and set the compatibility of the winexp.exe file to Windows XP SP3.

Do Every Time

1. Run B-17 so that the windowed game screen is shown.
2. Alt-Tab back to Windows.
3. Run Winexp as an Administrator.
4. In the list of windows shown, click once on "B-17 - The Mighty Eighth" so that it is highlighted.
5. Select the "Style" tab in the area below the list of windows.
6. Uncheck "WS_DLGFRAME" and "WS_BORDER"
7. Close the WinExplorer program.
7. Alt-Tab back to B-17

That's it - the game should now be shown without any title bar or border.
Thanks, it worked!
I don't use WinExplorer for this anymore. Instead I use the AutoHotKey command called WinSet.

AutoHotKey can be downloaded from here: https://www.autohotkey.com/

Information on the WinSet command can be found here: https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/WinSet.htm

The advantage of this is that I now have a script that starts B17 and automatically removes the window title bar and border. I have this script saved to my desktop and start the game by double-clicking the script's icon. Here's the script if you want to give it a go:

Path_B17 := "C:\GOG Games\B-17 Flying Fortress"
SetTitleMatchMode, 3
Run, %path_b17%\Game.exe,%path_b17%
Sleep, 4000
WinSet, Style, -0xC00000, B-17 - The Mighty Eighth
Return


Alternatively, if you also want to use JoystickCurves to tweak your flight sticks response in the game then the script becomes:

Path_JoystickCurves := "D:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\JoystickCurves"
Path_B17 := "C:\GOG Games\B-17 Flying Fortress"
SetTitleMatchMode, 3
Run, %path_joystickcurves%\JoystickCurves.appref-ms,%path_joystickcurves%
Sleep 3000
Run, %path_b17%\Game.exe,%path_b17%
Sleep, 4000
WinSet, Style, -0xC00000, B-17 - The Mighty Eighth
Return
Post edited September 06, 2022 by ikrananka
The simplest way to solve the always present bar is running he game with the ddrawcompat dll wrapper in the game folder.
How do you use ddrawcompat to remove it?
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Gudadantza: The simplest way to solve the always present bar is running he game with the ddrawcompat dll wrapper in the game folder.
simply install it in the main game folder. Works perfectly for me.
forgot to mention had to use version 2 of the file - version 3 didn't work