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{{++}} Great for older games which have no native windowed mode support such as the [[Black & White]] series.
 
{{++}} Great for older games which have no native windowed mode support such as the [[Black & White]] series.
  
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{{++}} Allows to have and use multiple configurations at once.
 
{{++}} Allows to have and use multiple configurations at once.
 
{{++}} On certain cases it might even fix performance issues allowing older games to get past 30 FPS and such.
 
{{++}} On certain cases it might even fix performance issues allowing older games to get past 30 FPS and such.

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Key points

Easy multi-tasking.
Can usually be modified to work as a borderless fullscreen windowed mode.
Often toggled with Alt+ Enter but for many games it has to be enabled manually.
Some games do not have a native windowed mode (see Forced windowed mode).

Force windowed mode

Great for older games which have no native windowed mode support such as the Black & White series.

D3DWindower

Allows to have and use multiple configurations at once.
On certain cases it might even fix performance issues allowing older games to get past 30 FPS and such.
Might appear complicated to use at first.
D3DWindower has to be run with admin rights on. See Windows compatibility mode.
Instructions

3DAnalyze

3DAnalyze has many features alongside a forced windowed mode.
Instructions

DxWnd

Great for Win95/98 like games such as StarCraft, Diablo and Quake.
Presets already included.
Slightly unintuitive interface, in-game performance might get worse.