Change the shortcut’s properties to disable full-screen mode

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The Sims 2and itsexpansion packsnormally run in full-screen mode.

Enabling it requires tweaking the game’s shortcut.

We’ll show you how.

Characters from the video game The Sims 2

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This guide is specifically forThe Sims 2on PC.

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 pickPropertiesfrom the menu.

Click or tap theOKbutton to save and exit.

OpenThe Sims 2to test the new windowed mode shortcut.

This also works with lots of other games that run in full-screen mode.