SC4 keeps minimizing

[joseph.r.johnson4 0]

I don't know if the issue that I am having falls under the CTD heading or not. But here is the issue that I am having:

 

Every time that my Windows 7 x64 laptop shuts down or restarts I can start SC4, but once it gets to where the game is running it minimizes. Then every time you click on the icon to get the game to come back up it acts as if it is going to start running and than goes back to being minimized. In the task manager, it indicates that the application is running. I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling, updating with the 638 Build (Europe), re-doing the shortcut from the patch and re-adding the -CPUCount:1 to the title in the Properties box. Eventually the game starts running correctly after uninstalling and reinstalling, but it is such a pain to have to do this every single time my computer restarts. Does anyone have any ideas why the game does this? And by chance does anyone have any ideas on how to permanently fix this issue?

 

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Have a great day.

[Cyclone Boom 17,033]

Maybe try adding -f to your target shortcut, forcing the game to run in full screen.
 
Remember that these commands must be entered in the box named "Target", not in the title (which is only for naming the shortcut):
 

  Edited October 7, 2014 by Cyclone Boom  
To help others in future, I've moved this to a new topic.

[A Nonny Moose 8,263]

If that doesn't fix it, then we need the specifications of your machine.

[joseph.r.johnson4 0]

Cyclone Boom,

 

Thank you for the idea about adding -f to the shortcut target box. I did try that. Unfortunately, that idea didn't resolve the issue that I am having with SC4. 

[joseph.r.johnson4 0]

I have a HP Pavilion dv7 laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium with SP1 64-bit OS, Intel® Core i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz, 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M graphics card with GeForce 344.11 Driver, and 1 TB HDD. I have partitioned 60 GB of my HDD space to install games in, which is where I have installed SC4. I utilize the current Norton's 360 on my computer along with MS Office 2013 and the latest builds of Adobe CS6 Master Collection and Corel Graphics 7. 

 

I hope this helps. Let me know if there is any additional information that you need to assist me with resolving this issue. 

 

SC4 was running fine without any issues whatsoever after I had resolved the initial CTD issue that I was having, which was thanks to the suggestions from members of this community, even with updates and the computer restarting until about a month ago.

[Compdude787 916]

I have a HP Pavilion dv7 laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium with SP1 64-bit OS, Intel® Core i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz, 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M graphics card with GeForce 344.11 Driver, and 1 TB HDD. I have partitioned 60 GB of my HDD space to install games in, which is where I have installed SC4. I utilize the current Norton's 360 on my computer along with MS Office 2013 and the latest builds of Adobe CS6 Master Collection and Corel Graphics 7. 

 

I hope this helps. Let me know if there is any additional information that you need to assist me with resolving this issue. 

 

SC4 was running fine without any issues whatsoever after I had resolved the initial CTD issue that I was having, which was thanks to the suggestions from members of this community, even with updates and the computer restarting until about a month ago.

Try disabling Norton 360 and then running the game. Just give that a try. It might be interfering with the game's operation. (with your antivirus disabled, it would be best to not be connected to the internet when you try this)

[A Nonny Moose 8,263]

^ My thought exactly.  Norton's software is famous for doing silly things.  You might have to tell the AV software that the game is OK.

 

If is very important that, if you disable your AV system, that you be off-line when you do this.

[spokelips 21]

I've had the same problem with AVG Anti-Virus wanting to do updates, plus once in a while other software wants to do updates or inform me of something stupid.  with AVG, I can right click the bottom bar on my screen and "disable until restart".  For any others, I try to watch just what is trying to pop-up and go in and unselect auto-update options.  This will eventually solve your problem.

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By the way - I've always COMPLETELY uninstalled and erased anything I find named NORTON (in the Registry too).  It's way to intrusive.