Genshin Impact is available across multiple platforms with crossplay, but strangely it lacks Fullscreen in lower resolution.
It is annoying to play the game in windowed mode while you are streaming with your dual monitor and can’t access the chat overlay.
Don’t worry. I will guide you in this article on how to Full-screen Genshin Impact even on lower resolution.
Let’s dive in.
How to Run Genshin Impact in Full Screen
You can play Genshin Impact in Fullscreen or Borderless Windowed mode by using max resolution in the game, using Alt+Enter, using Steam to launch the game with a command line, or bypassing the game launcher & run the game with the main executable file with a command line.
If you are a streamer and use Streamlabs OBS to stream, you already know how frustrating it is when you are streaming the game and pressing Alt+Tab to respond to the chat, then seeing the game is minimized. Doing this back and forth is not convenient.
Below I will show you how to force Genshin Impact in a Fullscreen. Borderless Windowed mode allows you to switch between tabs on a dual monitor setup while the game still runs in the background without minimizing.
Near the end section, you will also learn how to change the screen size on Genshin Impact according to your preference for different aspect ratios.
Here are the methods to run Genshin Impact in full-screen:
1. Use Default In-game Settings
The simplest method to use Full-screen mode in Genshin Impact is by selecting the max supported resolution with the Fullscreen option in Graphics’s Display Mode settings, i.e., 1920×1080 Fullscreen.
The game will render at your monitor’s native resolution, and by tuning some options, you will get the best graphics settings in Genshin Impact.
To set native resolution Fullscreen in Genshin Impact,
- Launch Genshin Impact.
- Press the ESC key on your keyboard to open the game menu.
- Click on the Cog icon from the left side to enter Settings.
- Select Graphics from the left side of the Settings menu.
- Click on the Display Mode from the right side to change resolution to Fullscreen.
- Pick the top one, which is the native monitor resolution and supports Fullscreen by default.
Now play the game in Fullscreen at native resolution. If you require to lower resolution for the performance issue, follow the additional methods.
2. Apply Windows Default Keyboard Shortcut Key
Now if you are willing to play the game with your monitor’s maximized resolution, then the first method will work like a charm. But if you want to play Genshin Impact in 720p Fullscreen, by default, after selecting 1280×720 in the Display Mode, the game will be in the Windowed mode screen.
So, to quickly make Genshin Impact Fullscreen with a shortcut key, use the Windows default Full Screen shortcut key, which is Alt + Enter.
To use the Fullscreen shortcut key in Genshin Impact,
- Navigate to the Graphics setting in Genshin Impact.
- Choose the lower resolution with Windowed mode from Display Mode.
- Hit Alt + Enter simultaneously. Alternatively, press F11 if the former one fails.
The Genshin Impact game should be scaled up and fit to Full-screen with a lower resolution. Whether your PC is low-end or high-end, reducing the resolution can improve your framerates. You can also tune Render Resolution for better visual quality.
3. Add the Game to Steam
I bet if you play games on a PC, you must have a Steam client installed. Usually, Genshin Impact launches on PC from its own launcher. But you can add this game to your Steam client and run the game from Steam. And on top of that, with the Full screen!
Follow the steps below to add the game on Steam to get Genshin Impact with Fullscreen:
- Run Steam and click on ADD A GAME from the bottom left corner.
- Select Add a Non-Steam Game… from the three options.
- Hit BROWSE and locate the Genshin Impact game folder in your Genshin Impact installed directory.
- Select GenshinImpact.exe, hit Open from the bottom, and hit Add Selected Programs.
- Go back, find GenshinImpact from the Steam library, right-click it, and select Properties.
- Type -screen-fullscreen 0 -popupwindow in the LAUNCH OPTIONS box.
- Close the window and hit PLAY from Steam.
This will bypass the default launcher of Genshin Impact & with the command set in Steam, the game will run with Fullscreen.
If you don’t own Steam, then you can follow the next method to maximize your Genshin screen.
4. Include Command Line Without Steam
Genshin Impact’s Display Mode setting allows for either Fullscreen or Windowed mode. And if you don’t possess Steam, you must use the command line in the game’s executable shortcut file.
To set up Genshin Impact Fullscreen Exclusive Mode with the command line,
- Navigate to your Genshin Impact installed folder. By default, the path is C:\Program Files\Genshin Impact.
- Go to the Genshin Impact game folder, right-click on GenshinImpact.exe, and select Create shortcut.
- Right-click on the newly-created shortcut file & click on Properties.
- Add the string -window-mode exclusive at the end in the Target box. You can also use -popupwindow if the former one doesn’t work for you.
- Hit Apply and OK.
Run the game with this shortcut executable file; this time, you can run Genshin Impact in Borderless Windowed mode. After launching the game, hit Alt +Enter.
Besides these methods, you can also use 3rd-party software named Borderless Gaming from GitHub that runs your game in Windowed mode but without the borders or bezels.
How to Stop Genshin Impact from Minimizing for Dual Monitors
If you hook up dual monitors for streaming purposes and require to tab out or switch Windows frequently without minimizing the Genshin Impact, you have to add some extra command lines to keep the Full-screen all time.
To fix Genshin Impact minimizing for dual monitors, you must follow the Include Command Line Without Steam method until adding -popupwindow. We will need to add -screen-width (ratio) -screen-height (ratio) with the command.
So, for example, if you want 1680 x 1060 resolution, then the full command will be -popupwindow -screen-width 1680 -screen-height 1060.
For 1600 x 900 resolution, then the full command will be -popupwindow -screen-width 1600 -screen-height 900.
How to Fix Overly Zoomed In Fullscreen in Genshin Impact
To solve stuttering or extended Fullscreen after forcefully Fullscreen Genshin Impact, you must disable fullscreen optimization from the game’s executable properties. You can also use the high DPI override option from the properties to fix the oversized Fullscreen.
Here are the processes to solve Genshin Impact overly zoomed in Fullscreen:
- Navigate to the Genshin Impact installed directory & go to the Genshin Impact game folder.
- Right-click on GenshinImpact.exe, click on Properties & select Compatibility tab.
- Tick the box Disable fullscreen optimizations.
- Click Change high DPI settings.
- Check on the box under High DPI scaling override.
- Hit OK twice.
This method should fix any weird zoomed-in or aspect-ratio issues on your Genshin Impact.
FAQs
How to get out of fullscreen on Genshin Impact?
While you are in-game in Genshin Impact, press Alt + Enter to make the game in windowed mode. You can also press F11 to exit full screen mode.
Does Genshin Impact support widescreen?
Genshin Impact can run perfectly on an ultrawide monitor. You can play the game with fullscreen in native resolution. For lower resolution, either use Alt+Enter or the command line method.
FinalThought
To enjoy a game, Fullscreen is always preferable. But as Genshin Impact lacks the Fullscreen option for lower resolutions, we have to follow some other methods to enjoy the game in Borderless Window.
In this article, I explained how to enjoy Genshin in Fullscreen exclusively. For further queries, please leave a comment.
