How do I make VLC appear in a window I can move and resize?

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How do I make VLC appear in a window I can move and resize?

Postby Derickh » 06 Feb 2025 16:37

Hello,

When I start VLC in windows 10:

VLC appears as full screen and doesn't have a window bar at the top and doesn't have the windows 10 window widgets for resize and doesn't have the widgets for min,restore,X in the upper right.

How do I make VLC run in a windows 10 window?

On other programs alt-enter changes from full screen to windowed, but on my VLC that doesn't work.

Thank you.

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Re: How do I make VLC appear in a window I can move and resize?

Postby Gruko » 06 Feb 2025 20:44

Insert %appdata% in the file explorer address bar, and delete the vlc folder in the roaming folder .

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Re: How do I make VLC appear in a window I can move and resize?

Postby Derickh » 07 Feb 2025 03:26

Thank you so much!

That worked!
I don't know how.
Does the stuff in the roaming\vlc folder set it to run with no windows widgets?
If I want to run a video without windows widgets do I need to reinstall vlc?
Is there an easier work around?

What do I do if I want to,
Make the windows widgets appear,
Move the screeen to another monitor,
Make the windows widgets disappear so I can play the movie in the second screen.


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