running sims 2 in windowed mode

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heartless:
hello again. i just want to know (i know this will be a really simple one to fix) how i can run the sims 2 in windowed mode so i can, say, take pictures in game, then be able to go to my documents and look at them and upload them to photobucket without exiting the game. or so i can surf the net while playing sims.
thanks in advance. :)

Tenshii~Akari:
Right-click on the icon of the latest EP you're currently running on, and go to Properties.  In the top-most line that says "Target", go to the end of the directory in that line and add a space, then type in -w.  (i.e. "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Seasons\TSBin\Sims2EP5.exe" -w)  Whenever you click on that icon after applying that change, the game will always start up windowed.  ;)

heartless:
oh, okay. thank you! so can you fullscreen it while playing it windowed too?

ancienthighway:
Once you decide on the game resolution you like in windowed mode, you can add -r and that resolution to that same line.  Mine is "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe"  -w -r1280x1024.  Note that I avoid the launcher by changing the shortcut to the game executable too.

April:
Just to let you know that you don't need the quotation marks in. It won't work if you add those :]

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