Darktide Play window doesnt go full screen

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Technical Support
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Issue Description:
when starting the game up, I can never get the game to go full screen. My task bar, windows button, and windows 10 ‘type here to search’ bar are always showing.

Steps to Reproduce:
Start the game on Windows 10 from steam.

Mission Name (If Applicable): Not applicable

Platform:
Microsoft 10 booting from Steam

Player ID:
[Steam ID/Steam Profile URL/GamerTag]
Tadpole

Approx. Time of Issue & Timezone:
Every time I play.

Reproduction Rate:
Constant

Upload Supporting Evidence:

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Upload Console Log:

  1. Press the Windows key + R
  2. Enter
    console-2022-11-26-01.30.12-f45377e7-f03c-4201-98be-0347cf2d5712.log (21.1 KB)
    darktide_launcher.log (205.8 KB)
    within the search input and select ‘OK’
  3. Navigate to AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\console_logs
  4. Locate the console log that corresponds with the session in which the issue occurred, by looking at the timestamps in the log names
  5. Upload here

Upload darktide_launcher.log:

  1. Press the Windows key + R
  2. Enter %appdata% within the search input and select ‘OK’
  3. Navigate to AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide
  4. Locate the darktide_launcher.log in this directory
  5. Upload here
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Happens to me as well. I just Alt+Enter it every time to fix it

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It’s not ideal, but as mentioned above, ALT + Enter should sort it out immediately.

4

Same issue here. The Game is not going full screen.
Issue happens on 1 laptop screen, extended Screens (with an additional monitor) or Duplicated Screens (with an additional monitor).
ALT+TAB does not work
Changing the . exe does not work

Please help