Tiny Window when trying to play old games

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  1. ElliotB4

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    Hi, ive been trying to play some old windows games in steam recently and the resolution is off it just gives me a tiny window in the top left-hand corner and not of the full screen. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? TIA
     

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    ElliotB4, Mar 28, 2025
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  2. Adeboye Adeotan

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    Hi,

    Please collect a technical report after issue reproduction (click Parallels icon > Help > Send technical data > check "Attach screenshots..." > press Send Report) and send the report's 9-digit ID in reply to this post.
     
    Adeboye Adeotan, Mar 31, 2025
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  3. ElliotB4

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    ElliotB4, Apr 1, 2025
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  4. Noydian Slip

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    Hello folks! Chipping in as a new user to say a similar thing has happened to me as well!

    After opening a game in Steam, the window is partial and tiny in the top-left, my mouse disappears and goes completely unresponsive (have to command-tab my way out of Parallels to get it exit), and using CMD-CTRL-F to bring it to full screen still shows only the upper-left segment of the game window after it expands. Sound plays correctly, and it seems to register my keyboard inputs (pressing ESC skips the publisher's opening scenes like ti should). I'm running Parallels on an M1 2020 MacBook Pro, and this is for an older Windows game from 2002 that seems well within the spec requirements otherwise.

    I did the tech report thing as well, code is 490767200.

    I'm at my wit's end scouring the internet to find a solution!
     
    Noydian Slip, May 17, 2025
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