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How to exit a game without quiting

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noobishpancakes ?? Junior Member
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10-17-2011

How do you exit a game session to show your desktop but not quit out of the game, so you can just pop the game back up?
Can it be done?

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Aurra21 ?? Junior Member
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10-17-2011

Press Alt Tab and that will show your desktop

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10-17-2011

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Press Alt Tab and that will show your desktop
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Sipsi ?? Senior Member
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10-17-2011

You have to press Alt too? Wow thanks,I was wondering how I could just minimize LoL so I could pop up my desktop and play some music...

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TwistWrist ?? Senior Member
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10-17-2011

That's just how windows work. Works with other programs as well.

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Fallen Virtue ?? Senior Member
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10-17-2011

You could always set LoL to window mode by using the in-game options.

Alt-Tab is the easiet however.

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10-17-2011

I generally play LoL in Windowed Borderless Mode. That way when you alt-tab out it doesn't take nearly as long, and when you're playing the game it still looks like it's Full Screen.

Your performance may vary though depending on your computer's hardware.

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BOW5ER ?? Senior Member
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10-17-2011

For some reason the windowed borderless mode does not transition as smoothly as normal for me =/

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10-17-2011

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I generally play LoL in Windowed Borderless Mode. That way when you alt-tab out it doesn't take nearly as long, and when you're playing the game it still looks like it's Full Screen.

Your performance may vary though depending on your computer's hardware.
Was so happy when you guys added this. I hated it when a Skype notification or something would minimize my game, and I had to stare at a black screen for 10 seconds before I could get back in, knowing full well that I had probably already died.

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Panzerfaust Panzerfaust's Avatar ?? Emissary of the League
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10-17-2011

Just to elaborate a bit; the 'alt tab' command isn't LoL specific, it's a generic windows command to switch the active program.

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