If your Starfield application is stuck minimized, please follow the steps below:

  1. Open Task Manager.
  2. Under process, expand Starfield.
  3. Right click the Starfield subprocess and then select maximize.

If that doesn’t work:

  1. Open your Nvidia Controll Panel on the Desktop, go to 3d settings and then to Program Settings.
  2. Search for Starfield in the first tab, if its not there, add it.
  3. While Starfield is selected go to tab 2 and search for Vsync and deactivate it.
  4. Try to start the game again.
  5. If game still doesn’t maximize, try turning off Steam Overlay

If that doesn’t work:

  1. Go to C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\My Games\Starfield\StarfieldPrefs.ini
  2. Input this under Display:
    [Display]
    bBorderless=0
    iLocation Y=0
    iLocation X=0