How do I run GalCiv2 in windowed mode?

This may seem like a silly question, since the instructions are clearly laid out on the wiki, and I've never had trouble adding command line arguments to other shortcuts, but when I open the shortcut's properties to add the w, I get:

C:\games\GalCiv2\GalCiv2\GalCiv2.exe

So I add quote marks around the path and w at the end outside, like:

"C:\games\GalCiv2\GalCiv2\GalCiv2.exe" w

Hit apply, and the quotation marks are stripped from the path:

C:\games\GalCiv2\GalCiv2\GalCiv2.exe w

And of course, it doesn't run in windowed mode.

None of my other programs do this. I can use quotation marks and add arguments without a problem. Only DL, DA, and TA do this.
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Reply #1 Top
Or just uncheck the fullscreen box in the options.
Reply #2 Top
That doesn't work for me either. :(

I knew I forgot to mention something.
Reply #3 Top
Bear in mind it requires a restart, and if you have the resolution set to the same as your desktop, it'll look just like fullscreen (yet it'll behave like windowed as far as alt-tabbing, etc, goes).
Reply #4 Top
uncheck the fullsreen mode then set the resolution to something smaller than your monitor's resolution.
Reply #5 Top
Thank you both. I had it on my desktop's resolution, where it'll stay since it really is windowed. :)