Anyone having problems with fallout 3 game of the year and win 7?

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I am playing Fallout 3 game of the year edition patched to the latest 1.7 which bug notes indicate that it fixes the game crashing when alt+tabing out, however, for me when I do that, I either can not get back to game, or Fallout 3 quit responding message appears. has anyone else had this issue? I am not able to locate any help from Bethesda, when I search there support and select Win 7 and Fallout 3, there is nothing to display...

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I had that error.

I fixed it by removing all add-ons (Except the GOTY ones), and repairing the game files, and starting a brand new game file. I have the Steam version, and a few files weren't validating.

I've no idea what the cause is. Corrupt save? Mod causing a fuss?

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I can't speak for the Steam release, but no retail version of Fallout 3 supports Alt-tab, no matter what Bethseda says. I've been playing the game since day 1 and always had that problem, even now with the GOTY edition. Same thing on XP. Fallout 3 isn't the only one either, there's been plenty of titles over the years that can't handle it.

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I have much better luck alt-tabbing out of games on Win 7 than any previous version, but Bethesda games are always the exception. Great games but always a bug-fest.

No kidding. I can't believe how lazy they've become letting the games ship with so many issues, and not even bothering to fix them. In all honesty, I'd actually pay for more fixes than to have another bit of DLC content thrown at us. :(

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Might sound stupid but I couldn't start the game until I stopped using dual monitors, read a thread on steam forum saying Fallout3 didnt support multiple monitors.

That's weak. I play mine with dual monitors just fine. Of course, I turn off the second anyway just to keep any extra light from distracting my eyes.

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I have FO3 installed right now and updated to the latest and NEVER had a problem with alt-tabbing out and getting back in the game....always worked flawlessly for me.

But, the game itself for me seems to have major issues with Win7......it crashes seemingly randomly. It can crash 2 minutes after I get in game when just walking along in the wasteland, or it can crash 30 minutes after loading a save when I'm inside a vault. There seems to be no rhyme or reason behind the crashes, but its highly annoying...

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That's weak. I play mine with dual monitors just fine. Of course, I turn off the second anyway just to keep any extra light from distracting my eyes.

It fixed mine crashing at startup

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1081363

I was already running it as admin (on Windows7) only worked when I disabled dual monitors

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