Microsoft KB Archive/830487

= Target line parameters and troubleshooting shortcuts for Halo: Combat Evolved and for Halo 2 for Windows Vista =

Article ID: 830487

Article Last Modified on 12/4/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Halo: Combat Evolved for PC
 * Microsoft Halo 2 for Windows Vista

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SUMMARY
You can use command line parameters to customize the startup process for Microsoft Halo: Combat Evolved and for Halo 2 For Windows Vista and to resolve or to diagnose certain problems that may occur when you try to start or to play the game. This article lists the command line parameters and explains how they work.



Parameters for Halo 2 for Windows Vista
To add these troubleshooting parameters, follow these steps:  Click Start, click All Programs, click Games, click Games Explorer. Right-click Halo 2 for Vista, and then click Customize. Click Halo 2 for Windows Vista, and then click Edit. In the Target line, press END, and then type one of the parameters after the quotation marks as in the following example:

“C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo 2\startup.exe” –windowed



Parameters for Halo: Combat Evolved
The following table lists the command line parameters that you can use to start Halo: Combat Evolved and the reason why you may want to use them. Microsoft Product Support will not troubleshoot issues that only occur when you use command line parameters. To manually add parameters to the command line in the Halo shortcut, follow these steps:  Right-click Start, and then click Open or click Open All Users. Double-click the Programs folder.</li> Double-click the Microsoft Games folder.</li> Double-click the Halo folder.</li> Right-click the Halo shortcut icon, and then click Properties.</li> Click the Shortcut tab.</li> In the Target box, press END, press the SPACEBAR, and then type the parameter that you want to use. If you want to use an additional parameter, press the SPACEBAR, and then type the next parameter. As an example, the following sample command line includes several parameters:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo\halo.exe&quot; -novideo –vidmode 800,600,85

Note Parameters are not case-sensitive.</li> Click Apply or click OK.</li></ol>

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