Windowed Mode - resizing quits WoW

[Tiapriestess-whisperwind (Tiapriestess)]

An interim workaround for setting the size you want, if you know it is to do the following:

1. Enter the game and set it to Windowed mode if it is not already set to that mode and then exit the game. If you normally play in this mode and it is already set, skip this step and proceed to step #2.
   
   
2. Open your config.wtf file (located in /World of Warcraft/_retail_/WTF/) and search for the following line:

SET gxWindowedResolution

If present, change the two values in the line to the resolution you wish to use for the window. It should look like this (example shown is a window 1600 pixels by 900 pixels on a 1080p or larger display):

SET gxWindowedResolution "1600x900"

If the SET gxWindowedResolution line is not present, create it at the end of the config.wtf file’s contents and save the file.

The next time you launch the game after making this change it will use the resolution you created for the Windowed mode.

@Belanadri-proudmoore

The pre-set options for window size only allow me to make the window proportionally smaller, which means I get a long, squat box to play in if I choose anything less than full screen - and full screen or near it absolutely kills my fps.

Search your config.wtf file for the following line:

gxAspect

If it is present, it likely shows as follows:

gxAspect "1"

Change the 1 to a 0 and you’ll be able to freely resize the window both horizontally and vertically. I assume you are intending to do a picture by picture setup, in which case you may wish to just use the steps above (the workaround to the resizing problem in this thread) to set the window size you want, presumably 1920x1080 on most typical ultrawide displays that do 3840x1080. If yours is a different resolution and you want half of the screen to be WoW and half available for whatever you need, do the workaround steps and for the first part of the resolution just use half your display’s native horizontal resolution.