You can do so by following these instructions: If your game is crashing at start-up or you are seeing a black or white screen and then you are unable to play, you may want to try starting the game in Windowed mode instead. in the top right), going to Game Options, and then Graphics. Windowed mode performs better on some systems, and can be activated from the in-game menu by going to the menu (the. The Sims 4 can be played in windowed mode or full screen mode.
You have to try to click the different buttons and even from somewhere off the screen where there isn't any buttons. So you might get this problem in some resolutions, but the good news is that you can still start the game. It is common and 'normal' behavior in windowed mode, and it depends on the resolution that you are using. and I don't think modern Windows versions even support 16-bit colour for the desktop. Technically this can be done by running the game with command line parameter '-win', but unfortunately, windowed mode only works when your desktop is switched to 16-bit colour mode.
