Warcraft 3 / Old Games Starting In Portrait Mode In Windows 10 Fix / How To

If you have a portable 2 in 1 device or tablet and you tried to play Warcraft 3 or maybe other older game you may notice that game is starting in portrait, like in image bellow.
This mainly happens with devices running Windows 8 / 8.1 or Windows 10

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Warcraft 3 Patch 1.28.5 Released - Download And Notes

Patch Notes:

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Patch 1.28.5
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Bug Fixes
File paths and user names think more globally in game and World Editor
World Editor properly imports custom assets again
Switching between Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne no longer causes a crash

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WC3Proxy for Warcraft 3 Patch 1.28

WC3Proxy is one of the tool that allow you to play Warcraft 3 over lan if you have some network issues.
You can read more about WC3proxy here.


WC3Proxy is patch depended but new version for latest patch 1.28 is not available.
Good thing with WC3Proxy is open source. Source code for WC3Proxy is available online for download and anyone can download and improve WC3Proxy and add new features.

And this was done by community for patch 1.27 as latest official version was released for patch 1.26.

Source code is in C# and you will need Visual C# 2010+ to be able to open the project.

My C# coding skill are basics so currently I only adapted WC3Proxy to patch 1.28

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Warcraft 3 Patch 1.28 Released - Download And Notes

Patch Notes:

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Patch 1.28
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Specific Changes & Improvements
Added view options: windowed fullscreen (default), windowed (-window), and native fullscreen (-nativefullscr)
Added cursor clamping in game while windowed; unclamped in menus
Data migration now removes the need to run as admin to access saved games
Improved installation and patching performance

Bug Fixes
Fixed WorldEdit to include proper icon and strings for Map Script Validation
Fixed command cards to be hidden again with special coordinates (0, -11) and (-2147483648, -2147483648) within CommandFunc.txt; invalid coordinates will now be ignored
Fixed disconnects from Battle.net at the conclusion of games
Fixed the cinematic player to keep the entire video on screen at any resolution
Fixed an issue that prevented Windows GameDVR from functioning properly
Fixed various bugs and exploits

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Warcraft 3 Patch 1.28.3 - 1.28.4 Released - Download And Notes

Patch Notes:

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Patch 1.28.1
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Specific Changes & Improvements
Game turn rate adjusted to match LAN settings of 12 turns per second
New installers available for PC and Mac
Consolidated Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne into one game executable and one World Editor
Toggle added to main menu to switch between Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne
Added memory to relaunch the game version that was closed during the prior play session

Bug Fixes
File paths containing non-Latin characters will now function normally
Entering windowed fullscreen will no longer minimize the game
Data that escaped the Polish mopaq was found and convinced it is necessary for an optimal gameplay experience

Known Issue

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