[Pirate]

I thought this was a problem I was having at one point... It turned out I was the problem. Basically after double clicking the .exe just wait, if you do anything else on the desktop while the game boots then you get stuck halfway between the desktop and game - meaning you need to alt-tab to get into the game again.

I think, although I'm not sure, that this is due to using different resolutions for the game and desktop. But the cure is patience.