Final Fantasy XIV Alt-Tab Alternatives

Ok, you enabled the fullscreen mode in Final Fantasy 14? If you did, you will sooner or later notice that every time you use ALT + Tab the game will automatically quit. Here are two alternatives to Alt+Tab!

Once you use Alt + Tab you will get a message similar to this: Unable to detect DirectX device. The program has shut down. Please restart Final Fantasy XIV. This might be a bug or a way to avoid cheating, but it is quite annoying, so here are two alternatives that you might want to try.

Alternative 1: Run Final Fantasy XIV in Full Screen Windowed Mode

Alternative 2: Add Final Fantasy XIV as Steam Game [UNCONFIRMED]

1. Step Open up Steam and open the Games library.
2. Step At the bottom it says Add Game. Click on it, then click on Add a non-Steam game:

3. Step Scroll down and check Final Fantasy XIV (Beta):

4. Step Final Fantasy 14 is now in your Steam Games library:

5. Step Click on Play. The Steam overlay should be available via Shift + Tab

This did not work for me, but apparently it did work for some. If it does not work for you, you will at least have a handy Steam shortcut.