age of empires 2 conquerors

[nightskyjam]

so idk if anyone can help cause maybe its something that can't be changed. but on my laptop when i play the game it takes up the whole screen(its not minimized), though it only takes up the center of the screen. so the image i see is a square, and my screen is a rectangle. so on both sides of the game its just black in the empty space. hopefully i explained good enough.

anyways the options only lets me change the resolution. if anyone has played this old but awesome game and knows what im talking about and can help me, please do.
im fine the way it is now, but it would be nicer to see more.

[scavvenjahh]

The game can only be run at 4:3 resolutions, so it gets pillarboxed on your widescreen laptop.
A solution exists to run AoE2TC in widescreen: http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/12090 Read the instructions carefully and give it a try - or ask for assistance in that thread. Good luck !