[.98] game won't launch properly

After several weeks of working fine, this problem just started for me.  The game won't launch passed the task bar.  I see it on the task bar, but I can't get it to expand when I click on it.  I think it might have something to do with running in Windowed-mode.  I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but it's still happening.  Is there a way to put it back in full-screen mode without having to use the in game GUI to make the change?