Windows 10: Can't open Games Bar in Windows 10

My PC:Edition Windows 10 Home Version 22H2 Installed on ‎27-‎08-‎2023 OS build 19045.4598 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19060.1000.0 ____I can't open the Games Bar by pressing Windows+G but I CAN open it manually from the Start Menu. I've tried force-stopping, restarting, resetting and opening the diagnostic tool for the Games Bar. It did not work. I've tried doing these two too:Get-AppxPackage *xboxapp* Remove-AppxPackagePowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& {$manifest = Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay*.InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml

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want to open game bar, but win+G repeatedly asks if "want to open game bar?"

Hi Sabinscabin,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community forum.



I suggest you to try the troubleshooting steps listed in fix problems with Game bar
on Windows 10 and check if it works.



Hope it helps.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Game bar not opening in Windows 10

As mentioned in the OP I'm on a desktop PC (Win OS on SSD, i7 4790, R9 390, 32 GB DDR3). This is a very capable gaming rig, and easily exceeds the sys requirements.

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  Were you able to launch Game bar on the same computer before?
  

No. I never tried previously to launch the Game Bar. This is the first time I've tried and I haven't been able to get it to launch.

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  Have you made any changes on your computer prior to the issue?
  

Changes to Windows 10? None other than the usual updates

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  Have you tried to uninstall and reinstall the Xbox app to update it?
  

I just tried this now. I was able to uninstall and reinstall the Xbox app. When I went to try and launch the Game Bar it flashed on the screen for about a second and then was gone. Only way to get it back was to again uninstall and
reinstall the Xbox App. I was able to then launch the Game Bar and this time it stayed open. But if I then go to launch the game it disappears. I've discovered that if I toggle the slider from Off to On in Settings > Gaming >Game Bar i can get it back but
it's acting really weird.

Accessing the Game bar menu locks up the screen and I have to restart Explorer to get everything back.

So I've got it to show but I'm still completely unsuccessful actually getting it to now work with a game. If I have to toggle the slider in
Settings > Gaming >Game Bar to get it to work, then the game minimizes. Then when I click to relaunch the game neither Win + G or Ctrl + Shift + G works to launch game Bar because the Settings menu is then not the active
window. So I'm stuck in that fail loop. Clicking the game maximizes the game, but no Game bar .... Clicking Settings to toggle the slider allows me to show the Game Bar but the game isn't maximized to allow the Game Bar to recognize it .... I click the Game
bar menu settings and it then locks up the screen .... so there's no way to activate both at the same time - I either have an active Game Bar and no game, or an active Game and no Game Bar.

So it actually shows up now but is definitely not working properly