Windows 10: Exiting any fullscreen application causes windows to hang, then crash.

Discus and support Exiting any fullscreen application causes windows to hang, then crash. in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; Anytime that I exit a full-screen application typically a video game, all of my monitors freeze, though my mouse still moves unable to interact with... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by jopri1, Nov 15, 2020.

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    jopri1 Win User

    Exiting any fullscreen application causes windows to hang, then crash.


    Anytime that I exit a full-screen application typically a video game, all of my monitors freeze, though my mouse still moves unable to interact with anything for about a minute or two until it freezes as well.


    So far, it seems I am able to avoid my system freezing if I set all of my games to run in windowed mode, but this is not ideal and only a temporary work-around.


    For some reason, the instant I exit a full-screen game, both SearchApp.exe and dwm.exe stop responding and crash, according to the Event Viewer.


    I'm really at a loss as to why this is happening and what I can do to fix this. This started happening maybe 2-3 weeks ago. My PC has all of the latest Windows updates and GeForce drivers.

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    jopri1, Nov 15, 2020
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