Windows 10: Game Bar won't Lock to games when first opening game bar after pc restart

Discus and support Game Bar won't Lock to games when first opening game bar after pc restart in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; The Game bar won't lock into games so when moving the cursor around, its possible to close the game sometimes. first person games are impossible with... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by The Goofball, Oct 8, 2024.

  1. Game Bar won't Lock to games when first opening game bar after pc restart


    The Game bar won't lock into games so when moving the cursor around, its possible to close the game sometimes. first person games are impossible with this bug. I'm using Windows 11, the only issue that i know of is just when opening game bar either restarting the pc or just first booting up the pc in general. the cursor wont lock into games until the pc is restarted or shutdown. It stays permanently until the pc is restarted. I've seen some people affected by this bug for 1 month to 3 years. I'm hoping there's a solution.

    :)
     
    The Goofball, Oct 8, 2024
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  2. Teemosan Win User

    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.


    • 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.


    • Have you made any changes on your computer prior to the issue?
    Changes to Windows 10? None other than the usual updates


    • 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
     
    Teemosan, Oct 8, 2024
    #2
  3. Junaid_A Win User
    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.
     
    Junaid_A, Oct 8, 2024
    #3
  4. Brink Win User

    Game Bar won't Lock to games when first opening game bar after pc restart

    Following up on Idea Drives: Gaming on Windows 10 and PC Game bar

    Source: Following up on Idea Drives: Gaming on Windows 10 and PC Game bar - Xbox Wire

     
    Brink, Oct 8, 2024
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