Windows 10: Game is active, but not showing up in Taskbar or taskmgr.exe

I was playing my Halo game, paused it, went and got dinner ready. After that I pressed the Windows key, and started watching YouTube while eating. I've done this all before and afterwards either pressed Alt+Tab and resumed play or just clicked the icon in the Taskbar. When touching the controller, I can unpause the game and hear the sounds of the game. But I can't find the game Window!! It's not even showing up in Task Manager!! This hasn't happened before!

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my taskbar search is working sporadically

My taskbar search bar is working some of the time. For example, if I type in "TaskMgr", it will list taskmgr, and when I click on it, it opens my Task Manager, as expected.

But if I type in a file name or an app, like WinMerge, it will list them properly in the Search list, but if I click on them, either nothing happens or it takes me to the root window of File Explorer, instead of to the file or the app.

I ran through all the steps on this page, to no avail: How to fix search problems in Windows 10

Any ideas?

 

Taskbar above windowed games - Windows 10

Hello,

I realize your concern, please an answer few query to assist you further.

1. Is this issue specific to a particular game or for all games?

For your information, usually the taskbar appears when you move the cursor. If it is appearing continuously, then it might be conflict with the software. Restarting the Computer might fix the issue.

I suggest you to double mouse click on the game window when the Taskbar appears and check if it works.

Also, suggest you to select the Lock the taskbar option from the taskbar from the below steps:

1. Right click on taskbar.
2. From the list of option, click on Lock the taskbar option.
3. Restart the computer.

Do let us know the update.

Thank you.

 

Taskbar disappears behind games

Hi,

A recent change in the configuration of your device can be one of the factors why this issue occurs.
To help us determine the appropriate troubleshooting steps
that can resolve your concern, we would like to ask the following questions:

• Which Windows build version are you using? To check, type
  winver in the Search box, select the resulting command and send us a screenshot of the information window.
• Have you tried running other games? If yes, are you experiencing the same issue?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far to resolve your concern?

In addition, when running a game in full-screen mode the taskbar is normally hidden. For case isolation, try to run the game in windows-mode. This mode allows you to run the game in a smaller window which allows you to have your taskbar visible. To
do this, we suggest that you check the game support site for any information on how to configure the game using this option.

We look forward to your response.