Windows 10: Taskbar keeps popping up while playing games on PC

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If the Taskbar keeps popping up while playing games on your Windows 11/10 computer, the solutions provided in this article will help. According to the reports, the issue happens when playing games in both windowed and full-screen modes. This is a frustrating issue because it ruins your gaming experience. Taskbar keeps popping up while playing […]

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Taskbar automatically pops up while playing games

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you get the Taskbar while playing games in Full screen mode. Ideally, some games allow you to hide the Taskbar while playing games and some will show the Taskbar by default. We would like to know, if this issue occurs with all the
games or only with one particular game.



If you are facing this issue with one particular game, then there must be some in game setting that you might have to change. If you are facing this issue with all the games, then you can try one workaround and see if that helps.



The workaround is to close Windows Explorer process while you are playing game. This will allow you to play the game uninterruptedly. However, when you End the Windows Explorer process, all the windows that are running in the background will be closed,
which allow you to play the game without any interruption of the Taskbar. When you want all the windows back, you can restart the Windows Explorer process.



Please follow the steps mentioned below to do the same:

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc key while playing game, this will open
   Task Manager.
   
2. Look for Windows Explorer process, right click on it and select
   End Task.
   
3. When you want the windows back, open Task Manager by following
   Step 1, and click on File.
   
4. Click on Run new task, type
   explorer.exe and click on OK. Windows Explorer will be restarted and you will have all the windows back again.
   

Please reply with the status of the issue, we will be glad to help you further.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Taskbar pops up while playing a game in fullscreen mode

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that the Taskbar pops up when the mouse hovers at the bottom of the screen, while the game is running in Full screen mode. Ideally, some games allow you to hide the Taskbar while playing games and some will show the Taskbar by default.
We would like to know, if this issue occurs with all the games or only with one particular game.



If you are facing this issue with one particular game, then there must be some in game setting that you might have to change. If you are facing this issue with all the games, then you can try one workaround and see if that helps.



The workaround is to close Windows Explorer process while you are playing game. This will allow you to play the game uninterruptedly. However, when you End the Windows Explorer process, all the windows that are running in the background will be closed,
which allow you to play the game without any interruption of the Taskbar. When you want all the windows back, you can restart the Windows Explorer process.



Please follow the steps mentioned below to do the same:

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc key while playing game, this will open
   Task Manager.
   
2. Look for Windows Explorer process, right click on it and select
   End Task.
   
3. When you want the windows back, open Task Manager by following
   Step 1, and click on File.
   
4. Click on Run new task, type
   explorer.exe and click on OK. Windows Explorer will be restarted and you will have all the windows back again.
   

Meanwhile, I would also encourage you to provide a feedback using the
feedback hub on Windows 10, so that our engineering team can look into this.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Taskbar keeps popping up in my game

When playing certain games like VALORANT or Sea of Thieves my taskbar keeps popping up and my cursor as well. It only happens while these programs are open. It happens every 10 seconds and ruins the experience. How do i fix this?