Windows 10: Windows key and alt+tab stops working after running games for a period of time

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    Windows key and alt+tab stops working after running games for a period of time


    Hi!Whenever I play pretty much any game on my computer for a little while, the Windows key and alt+tab stop working. The only way to fix it that I have found is a restart. But they stop working when I play games again after the restart. Closing the games won't fix it and other applications do not cause the same issue. My computer behaves normally/the same as it did when I bought it. I did not have this issue in Windows 10 and it was only some time after I updated to Windows 11 when this first started occurring. Also pressing the button to open the start menu on the taskbar works, but unful

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