Windows 10 minimizing any games automatically at random times

Anonymous
2015-08-11T12:39:29+00:00

Hi,

Since I installed Windows 10, all my games minimize at random times, I don't have anything else open. It happens with Steam games, as well as games not in steam, like Guild Wars 2 for example. It is so annoying, sometimes I am playing PvP tournament and the game minimize :(

This is happening in all games that I have installed right now:

-Terraria (steam)

-MKX (steam)

-Guild Wars 2

Also I found out that is not happening just in games, sometimes while I am browsing the internet too. I use Chrome to browse.

Did some research on the internet and I found some solutions, but none did work for me. What I did so far and didn't work:

-Disabled Internet Explorer 11 (Edge?).

-Set my Nvidia GPU to  single display performance. 

-Deactivated Windows Defender.

-Deactivated OneDrive.

My previous version of windows was 8.1, and I never had this issue before. It is only happening since I upgraded to windows 10. Also, to make it clear, the installation was clean, only files/documents were saved from 8.1. to 10. The rest I installed my self, like steam, the games I mentioned above and my GPU drivers.

Please help.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-02-09T17:41:58+00:00

    This did not help on the issue , for me anyway , but then again i never understood why Microsoft and windows products need to go on tablets and smart phones , widows 10 has som fancy functions but really its should only be a operating system for computers , not smart phones or tablets

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-02-03T03:46:38+00:00

    This is getting so frustrating, Every new build that comes out I hope that it will go away but no I can be in a game playing and bam suddenly I am on the desktop so I have to vlick the game icon on the task bar and hope I am still alive when game comes back.

    I have tried many suggestions but aways the same resultmight be better for a few then it comes back with a vengeance. Was just playing bejeweled and about every three to five seconds bam to the desktop

    Doug

    Asus G750JHA

    Windows 10 preview (latest build)

    Nvidia 780m w/4gigs

    all games either full screen or windowed

    even flight sim X does it

    24 gigs ram

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-15T19:48:54+00:00

    Will try thanks

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-11-29T03:56:56+00:00

    Yes it did.

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