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
    2017-05-28T21:23:31+00:00

    I have never had problems before, but it just started minimizing my games a week ago. Out of the blue. Maybe an update, I don't know/remember. It's very annoying...

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-05-28T07:34:39+00:00

    it isn't notifications doing this its a command prompt having something to do with my program files 86x but there's nothing out of the normal there.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-05-28T05:15:36+00:00

    You'll see the "Quiet Hours" in the settings at the bottom of your "Action Center"

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-05-28T05:11:51+00:00

    Yes, it's still a bug. But the best workaround right now is my solution where you put the notification center in "Quiet Hours" during gaming.

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-05-28T05:03:16+00:00

    2 years and the issue is still here, I find it very annoying and can't seem to fix it.

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