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
    2015-09-07T19:01:16+00:00

    I have had the same issues as the original poster. I ran your SFC Scanner and at 19% it stopped, then said it "Cannot perform the requested operation."

    Now what?

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-09-09T01:41:22+00:00

    I am having the exact same issue, and I ran the SFC Scanner, no issues, and restarted my pc , and no dice. the phantom program Is still popping up in the background.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-10-30T04:56:30+00:00

    I've had this problem as well.  I caught a glimpse of what happened the last couple of times.  It looked like a notification in the bottom right of the screen, like when there is an update, there is a little box that pops up over there.  I've noticed it the last several times the game I was playing minimized.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-11-01T05:07:35+00:00

    I have this same issue, however it only happens after windows updates. After windows is finished updating, my computer will automatically minimize any app that is not my internet browser. Also, any drop down menu that is available such as a right click or menu option in my browser will not remain open, once any menu is opened it immediately closes. The status circle on the right side of my mouse will also blink about 3/sec constantly. ive been able to fix this issue twice now, but this shouldn't keep happening every time there is an update for windows. 

    It seems like there is a program that is trying to open, and taking priority over everything else.

    Please help fix this

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-11-02T17:07:56+00:00

    I have been having this problem too.

    I noticed however in my case that it's something to do with the task bar. Whenever I click at the bottom of the screen in a game, in the general area where the taskbar is on the desktop behind it, the game minimizes. If I click in the far left corner to open a chat box in one of the games, the game minimizes and opens the start menu because that's where the start menu button is behind it. 

    I moved the task bar to the far right edge of my desktop, then went back into a game and clicked all along the bottom. Nothing. When I clicked the far right edge of the screen, where I had moved the taskbar on the desktop, the game would minimize again. 

    It seems like there is a setting that must be minimizing open windows/apps when you click in the area of the taskbar, but I can't seem to find it. Or maybe Windows 10 is forgetting to ignore the taskbar while you are in a program.

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