Windows 10 minimizing any games automatically at random times

Anonymous

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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Anonymous

2016-06-25T02:19:13+00:00

I found an error and it said that some files were fixed but not all, what should I do?
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Anonymous

2016-07-04T17:37:50+00:00

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

This issue may arise when some of the Windows components gets corrupted.

I suggest you to perform SFC scan check if it helps.

System File Checker (SFC) is a utility in Microsoft Windows that allows users to scan for and restore corruptions in Windows system files. Perform System File Check (SFC), and then check if this fixes the issue.

1. Press the Windows button + X on your keyboard, a mini dialogue box will appear.

2. Choose Command Prompt (Admin). You must run the command prompt in Administrator level.

3. On the command prompt type sfc /scannow and hit enter.

4. If everything went okay and no errors were found, restart your computer and see if the issue re-occurs.

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance. We will be happy to help.

Thank you.

doesn't work and my desktop keeps freezaing and cant click on anything. But can use the menue, but still cant click on anything when it opens.
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Anonymous

2016-08-16T21:19:25+00:00

Same problem, tried all without success.
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Anonymous

2016-08-22T18:07:54+00:00

Hi,

I have been having this problem for months, and have tried many solutions, none worked

Then i checked steam and turned off all notifications friends and in game and my problem has stopped, so if you have steam installed and running in the background maybe this will work for you.

Running windows 10 , nvidia 760 ti sli ,16gb , intel i7 4970k on rog maximus hero motherboard.

chris
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Anonymous

2016-09-04T13:52:27+00:00

FYI: This is still an issue and I'd like to keep it on the company radar.

I've been following this thread for sometime and assumed it would be patched. The Microsoft fix didn't work for me. Still minimizing from most games I play; currently the issue is WoW. Overall happy with Windows 10 but this is rough.
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