Are you still having this problem? I'm trying to find a solution to fix this issue.
I just upgraded to Windows 10 and now I'm starting to regret that decision. Windows 7 worked great for me.
Windows 10 minimizing any games automatically at random times
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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
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Anonymous
2016-09-15T19:38:33+00:00 I've just installed windows 10 x64 i7 6700K Nvidia GTX 980 TI and having this annoying issue, just been watching a video on kodi and it minimised to the desktop ?! Why is it doing this ?
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Anonymous
2016-10-14T22:29:49+00:00 Ran sfc, no help.
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Anonymous
2016-10-30T17:00:40+00:00 This does not work. I have done this at least five times based on this and others who advise same. Has no effect.
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Anonymous
2016-10-30T18:50:27+00:00 I agree that it is unconscionable for Microsoft to leave this bug in place. It affects so many Windows 10 users, probably all. Many are not computer savvy enough to go the the support community to find the source of the problem, even fewer are able to implements some of the recommendations (I count myself among these). Yet, none of the "official" suggestions work, like turning off tablet mode and running the scan. Totally useless advice. It would be great if MS could just admit there is a bug and fix it for everyone.