Same thing is happening to me. I usually join party with my friends to play OW2, or The Finals. But as of the most recent update once I open up game bar my mouse is no longer locked to any full-screen application. Solution please.
Is there a solution to fix my cursor lock when using Xbox game bar?
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So for a couple weeks (about 3 weeks now) anytime I use xbox gamebar on windows 11 to join a party to talk to some friends, my cursor lock on all applications would break making my mouse cursor go to another monitor when working on something or playing a game. This still happens when the application is fullscreen or borderless full screen. I confirmed it is the xbox gamebar as I have no other problems with cursor lock when I don't use the gamebar. All my updates, drivers, and apps are up to date and repaired/not broken. currently I'm using a app that will manually lock the cursor to a screen, but would rather not need to do so. Hopefully this is enough info, if not I can clarify more.
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Anonymous
2024-10-16T11:25:33+00:00 -
Anonymous
2024-10-16T17:55:52+00:00 Same issue, game bar breaks mouse cursor lock on Sea of Thieves, only when closed by "clicking on empty space" and not using the keybind to close the overlay.
Only a PC restart fixes it.
Gamebar is in an unusable state. Please provide a fix ASAP.
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Anonymous
2024-10-16T21:17:15+00:00 Just came across this same issue this week. When I open up my game bar my cursor unlocks in all games until I restart my computer. If anyone finds a solution to this issue please let me know, Thank You.
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Anonymous
2024-10-16T21:37:47+00:00 My solution was to uninstall gamebar until this is fixed.
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Anonymous
2024-10-18T00:40:57+00:00 I am using this tool and I have the same issue. Is it a setting in the app that I could change to fix it?