Thanks, I was having the same problem when gaming.
Microsoft GameInput Application Reconfiguration Crashes Win 11 PC
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When playing any of my games launched through Battle.net my entire PC will crash, when checking the Reliability Monitor 100% of the time the crash is preceded by a "Successful application reconfiguration" of Microsoft GameInput. I have zero need for GameInput and for what I play I have no issues when I uninstall GameInput, but Microsoft forces the install each time my computer restarts.
I've looked for this issue an is appears it started for users with Windows 10 but there's no solution ever found. Microsoft support has people check their drivers, etc (all of my drivers are up to date and Windows is fully up to date) but no actual solution is offered. As far as I'm concerned I own my computer and should be able to determine which services I do or do not have installed on my PC but Microsoft is forcing this buggy install and I am unable to delete or otherwise modify the root folder this application is contained in.
I'm desperate for some sort of solution to this problem and it would be great if Microsoft would fix whatever this issue is. Having to remember to uninstall this app every time I want to play a game on my gaming PC is frustrating.
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Anonymous
2022-07-12T22:43:24+00:00 -
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2022-07-10T21:57:52+00:00 I was struggling with this for about a month, with GameInput crashing my Windows and rebooting, though with me it wasn't just during games but several times a day at random, when I came across this post. I followed all the steps from Mosken other than the last one to repair corrupted files, but the Windows Update brought it back on me as well and I had to re-remove the folders. So I'm pausing Windows updating to a specific day, and once a month setting a calendar event to do all these steps again the day after each time.
For me, the pausing or turning off of the updates failed to make a difference. The muppets have made it so it gets "updated" or "re-installed" regardless. Thus still crashing.
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Anonymous
2022-07-10T00:57:04+00:00 *thumbs up* :-)
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Anonymous
2022-07-10T00:49:10+00:00 Thanks for your input but my time is too valuable to spend hours continuing to troubleshoot a Microsoft feature I neither need or use. So far uninstalling all Microsoft gaming services has prevented any further crashes, if it gets reinstalled during a subsequent update down the road then I'll simply uninstall it again.
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Anonymous
2022-07-10T00:39:21+00:00 "Successful application reconfiguration" may not necessarily mean that the GameInput has an issue. The reverse is true as well without something more specific that your computer is messing up its files.
There should be either no "application reconfiguration" if the installation is 100% correct or if the reconfiguration is done 100% of the time then it means nothing here and is instead a red herring.
Trying to mess with the files doesn't work well on Windows since it may force fix installation files. Stopping or pausing of Windows updates is also a poor workaround.
You should try to hunt around for a better error to go on, figure out why the application is continually being reconfigured, and or try other Windows tools to figure it out. You can also do that in reverse by changing and testing many differences with your computer to try to affect the issue.