Microsoft GameInput Application Reconfiguration Crashes Win 11 PC

Anonymous
2022-06-15T14:58:21+00:00

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.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-28T04:43:24+00:00

    I am trying your FaultTolerantHeap fix. I will update based on my experience. Thanks for trying to be helpful in any case.

    I just came back to a crashed computer. Same issue in the logs. This really is so annoying.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-19T09:36:48+00:00

    yo i recently started hitting this issue.
    agree with other commenters that the gameinput thing happens after rebooting, not before crash.

    THAT BEING SAID... unplugging my Xbox controller from my pc stopped the crashes. Not sure if it was a problem with the controller or that usb port idk idk

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-09T18:02:08+00:00

    Geez, BSOD keep coming just in the Gameinput "Successful application reconfiguration" regardless if service is running or not

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-10-09T05:05:17+00:00

    So far the best solution has been disabling the Gameinput service, really it’s not needed and forcefully being installed over and over, but service remains disabled

    That should be optionally disabled in system components or being replaced or wiped for good

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-10-08T00:32:58+00:00

    Please, try my above solution using Microsoft Compatibility Administrator tool (download the Toolkit from here: Windows ADK, and select for download only the: Application Compatibility Tools, ~12MB) and create a gameinputsvc.exe fix selecting "FaultTolerantHeap"...

    It seems to have worked for me (or it solved by itself but I doubt).

    After a quiet period, I returned to a crashed computer. Again.

    I am trying your FaultTolerantHeap fix. I will update based on my experience. Thanks for trying to be helpful in any case.

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