Microsoft GameInput Application Reconfiguration Crashes Win 11 PC

OK, this solution may not help everyone but it solved my issue.

For me, the gameinput reconfiguration was, as stated by someone previously, a red herring. When I looked into it, I noticed that the gameinput reconfiguration was actually occurring on startup following the crash (basically the event states the computer was shut down unexpectedly and gives an initial time of when the computer was restarted, if you expand the details however it will state the actual time, which will be slightly earlier, that the computer crashed).

After viewing the event viewer, there were some events (apologies as I cannot remember what they were) that when googled suggested there was an issue with the power.

I took a look at my power settings and noticed that my computer was running 'balanced' mode while plugged in. After changing the power settings to 'performance', my computer hasn't crashed since (compared to 3 crashes a day previously while gaming).

Hope this solution helps others.

(I use Windows 11 fyi)

I had this same exact issue. I even took the same approach that you did to resolve it. This last round of Windows updates took me back to square 1. So to confirm once windows updates are installed you will eventually have the same problem and have to navigate back and put an x in front of those 2 folders again.

This was mostly resolved and i hadn't had a crash in about 2 weeks after a lul of 2 months. Last night I finally did the w11 22h2 update and had few hours of gaming, no issues then. Now, almost 24hrs after update, it started again.

monitor blacks out, if there is audio playing in the background it's still live, not really a crash. but the fans go haywire, start working in a setting i can't manually do when pc is in working order. can't force reboot the pc, have to cut off power and boot it from there.

2 weeks ago i did some stress test on the gpu(rtx3060) to see if it was the culprit. Limited the power to 85% and temp to 77 celsius. It ran without issues and the limits i set still stand, so don't think it's gpu.

Just happened while i was gaming. I cut off power, rebooted the pc. gpu temp at 50, pretty normal. 2 minutes in while browsing the net with no load and it goes again. reboot again, looks nominal again. now 10 minutes passed and nothing so far.

can't for the life of me figure out what is happening. what is more perplexing is that this has been going on for months, even years for some people. it is probably not actually related to gameinput and it is a red herring like Ryan says. damn you microsoft.

I took a look at my power settings and noticed that my computer was running 'balanced' mode while plugged in. After changing the power settings to 'performance', my computer hasn't crashed since (compared to 3 crashes a day previously while gaming).

This is the apparent solution for me. The only glitch from switching my power plan from "balanced" to "performance" was it had the side effect of enabling wake on lan for the network adapter. Once I realized this, it was easily addressed. Thanks to Ryan for suggesting this fix.

Microsoft: this work around is a clue. Your update is depending on behavior that may not be there. Do your research and fix this bug properly. The only time my computer crashes is from Windows Update. Unbelievable!

I spoke too soon. After several successful GameInput reconfiguration updates, another crash. Moving to Windows 11 was a big mistake.