Teams (for work) crashes when sharing screen

Anonymous
2022-12-09T17:02:46+00:00

Shortly after sharing a screen (within ~15 seconds), Teams will crash.

This happens consistently, and repeatedly -- it is therefore impossible to share my screen.

The crashing began roughly 2 weeks ago -- previously to that, it was working flawlessly.

Related System/Hardware/Settings information:

  • OS: Windows 11 Pro - 22H2 - Build 22621.819
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
  • RAM: 32GB
  • GPU: Nvidia RTX 3080
  • Teams: GPU hardware acceleration - ENABLED
  • Windows: Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling - ON

Thing I have tried:

  • Reinstalled Teams
  • Disabled GPU hardware acceleration inside of Teams

I collected and analyzed the diagnostic logs, and found the related crash event:

Thu Dec 08 2022 16:35:09 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) <31224> -- info -- StatusIndicatorStateService: Added Presenting (current state: NewActivity -> NewActivity) 
Thu Dec 08 2022 16:35:13 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) <31224> -- event -- eventpdclevel: 3, rendererName: pluginHost, crashType: crashed, url: file:, causesRestart: true, watchdogBlockingApi: null, watchdogLastPing: null, profileType: undefined, exitCode: -1073741819, electronBuild: 16654718, appRuntime: 25679.594, appCoreServicesReady: true, appInitialized: true, activities: experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,desktop_systray_app_state_update,desktop_systray_app_state_update,desktop_systray_app_state_update,ips:window-command,desktop_systray_app_state_update,desktop_systray_app_state_update, timeSinceActivity: 4.342, appStates: Started,SSOStart,SSOSuccess,Initialized,LazyLoadStage,CheckingUpdates,Initialized,LazyLoadStage,InCall,CallEnded,CheckingUpdates,UpdatesInstalled,InCall,CallEnded,InCall, timeSinceAppState: 35.664000034332275, webAppStates: Inactive,Unloaded,IndexInitialize,IndexJsLoaded,IndexHtmlLoaded,Inactive,Interactive,InCall,Interactive,Inactive,LongInactive,Interactive,Inactive,Interactive,Inactive,Interactive,InCall,Interactive,InCall,Presenting, timeSinceWebAppState: 5.386000156402588, diagnosticEvents: ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,wa:InCall,as:InCall,ua:desktop_systray_app_state_update,ua:desktop_systray_app_state_update,ua:desktop_systray_app_state_update,wa:Presenting,ua:ips:window-command,ua:desktop_systray_app_state_update,ua:desktop_systray_app_state_update, lastDiagnosticEvent: ua:desktop_systray_app_state_update, timeSinceLastDiagnosticEvent: 4.3420000076293945, timeSinceSecondLastDiagnosticEvent: 5.3459999561309814, isHotSwapUsed: false, isHotSwapEnabled: false, slimCoreBuiltInVersion: 2022.39.3, slimCoreVersion: 2022.39.3, tsCallingVersion: undefined, isOnBattery: false, remainingBatteryPercentage: unknown, status: success, scenario: 8a8ed9bc-5e84-4232-9fc2-e564293bfc75, scenarioName: desktop_renderer_process_crash, name: desktop_renderer_process_crash, step: start, sequence: 0, delta: 0, scenarioDelta: 0, elapsed: 25679594, stepDelta: 0, Scenario.Mode: 1, AppInfo.Language: en-gb, complianceEnvironmentType: 0, isDataCategorizationEnabled: true, userpdclevel: 0, processMemory: 26667704, freeMemory: 19712348160, clientType: desktop, AppInfo.ClientType: desktop, batterylevel: 1, pluggedin: true, Window.Focus: foreground, windowIsVisible: true, Window.Status: systray, UserInfo.TimeZone: -05:00, vdiMode: 0, Scenario.Name: desktop_renderer_process_crash, Scenario.Step: start, Scenario.Status: success,  
Thu Dec 08 2022 16:35:13 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) <31224> -- event -- eventpdclevel: 3, rendererName: pluginHost, crashType: crashed, url: file:, causesRestart: true, watchdogBlockingApi: null, watchdogLastPing: null, profileType: undefined, exitCode: -1073741819, electronBuild: 16654718, appRuntime: 25679.594, appCoreServicesReady: true, appInitialized: true, activities: experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,experience-renderer-console-error,desktop_systray_app_state_update,desktop_systray_app_state_update,desktop_systray_app_state_update,ips:window-command,desktop_systray_app_state_update,desktop_systray_app_state_update, timeSinceActivity: 4.342, appStates: Started,SSOStart,SSOSuccess,Initialized,LazyLoadStage,CheckingUpdates,Initialized,LazyLoadStage,InCall,CallEnded,CheckingUpdates,UpdatesInstalled,InCall,CallEnded,InCall, timeSinceAppState: 35.664000034332275, webAppStates: Inactive,Unloaded,IndexInitialize,IndexJsLoaded,IndexHtmlLoaded,Inactive,Interactive,InCall,Interactive,Inactive,LongInactive,Interactive,Inactive,Interactive,Inactive,Interactive,InCall,Interactive,InCall,Presenting, timeSinceWebAppState: 5.386000156402588, diagnosticEvents: ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,ua:experience-renderer-console-error,wa:InCall,as:InCall,ua:desktop_systray_app_state_update,ua:desktop_systray_app_state_update,ua:desktop_systray_app_state_update,wa:Presenting,ua:ips:window-command,ua:desktop_systray_app_state_update,ua:desktop_systray_app_state_update, lastDiagnosticEvent: ua:desktop_systray_app_state_update, timeSinceLastDiagnosticEvent: 4.3420000076293945, timeSinceSecondLastDiagnosticEvent: 5.3459999561309814, isHotSwapUsed: false, isHotSwapEnabled: false, slimCoreBuiltInVersion: 2022.39.3, slimCoreVersion: 2022.39.3, tsCallingVersion: undefined, isOnBattery: false, remainingBatteryPercentage: unknown, status: success, scenario: 8a8ed9bc-5e84-4232-9fc2-e564293bfc75, scenarioName: desktop_renderer_process_crash, name: desktop_renderer_process_crash, step: stop, sequence: 1, delta: 0, scenarioDelta: 0, elapsed: 25679594, stepDelta: 0, Scenario.Mode: 1, AppInfo.Language: en-gb, complianceEnvironmentType: 0, isDataCategorizationEnabled: true, userpdclevel: 0, processMemory: 26738200, freeMemory: 19712348160, clientType: desktop, AppInfo.ClientType: desktop, batterylevel: 1, pluggedin: true, Window.Focus: foreground, windowIsVisible: true, Window.Status: systray, UserInfo.TimeZone: -05:00, vdiMode: 0, Scenario.Name: desktop_renderer_process_crash, Scenario.Step: stop, Scenario.Status: success,  
Thu Dec 08 2022 16:35:13 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) <31224> -- error -- Renderer process crashed; rendererName=pluginHost; crashType=crashed; url=file:; restarting app=YES 
Thu Dec 08 2022 16:35:13 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) <31224> -- info -- PluginHost #2: render-process-gone: {"reason":"crashed","exitCode":-1073741819,"watchdog":null} 
Thu Dec 08 2022 16:35:14 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) <31224> -- info -- Restart info set with a reason of crash 
Thu Dec 08 2022 16:35:14 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) <31224> -- info -- Restarting app Teams with reason crash 
Thu Dec 08 2022 16:35:14 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) <31224> -- event -- eventpdclevel: 3, appState: 19, status: success, scenario: 3b81ef27-b444-4a43-8440-21ffba5ce8be, scenarioName: desktop_app_quit, name: desktop_app_quit, step: start, sequence: 0, delta: 0, scenarioDelta: 0, elapsed: 25680598, stepDelta: 0, Scenario.Mode: 1, AppInfo.Language: en-gb, complianceEnvironmentType: 0, isDataCategorizationEnabled: true, userpdclevel: 0, processMemory: 26994048, freeMemory: 19914854400, clientType: desktop, AppInfo.ClientType: desktop, batterylevel: 1, pluggedin: true, Window.Focus: foreground, windowIsVisible: true, Window.Status: systray, UserInfo.TimeZone: -05:00, vdiMode: 0, Scenario.Name: desktop_app_quit, Scenario.Step: start, Scenario.Status: success,  
Thu Dec 08 2022 16:35:14 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) <31224> -- info -- Quitting app Teams with session of c073daf4-14e0-c444-02d1-b11078ad6101 and desktop session of desktop-e33a5c47-f70f-4cde-a3c1-982d6f343e51 
Thu Dec 08 2022 16:35:14 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) <31224> -- info -- Sending IPC to web content: mainWindow for app quitting...

It appears the renderer process crashed, with an exit code -1073741819.

Why is Teams crashing when I share my screen, and more importantly, how can this be fixed?

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-08-31T15:38:38+00:00

    I had similar symptoms, it made me crazy. The issue was connected to the monitor drivers - the wrong ones were used which made Teams crashing each time I shared my screen (usually after a few seconds).

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-08-31T13:30:38+00:00

    I turned off HDR radio button in "Settings" and it resolved the issue.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-08-25T14:47:39+00:00

    This is also happening on windows 10 when HDR is enabled.
    I had a user with the same issue. Disabling the HDR in display settings resolved the issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-08-17T16:09:42+00:00

    Sadly, this is a very Temp work around because often I need to toggle between multiple apps and it's a nightmare to share only 1 app at a time.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-08-15T14:35:39+00:00

    Please upvote this HDR fix request on the MS feedback site to give this more visibility.

    https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/c759a0f3-d15a-ed11-a81b-000d3a7e4185

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