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Freeze when alt-tabbing out of games
Hi. For about a week or 2 I have been getting a new bug. My entire PC freezes when I alt-tab out of a game, specifically VALORANT but it happens with other games as well. Playing on windowed/windowed borderless doesn't help. I can still hear sounds and can even still be heard when in a discord call but the only way to unfreeze is to hit the power button and force restart. I hate having to do this every time I play because it is harmful to my PC. I've seem similar threads before about this issue coming up since the last few weeks none with a real fix. Is Microsoft aware of /looking into the the issue? I've heard it's an issue on windows 11 only hence why I posted here. I even tried to downgrade back to windows 10 but it states it's not possible on this computer anymore. Is there a fix coming?
edit: forgot to mention, first exiting fullscreen with F11 and then alt-tabbing out doesn't work either, still freezes
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- mihiraroraCopper Contributorsame here, in case anyone gets any solution plz let us know here in the thread.
- ASDlo10-4oCopper Contributor
xsolane I have the same problem.
- Jayom69Copper ContributorHave the same problem.. Valorant freezes my whole pc…
- monstriCopper Contributori have the same problem 😞
- JailbreakSuvBrass ContributorDo you have your drivers installed (Graphics)?
- xsolaneBrass Contributoryes i updated everything i could possibly think of to the latest versions