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xsolane
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May 16, 2022

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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  • mihirarora's avatar
    mihirarora
    Copper Contributor
    May 31, 2022

    Method 2 worked for me. link :

    https://ugetfix.com/ask/fix-windows-11-freezes-when-alt-tabbing-from-the-game/#qm-h2-2xsolane 

  • Rubeeno80's avatar
    Rubeeno80
    Copper Contributor
    May 30, 2022

    Same problem here, windows 11 and need to force restart when tabbed out. I'm not going to do a roll back to win 10 for 1 game.

    • Jayom69's avatar
      Jayom69
      Copper Contributor
      May 24, 2022
      Solution: Reinstall windows and don’t install 11. Probably it’s an driver issue.
  • TheRobberPanda's avatar
    TheRobberPanda
    Copper Contributor
    May 22, 2022

    xsolane I have the same issue. It happens on windows 10 too. League of legends, borderlands 3, are just a few. It even happens with other apps like chrome. Need a solution ASAP

  • Jayom69's avatar
    Jayom69
    Copper Contributor
    May 20, 2022

    xsolane UPDATE: I reinstalled windows 10 and the problem is gone! So to everyone who has this problem. Stay away from windows 11 until it’s fixed there, keep windows 10 🙂

    • YuFuu's avatar
      YuFuu
      Copper Contributor
      May 20, 2022

      Jayom69 

      i dont know what's wrong with mine then tbf because i'm not even on windows 11 haha

      • Jayom69's avatar
        Jayom69
        Copper Contributor
        May 21, 2022
        Then you doesn’t have the same problem like he described.
        The original writer specifically said that there is windows 11 installed.
        You all should reinstall windows 10 and keep your drivers clean. Not just mindlessly installing every driver and not deinstall the existing ones, maybe that’s the problem with yours YuFuu. And no a downgrade from 11 to 10 is not possible. You should Safe your important files on a separate hard drive or ssd and do a clean reinstall of windows 10. Hope this helped 🙂
  • YuFuu's avatar
    YuFuu
    Copper Contributor
    May 20, 2022

    xsolane same happens for me, i'm in dire need of a fix for this. it's only started happening like this month too maybe just before.

    • Jayom69's avatar
      Jayom69
      Copper Contributor
      May 20, 2022

      YuFuu I have „downgraded“ my pc to windows 10 and will try later if it changed anything. I will keep you all updated 🙂

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