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xsolane
Brass Contributor
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

43 Replies

  • YuFuu's avatar
    YuFuu
    Copper Contributor

    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
      Tin Contributor

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

  • mihirarora's avatar
    mihirarora
    Copper Contributor
    same here, in case anyone gets any solution plz let us know here in the thread.
  • Jayom69's avatar
    Jayom69
    Tin Contributor
    Have the same problem.. Valorant freezes my whole pc…
    • xsolane's avatar
      xsolane
      Brass Contributor
      yes i updated everything i could possibly think of to the latest versions