Can't open game bar through the shortcut.

HI Oliver,

Thanks for reaching out to the forums! Before we recommend uninstalling and reinstalling the game bar. Have you cleared all keyboard shortcuts from the Game Bar app already? To access the shortcut list, open the Start Menu and open Game Bar> then settings> then "Shortcuts". If you have anything in the "Open Game Bar" box other that Windows +G go ahead and either change it to your desired shortcut or scroll to the bottom and click "Reset if you prefer the default settings.

Open Game Bar then press Settings (the Gear icon) then shortcuts then remove the A button from the shortcut list.

If that isn't the issue.

Go to Start < Xbox Game Bar < [Right click] < More < App Settings < Reset

I assigned a keyboard SHIFT+CTRL+K shortcut. My keyboard is fine. But still can't open xbox game bar. And still, when you visit "settings" - "games", the on / off slider is reset to the off position.

It has to ask you for permission every time due to privacy laws and concerns.

If you're unhappy with the keyboard shortcuts, you can change the way you open the game bar like this and you can use whatever you like instead of Windows G:

To create customized keyboard shortcuts, press Windows logo key + G to open Game Bar, select Settings > Shortcuts,
enter your shortcuts, then press Save.

Game Bar does show as running in task manager when I use one of the shortcuts but the program does not actually open so there are no error messages to diagnose the issue. If I end task to close Game Bar then try a shortcut again it does show again on task manager.