Game bar is resetting every time it’s closed

Discus and support Game bar is resetting every time it’s closed in XboX Insiders to solve the problem; Every time I open and close the Game Bar and without any notification every widget refreshes, and on compact mode it starts on the home widget instead... Discussion in 'XboX Insiders' started by /u/cdr1307, May 10, 2025.

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    Game bar is resetting every time it’s closed


    Every time I open and close the Game Bar and without any notification every widget refreshes, and on compact mode it starts on the home widget instead of the latest one I was using, along with that Game Bar will sometimes ignore my Xbox Controller input and I have to click somewhere for it to start recognizing my input

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  2. Rook1973 Win User

    Elite Controller Trigger Vibration Setting in Accessories App NOT affecting gameplay in Halo 5

    Can confirm that every time the Accessories App is fully closed (quit app) and then restarted, the bars for trigger vibration are reset back to 100% the SECOND TIME you view the vibration settings in the menu. The first time viewing the vibration settings
    it shows them correct as supposedly uploaded to the controller prior to quitting and restarting the app. Go back one menu and then back into vibration settings... And the bars are back to 100%.

    Even when the app is not closed and in the app the settings remain correct. There is no effect of the setting in the games I've tried. In games triggers vibrate at 100% all the time, no matter what I try with the Accessories App.
  3. Bostonjunk Win User

    Game Bar Party chat not working as intended

    Your symptoms are identical to mine.

    I've been researching this for a few days now, and there are a few people who have developed the same issue recently.

    Resetting the Game Bar app fixes it until next reboot, or until the Game Bar process is closed and reopened.
  4. BadBrains 413 Win User

    Gamebar Party Chat stops working when overlay is closed

    You must have misunderstood or maybe I chose the wrong phrasing. When I say "close game bar" I mean minimize by pressing the windows key + G. This worked fine up until the latest update. Now when I join a party and minimize game bar by pressing windows key +G the other members of the party cannot hear me. When I press the shortcut key again and bring the game bar overlay back up, they can again hear me. This was not the case before last update. Only fix I've found that works is resetting the app in the settings menu, but this must be done every time I boot my PC or log into Xbox or game bar. Something has gone wrong with the latest update and game bar; looking through the support page and the forums I see a lot of people saying that certain game bar features have broken with the newest windows update.
  5. J3RS3Y DEVIL Win User

    getting a download every time i close the game

    I'm instant on. And I've been getting a few.

    I know that a patch is forthcoming.

    The more patches/updates from Bethesda, the better.
  6. ExllntButtz Win User

    How do I fix this "loading..." error for Xbox game bar captures?

    So I updated my graphics drivers, and that did fix it, but it just ended up breaking once again. My PC can handle any game out there, so I don't think that's the problem. The only things I have open when playing games is the game itself, discord, and voicemod (soundboard). Resetting the game bar works like I mentioned before. Could it be because I shut down my computer every night? Maybe I should just restart the game bar every time I boot it?
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