Gamebar wont open

That's odd, Do you know if your windows system or any app received recently an update?
Or, are you using any windows insider / beta OS?

Please try this:
Open Task manager > select the startup tab > disable all the programs listed there temporarily > restart your PC and try again

If that doesn't work please try creating a new local administrator user in your PC and try from there
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/cre...

Hi and thanks for reaching Microsoft Xbox gamer's community. My name is Josef.
I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

Hope you're doing great today despite this mate

May I know if you tried reinstalling the game bar via powershell command?
Right-click on the Start button and select Windows PowerShell (Admin) from the pop-up menu.

Copy and paste the following command in PowerShell and hit Enter to uninstall the Game Bar from your system.

Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage

Now head over to Microsoft Store and search for Xbox Game Bar, install it and give it a new try

If maybe that doesn't work please delete the registry keys associated with the game bar :

Press Windows key+R then type regedit and press Enter.
Go to this path (expand the folders using the little ">")

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameDVR

Once there delete all the keys except (Default), restart your PC and try again

Hi Josef

Its not anything to do with an app, my OS deleted itself a couple months ago and ever since i got it fixed my gamebar hasnt worked.

Hey Josef

Ive previously tried the Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage and just tried the 2nd method and neither has worked. I cant seem to uninstall gamebar

Open Gamebar open Gamebar Widget Menu and add "Looking for group". Done.

Open Console Companion and do like always. Done

Don't open Xbox App because Xbox App is not Gamebar nor Companion.