How to pause a game

Discus and support How to pause a game in XBoX Games and Apps to solve the problem; I want to know when playing one of the solitaire games in (for example) Microsoft solitaire mini - how you pause a game? It's been frustrating so far... Discussion in 'XBoX Games and Apps' started by Pauliw25, Jul 6, 2020.

  1. Pauliw25
    Pauliw25 Guest

    How to pause a game


    I want to know when playing one of the solitaire games in (for example) Microsoft solitaire mini - how you pause a game? It's been frustrating so far when I find my phone ringing and the only way to stop a timer is to exit the game I am in. Note: I use
    Windows 10.

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    Pauliw25, Jul 6, 2020
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  2. BattlePHILd Win User

    Game DVR clips pausing game.

    Yes, I've done this. That is how I found out that using Cortana makes your game go into it's pause menu. Using the Xbox voice command doesn't pause your game, but you can not use the Xbox voice command over the headset. Perhaps if they could just make
    it so the Cortana command did not pause the game? That, I think, would solve the problem.
  3. John Dowding Win User

    In Game Pause

    No it wont hurt anything. The instant resume feature is great but does work better with some games than others. Nothing better than just picking up the controller and gaming from where you were stood/crouched/hiding the night before!
  4. pkvas Win User

    In Game Pause

    I love that feature but with dragon age I don't like that the playtime clock kept running even when my machine was off
  5. Boas BS5 Win User

    In Game Pause

    One thing to note is not all games get on well with this practice, I had issues with Sunset Overdrive so make sure your game is saved before putting it in low power mode to be on the safe side.
  6. John Dowding Win User

    In Game Pause

    ^if you press it and hold it for 2O seconds while holding a zippo to the corner of your carpet then the answer is yes (maybe not the explode bit)
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