My xbox game bar or "ms-gamingoverlay", keeps uninstalling itself

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Check the Game bar’s Settings

Open the Xbox app by clicking its Start menu tile. Or you can enter Xbox into the Cortana search box instead.

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Next, sign in to the Xbox app. Note that a Microsoft Account is required to sign in to the Xbox app.

At the bottom left corner of the Xbox app, there’s a Settings button gear icon on the sidebar. Click the Settings button and select Game DVR.

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Now you can select Record game clips and screenshots using Game DVR option. If that option is off, click it to switch it back on.

Close the Xbox app and restart Windows.

Press the Win key + G again to open the Game bar.

It might be the case that the Game bar Record game clips and screenshots setting is switched off in Windows 10.

Then the Game bar isn’t going to open when you press its hotkey. So you can check that option as described above.

2. Edit the Registry

First, open the registry by pressing the Win key + R and entering regedit into Run.

Next, browse to

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionGameDVR

Then right-click the AppCaptureEnabled DWORD and select Modify.

If the DWORD’s value is 0, enter 1 in the Value data text box.

Now navigate to GameConfigStore.

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Right-click the GameDVR_Enabled DWORD and select Modify from the context menu to open the window below.

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Enter 1 in the Value data text box if its current value is 0.

Restart Windows and press the Game bar hotkey.

You can also switch the Game bar via the registry.

3. Don’t Run the Games in Full-Screen Mode

Is it the case that the Game bar isn’t opening when you’re running a game in full screen? The Game bar doesn’t open in full-screen modes because most games don’t recognize the Win key + G hotkey.

That doesn’t mean you can’t use the Game bar’s options in full-screen mode, but the overlay UI isn’t going to open.

You can still record a game with the Win + Alt + R hotkey or take a snapshot by pressing Win + Alt + Prt. Run the game in a window mode and then press Win key + G to open the Game bar UI.

4. Check the Xbox app’s Hotkey Settings

First, open the Xbox app again.

Click the Settings button at the bottom left of the app window and select the Game DVR.

If the Record game clips and screenshots using Game DVR option is switched on, you can check the Game bar hotkeys under Keyboard shortcuts. Is the Game bar hotkey there Win + G or something else?

If somebody has altered the Game bar hotkey, you can delete the customized key from the Your shortcut text box.

Alternatively, try pressing the customized hotkey, or enter your own alternative shortcut, to open the Game bar. However, note that some games may block customized hotkeys.

Click Save to save new settings.

Check the Game bar hotkeys haven’t been reconfigured in any way. The Xbox app enables users to customize the hotkeys, so somebody might have tinkered with the keyboard shortcut settings.

You can check the Game bar hotkeys as described above.

5. Install the Windows Media Feature Pack

Open this Windows Media Feature Pack page.

Scroll down and click Download the Media Feature Pack update package now to save the installer.

Open the folder you saved the Windows Media Feature Pack to and run through its installer to add it to Windows.

There are Windows 10 N and KN versions that don’t include all the media technologies and apps in more standard editions.

So if your platform is a Windows 10 N edition that might be why the Game bar isn’t opening for you.

There are a number of apps that need Windows Media files not included in Windows 10 KN or N.

However, you can install the media-related technologies otherwise lacking in Windows 10 N with the Windows Media Feature Pack.

6. Reinstall the Xbox app

Press Windows Key + S and enter powershell. Right-click Windows PowerShell from the list of results and choose Run as administrator.

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When PowerShell starts, run the following command: Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxApp | Remove-AppxPackage

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Game bar is a feature closely related to the Xbox app, and if you have any issues with Game bar, you might be able to fix them simply by reinstalling the Xbox app.

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Reinstalling a core Windows application is a slightly advanced process that involves PowerShell, but you should be able to reinstall the Xbox app without issues by following the above procedure.

After running this command, the Xbox app will be removed from your PC. Now you just need to open the Microsoft Store app and download the Xbox app again.

Once you download it, the problem with the Game bar should be completely resolved.

7. Turn Game bar off and on

Press Windows Key + I to open Settings.

When the Settings app opens, navigate to the Gaming section.

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Locate Record game clips, screenshots, and broadcast using Game bar option and disable it. Now wait for a few moments and turn it back on again.

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According to users, if the Game bar isn’t opening on your PC, you might be able to fix the problem simply by turning the Game bar off and on.

This is just a temporary workaround, but it might help you with this issue.

After that, the Game bar should start working again. Keep in mind that this is just a temporary workaround, and if you encounter issues with the Game bar, you’ll need to repeat this solution again.

8. Create a new user account

Open the Settings app and navigate to the Accounts section.

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From the menu on the left pick Family & other people. In the right pane choose Add someone else to this PC.

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Select I don’t have this person’s sign-in information.

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Choose to Add a user without a Microsoft account.

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Enter the desired user name and click on Next.

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According to users, problems with Game bar can occur if your user profile is damaged or corrupted. However, you might be able to fix the problem simply by creating a new user account.

To do that, you just need to follow these simple steps from above. After creating a new user account, switch to it, and check if that solves your problem.

If the problem doesn’t appear on the new account, you need to move all your personal files to the new account and use it instead of your old account.

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Default Protocols:
| Xbox: msgamepass / msgamingapp / msxbox
| Xbox Game Bar: ms-gamebar / ms-gamingoverlay
| Xbox Live: xbox-tcui
Im not found any game directory in Privacy.

Additionals:
13.80.9001.0 (Gaming Services)
5.823.7272.0 (Xbox Game Bar)
2307.1001.5.0 Xbox

Hey Joseph thanks for reaching out.

Yes I download the Xbox app from this xbox website https://www.xbox.com/en-US/apps/xbox-app-for-pc.

I installed the app using their xboxinstaller.exe installer.

I think its installed in C drive, the installer just run itself and never once allow me to select which drive to install the app.

On the question of game bar download issue, I found that when I first notice xbox app uninstall itself, the "Xbox game bar" would not work.

Every time I press Win+G a window would pop up saying "you'll need a new app to open this ms-gamingoverlay link" and it make me go look it up at

microsoft store. Even when I have Xbox app downloaded Xbox game bar would not work.

When I try to download it from the store, it would get stuck on download.

Thank you for the reply. Let's try to delete the packages folder on your computer. Kindly perform the following steps below:

1. On your computer, navigate this location on your C: drive: C: \ Users \ <user id> \ AppData \ Local \ Packages
2. Delete the files the you may see in the folder.
3. Once done, open the Task Manager window by using the CTRL + Alt + Delete keys, click the File Explorer, then click End task.
4. Open the Windows PowerShell as adminitrator then type the following command: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Once done, kindly check if that helps you record games on your computer.

We look forward to your update.

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