Opening up the home menu closes my games

Hello @thedarkcrusade7, I hope everything is going welll for you!

I am very sorry to know you are having such conveniences. Please do not worry about the situation because I am here to help you out!

According to the explanation you have provided, I believe your console will need reset in order to refresh the system. Therefore, you will only need to follow those simple troubleshooting steps that I will provide you with and your issue should be fixed.

To reset your console you will need to follow the steps below to perform a reset on the Xbox :

Settings > System > Console Info > Reset This Xbox > Reset and Keep my Games and Apps.

Note =>The "Reset and Keep my Games and Apps" option will not cause losing your games, but please be aware that you need to be completely aware of the email address as well as the password of your account before going for it because it will require you to sign in to the account.

I wish you a lovely day, and I hope this helps you out! All the best!

Kind Regards

Stay safe, and happy gaming

Press and hold the menu button when on the home screen (with the game/app selected). It pops up a context menu to allow you to close the game/app.

I finally figured out a fix!!!!

it is to open the Edge client on your xbox, close any open tabs, and then press the Settings button on the home page of Edge. It will open a menu. Scroll this menu with the right stick and it will make the cursor disappear. While the cursor is invisible, press the Xbox button on your controller, press start on Edge client, close the program, and return to your game free of the cursor. Enjoy!!

Make sure you're closing your applications after you use them. Go to the home screen & highlight anything you've used recently, then press the menu button. If you see the word "quit" on the menu that pops up that means it was left open & is using your system's
resources, which may be the cause of the slow-down.

Ok, so viable solution I found on accident was if you have the setting where notifications will pop up on the side after like fifteen minutes of activity, the you can press you and it will close and then press the xbox button and it should open the menu.
I clicked home from there.