Windows 10 Fall Creators Update: Game Bar support for full-screen mode

In the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, we now support fullscreen optimizations for most applications and games. The feature allows users to more quickly switch (alt-tab) from fullscreen games to other applications and allows games
to use more efficient graphics presentation modes, which can help increase graphics performance. With fullscreen optimizations enabled, you’ll see several other improvements as well: displaying overlays on top of your games, such as the volume slider; preserving
color changes made in software such as Night Light mode; preserving changes made in the “Calibrate display color” wizard; and others types of color changes.



If you need to disable fullscreen optimizations, it is possible to do so on a per-application basis by right-clicking on an executable file > Properties > Compatibility tab > toggling the "Disable fullscreen optimizations" checkbox.



Note that fullscreen optimizations requires graphics drivers to be WDDM 2.0 or greater. To confirm that you have a WDDM2.0 driver, hit Win+R, type “dxdiag”, and then on the Display tab look for the Driver Model listed on the right.

If you experience any issues which are solved by disabling fullscreen optimizations, please use the Feedback Hub to report them. We want to deliver a great gaming experience on Windows for everyone and we appreciate your feedback.
If you follow the steps below it will make sure that any feedback you submit has performance information included so we can more easily investigate.

1. Go to
http://aka.ms/submitgameperformancefeedback, which will open the feedback hub to the correct location for collecting performance logs

2. Select Add new feedback, mark it as a Problem (important).

3. Provide any further information about the issue in the details section.

4. Launch your game and get to the issue area.

5. Click the "Start capture" button.

6. Reproduce the problem for 10-15 seconds. Make sure to stop capturing promptly so that the last 30 seconds of the capture clearly demonstrate the problem.

7. Provide any further information about the issue and the captured logs (i.e. first half shows X, second half shows Y) in the details section.

8. Click the "Stop capture" button.

9. Click the "Submit" button to send the bug to us.

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Forced full screen

Since the fall windows 10 update, minesweeper now will only do full screen. Please fix this quickly.

 

I can't find the Game mode switch

Follow the steps here for a possible solution:

Step 1: Check that the Game Bar and Game Mode are enabled in Windows 10

First, you need to double check that the Game bar feature is enabled in Windows 10. To do that, open the Settings app and go to Gaming -> Game bar.

There, make sure that you set the switch that says: Record game clips, screenshots, and broadcast using Game bar to On. Also, it is a good idea to enable the setting that says: Show Game bar when I play full screen games Microsoft has verified.

Step 2: Set and use different keyboard shortcuts for the Game Bar, that don’t involve the Windows key

Some games may block the use of the Windows key and therefore, each time you press it, it is ignored. As a result, if you press Windows + G to show the Game bar on the screen, nothing happens. Microsoft provides a way for you to set your own shortcuts, that
don't include the Windows key. Read and follow this guide to learn how to change the keyboard shortcuts for the Game bar and all its features: 2 ways to change the keyboard shortcuts for the Game Bar in Windows 10.

Step 3: Set your game to run in a window, instead of taking the whole screen

Most games for Windows run in full-screen mode and they don’t have built-in support for the Game bar and/or Game Mode. This is especially true for games that were developed prior to April 2017, when these features were first made available in Windows 10. However,
if you run them in a window, instead of full-screen, then you will be able to show the Game bar on the screen and use it to enable the Game More, take screenshots, record videos and more.