Xbox Game Bar for PC keeps crashing a lot after the most recent update

Clamz0r · Sep 6, 2019

Hello everyone,

I just recently reset my Windows 10 because I had a lot of issues with the Game Bar app and thought that would help and keep it from crashing frequently. It did kinda fix the problem in a way that I was finally able to join game and chat party consistently
with very few crashes, but after the most recent update from yesterday, the app is almost unusable and I suspect it's also causing me to disconnect from the game (Forza Horizon 4).

Windows version: v1903 (18362.295)

Xbox Game Bar version: 3.32.29001.0

Basically what happens is that every time I open the app either through controller or Win+G keys, app crashes. It works on the second attempt, so I can try and join the group party/chat, but if I bring it up again, it will crash. Over and over again. I'm
also randomly getting disconnected from the group call and have a lot of problems joining, it keeps reporting an error with my network but everything seems to work fine. Only after I try to join like 20+ times will I get in. In that process, Xbox Game Bar
app would crash every second time and make it a horrible experience to even use.

Is there any way I can revert to an older version of the app? Or is there some other workaround I could try to fix it? Everything I've read online so far hasn't helped me at all, resetting the app doesn't fix the problem at all.

Thanks.

:)

Geth

Sometimes it locks up when giving the Windows+G command.

You can bring it up directly it settings and that should fix it.

Clamz0r

Hi Ricardo. How exactly can I reinstall the app? Uninstall button is greyed out and I only have three options: Terminate, Repair & Reset.

Clamz0r

Sometimes it locks up when giving the Windows+G command.

You can bring it up directly it settings and that should fix it.

Unfortunately it happens all the time, it doesn't matter what I bring it up with. However, it looks like Repairing the app fixed the problem for now. I'll update the thread if it starts happening again soon.

Thanks for all the responses!

Clamz0r

I have the same issue, it was bad before, but after the most recent update I received yesterday, Game Bar is almost unusable. It keeps crashing EVERY single time I bring it up so I have to do it twice and if I want to check who's online or join a party,
it's going to crash AGAIN. It also takes multiple attempts to join the party chat and if I'm a part of one and receive an invite, Game Bar crashes again. Over and over and over again.

I just recently reset my Windows 10 and things got a lot better, but this is not good anymore. Is there a way to revert to the previous Game Bar version? I'm running Win 10 ver 1903 (18362.295) and Xbox Game Bar version is 3.32.290001.0

STR4NG3RS

Halo infinite was hard crashing a lot for me at launch but then seemed to work perfectly through December and now after the most recent update I’m back to crashing almost every game. The game even crashes in the main menu sometimes. Half the time it crashes to Xbox dashboard half the time it shuts the whole Xbox off. I’m on a series x. I’ve done all the troubleshooting tips. This game is broken.

Xbox Game Bar for PC keeps crashing a lot after the most recent update