Xbox Game Bar notifications Not Showing While Playing Fullscreen Games.

Hi alkhe

Thank you for posting on the Xbox forums. I'd be happy to help troubleshoot the issue. In order to do so, can you please explain in more detail what happens when you open the game bar? The Xbox game bar is an overlay that should appear over the game while
it is in fullscreen. Are you saying that when you press Win + G while the game is running in fullscreen mode, that the Game Bar opens but closes the game? Does the game crash completely or does it just minimize the window?

Please answer those questions for us and add any other information that would be helpful and we will be happy to further troubleshoot the issue.

Hi,

What games are crashing? Some, or all of them?

Games from the Windows Store (or Game Pass) either have Fullscreen Optimization enabled by default or run in Windowed Borderless mode which shouldn't cause games to crash when attempting to ALT+TAB.

You can check whether Fullscreen Optimizations are enabled or not by opening the Xbox Game Bar via Win+G. If you are running in Fullscreen Exclusive, then the display brightness may be flicker. If you are in Fullscreen Optimizations, the Xbox Game Bar should pop up as an overlay.

Sounds more like a graphics driver issue to me.

Windows Apps can not have Fullscreen Optimization disabled as it's not possible to access their exe file to disable them.

I disabled both the Nvidia overlay and the Xbox Game Bar, and all seems to be working now. It seems that when you take game out of Fullscreen, it crashes.

Hello 冰恋,

Thank you for reaching out to us about your issue!

Are you switching applications while you are gaming and recording with Game Bar? It is possible that switching from the game while you’re recording can cause Game Bar to stop the process. Also, if you are running the game in Fullscreen mode, try running the game in borderless windowed and then recording.

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Hello, Tajp. Thanks for reaching out! My name is Lucas, and I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user just like you. I'll be happy to assist you today.

Is your Minecraft in fullscreen? Minecraft Java Edition does not support the Xbox Game Bar in fullscreen. You will need to play it on window mode or use another software to record.