Xbox Game Bar tabs me out of a game

Karlos Legarde · Feb 15, 2022

Xbox Game Bar tabs me out of my fullscreen game when I record the last 1 min. When I clip my gameplay, the "Game Clip Recorded" notification pops up in my desktop, not in the game. So I see a cursor in my game in the area where the notification popped up. Then when I accidentally click on that part, it tabs me out of my game. This only happens in Valorant. In Fortnite and CSGO, the notification pops up in the game. Why is it like this and how can I fix this?

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Kathy A.

Hi Karlos Legarde,

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Lucas Lauer

Hello, robin77777. Thanks for reaching out. I'm Lucas, an Independent Advisor and Microsoft Xbox user.

First, let's try to see if basic settings are ok:

Check your Game Bar settings. Press the Start button, then choose Settings. Go to Gaming > Xbox Game bar, then turn on Record game clips, screenshots, and broadcast using Game bar.

When playing a game, press the Windows logo key + G to open Game Bar. Select the Enable gaming features for this app to record gameplay when trying to use gaming features such as broadcasting or capturing.

Your game may be running in full-screen mode. If it's not in full-screen mode, let me know.

Also, what exact do you mean by "tab out"? Is it pressing Alt+Tab to change windows and then getting back to the game?

David Scott77

I FOUND THE ANSWER!!! (for now at least, until Microsoft fixes their ****). If you pin the party chat in xbox game bar, itll keep running when you tab out.

Georges C.

Hello, first it's a pleasure to be able to help you today.

My name is welcome to the community.

Hello robin77777, have you checked if you have the latest version of Windows installed, at 21H2, because recently came out the latest update to Windows 10 and 11.

See which version of Windows 10 you have

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/see...

Updates often seen as optional, Microsoft released major fixes this week, and make sure you have the Xbox Companion App installed.

If you haven't updated yet, click the link below, update and then make all subsequent security updates.

Download Windows 10

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...

Download Windows 11

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...

Also make sure all Xbox Apps are up to date in the store, and make sure you have the Xbox Companion App installed, it works with the Xbox App.

Also check windows settings, then games' captures, if the Windows Bar folder and capture time are set up correctly.

robin77777

Done and it didn't work. The microsoft store version of the gamebar has a different icon then the one I have.

Xbox Game Bar tabs me out of a game