Optimizations for windowed games improves gaming on your PC by using a new presentation model for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 games that appear in a window or in a borderless window. When these optimizations are used, games that originally use the legacy blt-model presentation can use the newer flip-model presentation instead (if the game is ...

If you are having issues installing or updating Gaming Services on your PC, or if you are noticing that the Xbox app for PC is launching with missing content, you may want to download and run the Gaming Services Repair Tool for PC.

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.Or, if you are using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click Search.Type Command Prompt in the Search box, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow.

Close the game. In the search box on the Windows taskbar, type and then select Task Manager. Select More details. In the list of running processes, select the Broadcast bar server (bcastdvr.exe) process (if it's still there), and then select End task. Restart your game and try recording again.

Solution 1: Check that your sound is not muted. Some games run in full-screen mode, so you can't see the taskbar. Here's how to check that your sound is not turned down low or muted: Press the Start button on your Windows 10/11 device or keyboard, or select the Windows icon in the lower-left corner of the main screen.

Reset the Microsoft Store cache: Press the Windows Logo Key + R to open the Run dialog box, type wsreset.exe, and then select OK. Note: A blank Command Prompt window will open, and after about ten seconds the window will close and Microsoft Store will open automatically.

Select Pause all to temporarily halt your current installations.; Select Cancel all to remove them from your queue altogether.; Select one of the items in your queue to cancel or pause the individual game or app.

When you start a character-based application in a console (for example, CMD.EXE), the application runs in the current console (unless you start it with the "start" command). If you start a Windows 32-bit or 16-bit application, it starts on the desktop. To switch back and forth between a console and a full screen, press ALT+ENTER when the ...

Widget menu (1) – Select the Widget menu icon to open a list of activities to choose from. Mouse click-through (2) – Click-through ensures that all mouse activity will go through a pinned widget and straight to the underlying game or app. Select the mouse icon to enable or disable click-through. Settings (3) – Select the Settings icon to ...

(Waiting for) Task Host Window. Cause. This problem occurs because the TaskHost.exe process stops handling messages during system shutdown, during system restart, and during system logoff. Resolution Hotfix information. A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described ...