Game keeps switching back to desktop.

TheBestMan12 · Nov 1, 2015

I was playing World of Tanks last night. During gameplay the computer sends me back to the desktop. Anyone know what is happening or know of any solution.

Just a background, I just finished installing an SSD (Samsung 850 EVO). Had to migrate my hdd to the ssd. also had to change the boot settings so that it boots from the ssd.

mudpuppet · Nov 2, 2015

Run a system scan with malwarebytes and some AV if you have some. It sounds more like there is a process running in the background that is minimizing your game/bringing the desktop up front. Does it only happen in game? and only this game?

TheBestMan12 · Nov 2, 2015

thanks for the reply mudpuppet, just logged onto my computer. Notice that the desktop screen is flickering as well. currently running a malwarebytes scan.

not sure if this may help, but once i installed the ssd, my hard drive still has the windows information. My hard drive has 4 partitions, not sure if I should format that drive or not, any ideas....

TwistedFury · Nov 2, 2015

Just curious, do you have Origin installed? The desktop notifications on that software often minimize your games when they appear.

James Mason · Nov 2, 2015

Migrating the OS to windows can cause BS like this, it's usually just less headache inducing to start with a clean OS install on the SSD.

TheBestMan12 · Nov 2, 2015

TwistedFury - nope don't have origin on computer.
James Mason - so to remove the OS, should i format the SSD or what would you recommend

James Mason · Nov 2, 2015

TheBestMan12 :

Yeah, insert your Windows install disk and choose to do a Clean/New Install to the SSD, It will ask/tell you that it's going to format the SSD/Partition as a part of that.

Basically, all of your games and programs won't "work" anymore though because this will be a new Windows and it doesn't know that all old programs are there and how they're supposed to communicate, so you have to reinstall them. (Though things like Steam and Origin games can shorten the download time by copying the Steamapps/Origin data folders over.)

Peter_45 · Nov 3, 2015

I'm having the same issue. I think it is a notification. I haven't completely stopped it, but usually it happens when some program decides it wants to be upgraded and so it puts up a notification and that notification takes over the screen. It's a complete pain in the butt and I wish programmers wouldn't write programs whose upgrade notifications might interfere with other programs, but I think they think their program is the most important thing in the world...(sorry for the rant, but seriously, programmers, write programs that are more well behaved.)

Adobe programs are extremely bad in this regard. Acrobat is usually a culprit, but SuperantiSpyware was the worst. It just wouldn't quit. It would put up a notification to update, take me out of the game screen to the desktop (and I die) I would close the window, go back to the game and a couple minutes later it would through up a notification again, take control of the screen back to the desktop. I eventually uninstalled SuperAntiSpyware and it's a little better.

What is truly odd is that I turned off all notifications in the Win settings, but it still happens. Even programs for which I specifically turn off notifications.

I don't know exactly where the solution is, but I'm pretty certain this is a flaw in the way Windows 10 handles notifications. For some reason they think all notifications are so important they will interrupt and interfere with anything already running.

I hope someone comes up with a fix.

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