Jordan Abe on YouTube showed the fix to this issue by repairing the 2015-2019 Redistributable program from the Control Panel.Īs 2019 is in the past, you won’t find the program. After restarting, the issue should be fixed. If not available, tap on the three dots next to the up arrow in the driver version rowįollow the steps to reinstall the software and restart your PC if required.If an update is available, download and install.In this method, we will check for updates, and if no updates are available, we’ll reinstall the current driver. Update or reinstall the driver (worked) Reinstall GeForce Experience Driver Also, we will move to method three, which is a reliable way to fix the GeForce minimizing games issue. The software may get stuck at “checking for updates.” In that case, close GeForce Experience and open it. Once the process completes, try recording the game. This will check for any updates and may take some time to complete. In the “About” section, enable the experimental features.Click on the “gear” icon in the top row next to your profile name.If you want to try this way, then follow the below steps: Some users have mentioned that turning on the “Enable experimental features” fixed the issue. Try recording the game and see if the program is gone. Find and toggle off the “In-Game Overlay” option.On GeForce Experience, click on the gear icon to go to settings.Right-click on the NVIDIA icon in the notification tray.For some people, it was fixed, while for others, it did not. Re-enable In-Game Overlay Re-Enabling In-Game Overlay Option in GeForce ExperienceĪnother fix is to re-enable the in-game overlay in the GeForce Experience, but it depends on your system. If you want to use the two together, try other methods, and if any of those fixes the problem. If it does, you will need to find out what software is causing the issue. The reason for this obvious method is that some users have reported that some streaming software causes issues.Īfter restarting, don’t open anything else. If ShadowPlay can’t record games and keeps minimizing them, try restarting your PC.

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