Microsoft Gameinput keeps crashing

Question

For that couple of days whenever I boot into windows I get the error Gameinput has stopped working

I've tried many things to try and fix it

uninstalling it

deleting the folder and GameInputSvc.exe

and well as any registry entries recommended

and uninstalling and reinstalling Game services

but even after all that, I still get the error

I even did DISM and Scannow

and still the error stays

and now for some reason the Microsoft Gameinput isn't installing when I reinstall Microsoft Game Services

Answer 1

Hello Mohammed Jaafar,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

May I know if you have had the chance to check out the previous suggestions yet? If you did, may I know how it goes

Disclaimer: IF those doesn't work. Let’s try performing an in-place install or in-place upgrade which will refresh your Windows files and operating system without removing files or applications. That being said, we always recommend that if you have important data, you should back it up before making large system changes. If you want to back up your data first, please do so. Once you are done backing up, you can follow the steps in the following guides:

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Answer 2

Okay, so up until this morning, I had the exact same issue, but it looks like I fixed it.

I manually stopped the windows-service GameInput Redist Service and manually deleted the folder "c:\Program Files\Microsoft GameInput" using admin rights.

After I restarted my PC at least the error message would not pop up anymore.

Then I went here: https://support.xbox.com/en-us/help/games-apps/troubleshooting/gaming-services-repair-tool

I was looking to download the Gaming Services Repair Tool for PC

But ultimately I just started the Xbox-App and let it update.

That seems to have fixed the issue.

Go on and try your luck if it works out for you as well.

Answer 3

The behavior indicates a corrupted or incomplete Gaming Services/GameInput component. The supported remediation in the provided context is to fully remove and then reinstall Gaming Services, or repair Windows so the component can be reinstalled correctly.

Follow these steps in order:

1. Remove Gaming Services completely
   1. Open Notepad.
   2. Paste this PowerShell script:

            Get-AppxPackage *gamingservices* -allusers | remove-appxpackage -allusers
            
            Remove-Item -Path "HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GamingServices" -recurse
            
            Remove-Item -Path "HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GamingServicesNet" -recurse
      

   3. Save the file as RepairGamingServices.ps1 and set Save as type to All Files (.).
   4. Right‑click the script and select Run as administrator.
   5. Restart Windows.
2. Reinstall Gaming Services
   1. After restart, open the Xbox app.
   2. A blue banner should appear stating that Gaming Services is required and needs to be installed.
   3. Select Install to reinstall Gaming Services.
   4. When installation completes, reboot once more and check whether the GameInput crash on startup is gone.
3. Make sure Windows is fully updated
   1. Open Settings → Windows Update.
   2. Check for updates and install all important/required updates.
   3. Restart if prompted and test again.

If Gaming Services/GameInput still fails to install or continues to crash after these steps, the remaining supported option in the context is to repair or reinstall the current Windows build so the system components (including Gaming Services and GameInput) are restored correctly.

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