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Taskbar keeps popping up in my game

Anonymous
2020-04-14T18:06:12+00:00

When playing certain games like VALORANT or Sea of Thieves my taskbar keeps popping up and my cursor as well. It only happens while these programs are open. It happens every 10 seconds and ruins the experience. How do i fix this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-04-14T18:17:06+00:00

    Hello MasonStanley,

    My Name is Paul a Windows User like you. I do apologize for the inconvenience that the Taskbar is showing Randomly when you play Games.

    First I wanted to know what is the settings of your In Game Display? Are you on Windows Mode, Windows Mode Full Screen or Full Screen? This is common when you are playing on Windows Mode Settings and to get rid of it you just need to Autohide the Taskbar.

    To Hide the Task Bar:

    * Right click on to your TASKBAR and choose TASKBAR SETTINGS.
    * Enable the Automatically hide the Taskbar in Desktop Mode and try to test again your Game.

    Regards,

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-04-14T19:18:54+00:00

    I did both of these things and the issue persisted.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-04-14T18:41:49+00:00

    When i did this it removed the taskbar but my cursor continued to exit the game while having the spinning blue ring making me have to click back into the game. Also i tried going into to fullscreen mode and every time it would refresh in windowed mode my game would minimize completely.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-04-14T19:02:33+00:00

    You May also want to try to disable Game Mode in windows 10 Settings

    * Press Windows key + I to open the Settings app.

    * Choose Gaming.

    * Open Game Mode from the left pane.

    * Toggle ‘Use Game Mode‘ off.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-04-14T19:20:53+00:00

    I have discovered that it happens not only in games but on my desktop when no programs are open as well

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