Is there a solution to fix my cursor lock when using Xbox game bar?

I'm having the exact same problem. I had this months ago initially and upgraded to Windows 11 24H2 preview release and it fixed the issue. However that introduced a known bug with ant cheat games that occasionally caused me to get a green screen of death with a memory management error.

I recently (some point in the last two weeks) received a windows update as part of the release preview that has fixed the green screens of death with anti cheat games but it has reintroduced the gamebar issue causing the mouse cursor to no longer stay within the game window.

I've noticed I'm able to use gamebar fine if the xbox social widget isn't open, I can click on elements of other widgets just fine and the cursor stays locked within the games window. As soon as I open gamebar then open the xbox social widget to see my friends list, I close gamebar and the problem occurs, the mouse cursor now doesn't stay within the games window and moves onto monitors at either side of my main gaming screen.

Come on Microsoft, this is getting kind of embarrassing. The issue is still here, no updates at all on when it will be fixed? Your supposed "game bar" is making games unplayable.

I've been getting the same issue for about 4-5 months now.

Tried repairing and everything, nothing has worked. i've had to resort to either restarting PC and not opening gamebar or using a cursor lock software to mitigate.

I did notice that it only happens whenever i don't get a chance to "close" gamebar, and something prompts it to minimise itself.

So i think the behaviour is as if it the gamebar overlay is still open (as that removes the cursor lock) but the overlay is in fact closed.

Again, it seems fine once i am able to close it intentionally with Windows Key + G but, once it gets force closed, the issue happens and stays until PC restart.

Hope that info helps - anyone got any solutions yet?

I'm having the exact same problem. I had this months ago initially and upgraded to Windows 11 24H2 preview release and it fixed the issue. However that introduced a known bug with ant cheat games that occasionally caused me to get a green screen of death with a memory management error.

I recently (some point in the last two weeks) received a windows update as part of the release preview that has fixed the green screens of death with anti cheat games but it has reintroduced the gamebar issue causing the mouse cursor to no longer stay within the game window.

I've noticed I'm able to use gamebar fine if the xbox social widget isn't open, I can click on elements of other widgets just fine and the cursor stays locked within the games window. As soon as I open gamebar then open the xbox social widget to see my friends list, I close gamebar and the problem occurs, the mouse cursor now doesn't stay within the games window and moves onto monitors at either side of my main gaming screen.

Same exact issue. Windows game bar completely makes it so I can't Sea of Thieves.

If you have found any solutions please let me know I've just encountered the same issue