Games don't want to start. Is it really related to Windows 11 update?

Hi, Blue Sky8

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We understand that you are experiencing issues with games not launching after updating Windows 11 24H2.  According to the known issues of Windows 11 24H2 confirmed by Microsoft so far, it is true that some games are not launching or working, which may be related to the compatibility of Windows 11 24H2, your game does not appear in the list, but it is related to the compatibility conflict, you can read the description of “Selected games may stop responding on Windows 11 version 24H2 devices” in the following link: “Selected games may stop responding on Windows 11 version 24H2 devices”. For more information, you can read “Selected games may stop responding on Windows 11 version 24H2 devices” in the following link:Windows 11, version 24H2 known issues and notifications | Microsoft Learn

Microsoft is currently working with partner companies to resolve this issue and will update this document when a solution is available. You can follow this link for updates.As the solution is not yet fully available, in order to make your game work properly, you may consider a fresh install of Windows 11 on 23H2 or 22H2, before performing this method, please backup your important personal files, once the backup is complete, please try the following steps:1.You can follow the method provided by volunteer host Ramesh in the link below to download the ISO file of 23H2 or 22H2:Download iso of windows 11 that is older than the newest update (a - Microsoft Community2. After you have downloaded the ISO file, go to the folder where you downloaded it, right-click on the downloaded image file and select open mode windows explorer.3. Open the sources folder, find and run the setup program, and then start reinstalling your system.4. After that, please follow the prompts to operate, after the reinstallation will allow you to reset the system, setup can be used normally after completion.*Disclaimer: At this point, we have exhausted all troubleshooting and I recommend that we try to perform a clean install to get your computer back into a working condition. Please ensure that you backup any important data, including Documents, Pictures, Videos, and more.*Since we are only support staff, not Microsoft engineers or Microsoft employees, we suggest you to press Windows+F to give official feedback to Microsoft about the problem in the new version of Windows, only if you give us your feedback, the development team will be aware of the problem.After submitting, please share the feedback link here as this will allow others on the forum (including me) to vote for your submission. More votes will increase the attention and priority of the development team. Thank you for your understanding!If you need more help, feel free to reach out.

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you guys should do something about this 24h2 update, its ruin our pc and laptop, im just saying, its really annoying

hi i have crash issues w same game after update to 24h2 windows 11 home

if its that or something i cant say..

But i never had any issues w this and a few other games aswell!

Kingdom come-epic games

game suddenly freezez and stops working w music still playing(cant shut it of either)

also crahes and this is just something new never happened before!

windows 11 home 24h2

several other games also just started to crash and these are games i never had issues with before!

But ac.origins and odessy works....but sometimes they wont start at all(so just horrible at the moment)

Is there anything comming if its the windows 11 24h2 that is at fault any fixes or updates soon so we can be 100% sure its working soon again!

sorry if hard w explaining myself(english is not my 1st language where i live in northern scandinavia)

So as far as i can think n nothing else has worked i tried its the windows 11 24h2 that looks to be faulty...insane!

Thanks