Keeps forcing programs down to the taskbar.

Question

Hello! If im doing something in full screen mode (playing, watching something), periodically, like every 5 minutes, the taskbar forcefully closes my window, minimizing the opened task. I tried reinstalling my windows, i wiped my hardrives, and the problem still perist. I hope someone had a similar problem, so someone can halp me solve it, cause im clueless. Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Known causes of this issue:

• Bad display driver. Ensure you are running the latest, stable graphics driver for your card. If you're using anything else (including third-party "optimized" drivers) then disable them to see if the problem goes away.
• Computer is configured for tablet mode. Go to the Settings app and search for Tablet. Disable tablet mode.
• Disable Game Mode to see if the problem goes away. Known to cause problems with some full screen apps.
• Possibly corrupt files, unlikely if you've reinstalled Windows.
• Turn on "focus" mode for notifications such that you don't get notifications when using full screen apps, if available on your OS.
• For games, use Windowed mode to fit the whole screen rather than using Fullscreen mode, if available. Puts more of a burden on the machine I believe but has been known to resolve full screen issues.
• Could be another program that periodically is trying to display something. Review the running processes to see if any are third party apps that may be causing issues.