How to Fix Xbox Game Bar not Opening

How to Fix Xbox Game Bar not Opening

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Register-editor path: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\ApplicationManagement\AllowGameDVR

PowerShell command: Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.XboxApp | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

0:00 Intro 0:14 Repair Xbox Game Bar 0:53 AllowGameDVR 2:17 Reset Xbox Game Bar 2:43 Reinstall With PowerShell

Hello and welcome to this how to fix Xbox Game Bar not opening tutorial.

Method #1 Repair Xbox Game Bar The first method is a good place to start for any problem with the Game Bar, We are going to try and repair corrupt files. Click on the Windows search bar and type Xbox Game Bar. Right-click on it, and select App settings.

Scroll down and hit Terminate. This is going to forcefully end all of the processes that are possibly in use by the Xbox Game Bar. After that, click on Repair in the same settings menu. When this is done, you can try if the game bar opens and is back to its old self.

Method #2 AllowGameDVR We want to make sure that a certain value is set correctly. Click on the Windows search bar and type in register editor.

Click on it. Here you want to navigate to the following location: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\ApplicationManagement\AllowGameDVR

AllowGameDVR is a background process that is used by the Xbox Game Bar so that’s why we need to make sure that value is set. It could be that value doesn’t exist on your end. To create this, right-click in AllowGameDVR and select New followed by D-WORD (32-bit) Value.

After changing or creating this, you might need to restart your PC. Then, you can try if the Xbox Game Bar opens once more. If not, continue on with the next method.

Method #3 Reset Xbox Game Bar We go back to the app settings menu of the Game Bar. This time, click on reset instead of repair. Keep in mind that this clears all of the app’s data and settings.

If the game bar still isn’t opening, we have one more possible solution.

Method #4 Reinstall With PowerShell In the next method we are going to reinstall the Xbox Game Bar with PowerShell.

To reinstall the game bar you need to enter the following command: Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.XboxApp | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

When this is done, you hopefully have a working Xbox Game Bar.

This concludes our how to fix Xbox Game Bar not opening tutorial.

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