Game Bar Not Opening
If you see errors like errors like Can’t record right now, Try again later, or There’s nothing to record while trying to record a game on your Windows PC, here are some suggestions to troubleshoot the issue. If you often need to record games with excellent audio quality on Windows 10, you might have already used Game DVR which allows users to control how they want to record the game and take a screenshot on the go. Now if you have been such errors as mentioned above, you need to follow the following steps to fix this problem.
Troubleshoot Windows 10 Game Bar errors like Can’t record right now or There’s nothing to record while trying to record a game by following these suggestions.
Can’t Record Right Now Windows 10 Game Bar error
This problem mainly occurs when your PC cannot handle the Game Bar and Game DVR features – and this usually occurs when you do not have a high-end computer. If you have a good configuration but still face this problem, you may try these suggestions.
1] Reinstall Xbox app
If you have recently updated your computer, the Xbox installation files may have got corrupted or misconfigured. You need to reinstall the Xbox app. To do this, you need to open PowerShell with administrative privilege. To do so, press Win + X and select Windows PowerShell (Admin) and run the following command-
Now, open the Windows Store, search for Xbox app and install it.
You could also use our 10AppsManager to do the same.
2] Delete temporary files
This is quite important when you are facing issues with the recording. You should delete temporary files right after uninstalling the Xbox app so that all the leftovers can be deleted. To do this, open the Windows Settings app by pressing Win + I button and go to System > Storage > This PC. It takes a couple of seconds to show the Temporary files option. Click on it, select “Temporary files” and hit the Remove files button.
If you have recently updated your computer, you can also delete the “Previous version of Windows”.
3] Basic keyboard shortcuts
We press the Win+G to show the Game Bar and then start the recording. However, there are many games those block the Win key. If so, you may not be able to enable the Game Bar. In that case, you need to change the keyboard shortcut.
To do this, open Windows Settings panel and go to Gaming > Game bar > keyboard shortcuts. Select another keyboard shortcut that doesn’t contain “Windows” button. Similarly, you need to change keyboard shortcuts of Start/Stop recording option as well.
Some people have claimed that thought the OS failed to show the Game Bar, the recording was going on after pressing Win + Alt + R keys. You can do the same before changing the keyboard shortcut. Your screen should flash once when you start recording.
4] Use full-screen mode
Although the Game Bar can determine the screen size you are playing the game on, it may sometimes fail to do that. If that happens, you will see the “Can’t Record Right Now” error on your screen. Play the game in full-screen mode and see. Except for some poorly coded games, every modern game can adjust to any resolution.
5] Close Broadcast DVR server manually
If you have previously used the recording feature to record a game and have now opened another game to record it, there is a high chance that you may see this error message. In this case, you need to close the Broadcast DVR server manually. To do this, open Task Manager and switch to the Processes tab. Look for Broadcast DVR server. Select it and hit the End task button visible on the bottom-right corner. After that, restart your game and try recording again. You should not get the issue.
6] Use built-in Troubleshooter
Microsoft has included Troubleshooter in the Settings Panel > Update & Security > Troubleshoot page. By making use of these troubleshooters, you can fix various problems. Use the Windows Store Apps and see if that works for you.
Hope something here helps you fix the problem.
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As we know Windows 10 introduces a Game Bar feature (launched by pressing win+G hotkeys together) which allows users to capture screenshots or record any game you are playing on your PC or Xbox. But sometimes users report Windows 10 game bar didn’t appear on screen while tried WIN+G keys. Using Win key +G or my Ctrl + Shift + G doesn’t open the game bar. some others report windows 10 game mode not showing up or record when using either the Windows key + G or Windows key + Alt + R.
Fix Windows 10 game mode not showing up
If you also suffering from this problem here some solutions you may apply to fix Game Bar not opening, not working for some games, you are getting error messages or some keyboard shortcuts are not working in Game Barr.
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Note: if you are running a game in full-screen, the Game Bar won’t show. For full-screen games, you can use the WIN+ALT+R hotkey to start and stop recordings. Your computer screen will flash when the recording starts and completes. If the keyboard shortcut doesn’t not work for you, press WIN+G hotkey and you’ll see the screen flash twice confirming that the game is recognized by Game Bar. After this, you can use the WIN+ALT+R hotkey to record the game.
Check Game Bar is Enabled in Settings
First of all open settings and check the windows 10 Game mode and Gambar both are enabled. To check and Enable them
- Press Windows + I to open windows settings.
- click on Gaming icon in the Settings app, to open Game Bar section
- Here check and make sure Now make sure that the “Record game clips, screenshots, and broadcast using Game bar” option is set to ON.
- If it’s not enabled, click on the toggle button and set it to ON.
- Also checkmark on “Open Game bar using this button on a controller” so that you can open and control game bar using keyboard shortcuts.
- Now try to launch Game Bar using WIN+G hotkey and it should open without any problem.
Also move to Game DVR and make sure Record game clips and screenshots using Game bar is On.
Install latest windows media feature pack
A number of users marked install “Media Feature Pack” as a helpful solution to fix Windows 10 Xbox Game bar is not working problem.
- Open this Windows Media Feature Pack page.
- Scroll down and click Download the Media Feature Pack update package now to save the installer.
- Open the folder you saved the Windows Media Feature Pack to and run through its installer to add it to Windows.
- After that restart windows, on next login open settings and check there is an option available “Gaming”
Reset the Xbox app
Still Xbox Game bar is not working, then You can also try to reset Xbox app settings to default which should fix all Game Bar related problems.
- Open Settings app from Start Menu or using WIN+I hotkey.
- Now click on Apps icon in the Settings app and it’ll open Apps & features section.
Note: Alternatively, You can directly launch this page using “ms-settings:appsfeatures” command in RUN dialog box.
- In right-side pane, scroll down to bottom and click on Xbox app. It’ll show details of Xbox app, click on “Advanced options” link.
- Again scroll down to bottom and under “Reset” section, click on “Reset” button.
- It’ll take a few seconds and Xbox app will be reinstalled and revert to its default settings.
- Now the Game Bar should work fine.
Tweak registry editor for Corrupted Gamebar Settings
This is another effective way to resolve the problem if Game Bar settings might get corrupted in Windows Registry. In such case, you’ll need to fix the settings using Registry Editor.
Windows Game Bar Not Opening
Press “Windows+R” type regedit and press Enter to open Registry Editor. First backup registry database then navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionGameDVR
Here on middle panel right-click on AppCaptureEnabled DWORD and choose Modify if the DWORD value is 0, set it to 1 and save it.
Note: If you didn’t find AppCaptureEnabled DWORD then right click on GameDVR -> New -> DWORD (32-bit) value name it “AppCaptureEnabled“
The next open the following key HKEY_CURRENT_USERSystemGameConfigStore
Game Bar Not Opening
Here on middle panel right-click on GameDVR_Enabled DWORD and select Modify. Here, you need to enter 1 in the text box if it’s set to 0. Finally, save and restart Windows PC and check on next login everything working smoothly.
Reinstall XBOX App
If all above solutions unable to fix the problem lets reinstall the XBOX app, which may resolve the issue. To do this Right click on windows 10 start menu and select Powershell (admin) and Execute the following command:
Xbox Game Bar Not Opening
Xbox app: Get-AppxPackage *xboxapp* Remove-AppxPackage
This should remove the Xbox app from your Windows 10 computer. To get it back, launch the Microsoft Store, search for it, then download and install.
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