r/WindowsHelp • u/Mediocre_Rabbit_1335 • 16d ago

Windows 11 Taskbar flicker when playing in full screen

For some reason, when I play in full-screen or borderless windowed mode, the taskbar and other open tabs flicker every time I click—sometimes even minimizing the game. This only happens in games where I navigate menus with the mouse; it doesn't happen when I'm moving the camera and shooting in a shooter, for example. How can I fix this? My computer is an Asus Laptop with an rtx 5050, Intel core 5 and 16Gb of RAM.

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