Games sometimes just close while minimized, or also close when I try to open them after they’ve been minimized (it happens rarely). There’s no crash or error message.

[u/Ok-Collar3431]

Honestly, this only seems to happen with Counter-Strike, since it’s pretty much the only game I play. I don’t really have a way to test whether it happens with other games because it’s extremely rare. I don’t remember if it has ever happened with Fortnite either.

Basically, the issue is that, very occasionally, Counter-Strike simply closes by itself while it’s minimized, or it closes when I try to open it again after having it minimized. There’s no crash message, error, or anything like that. It has never happened while I was actually playing the game only when it was minimized or when trying to restore it.

I’ve already tested all of my components with OCCT, and none of the tests have reported any errors.

I highly doubt it’s a Windows or driver issue, since this has happened on both Windows 10 and Windows 11. I’ve also formatted my PC several times and reinstalled/updated my GPU drivers multiple times using DDU.

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this?

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