Game Running In Background But Won't Open?
Nov 3, 2012
I'm having trouble with several games opening their pre-game menus properly but then disappearing. They are running in the background but can only be seen in task manager and do not appear on the task bar. I have had this problem with multiple different games from different publishers so I'm assuming it is an error on my end. The games I have tried are Starcraft 2, Half-life, and a multitude of Steam games. I have a self-built computer running Windows 7. I'll list specs below
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i got same problem but i got it when i try to open any game online idk what this error as this first time to me work on this windows Build 7057
and this is the error i got .
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7057.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 3073
Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: f4
BCP1: 0000000000000003
BCP2: FFFFFA8001E67B30
BCP3: FFFFFA8001E67E10
BCP4: FFFFF8000297D610
OS Version: 6_1_7057
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 256_1
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