Guild Wars 2

Seems about 75% of the time if I press Alt+Tab to switch out of Guild Wars 2 the game crashes when I Alt+Tab back to the game. Just when getting into the game just get a black screen with just the cursor, which changes if I hover over something, but just a black screen.

I typically press Control Alt Delete and when I do that I usually get the submit issue to ArenaNet message, which I submit every time.

Windows 8 is not games friendly.

selfdisplaced.5781:

Seems about 75% of the time if I press Alt+Tab to switch out of Guild Wars 2 the game crashes when I Alt+Tab back to the game. Just when getting into the game just get a black screen with just the cursor, which changes if I hover over something, but just a black screen.

I typically press Control Alt Delete and when I do that I usually get the submit issue to ArenaNet message, which I submit every time.

Upgrade to Windows 7 :p Kidding aside, switch over to Windowed Fullscreen mode in the graphics options. It should make Alt+Tabbing easier. You can also make sure your graphics drivers are up to date in case that is the problem.

BareManny.7190:

Windows 8 is not games friendly.

Says someone who probably hasn’t used the OS, or just installed it and expected to run games directly after install for some reason :p

I used Windows 8, and currently use 8.1 and have had 0 issues with alt+tab minimizing, in actual Fullscreen mode.

Only advice I can give is, check your graphics drivers. If they’re not up-to-date, update them. If you’re using beta drivers, don’t, use WHQL, and vice-versa. Have some application(s) trying to hook into the game (Evolve, Xfire, Raptr, Steam, RivaTuner, RadeonPro, etc.)? Disable them.

Also update DirectX via dxwebsetup if you haven’t already, and run Windows Update.

I can assure everyone there’s no Windows 8-specific issue with Alt-Tab and GW2. Your graphics drivers on the other hand along with system-specific stuff can cause issues.