GTAIV Minimizing to Desktop

[Roger Narq]

In game, I'm just driving and it suddenly just minimizes to the desktop.

My system:
Corsair Carbide Series 200R Black Steel / Plastic compact ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99)
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MSI 970A-G46 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS ($79.99)
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RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM ($79.99)
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GPU: EVGA 02G-P4-2660-RX GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card ($144.99)
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OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM ($99.99)
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Monitor: Gateway FHX2303LAbd Black 23" 5ms Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor 200 cd/m2 100,000,000:1 (600:1) ($119.99)
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Keyboard: GIGABYTE Force K3 Matt Black USB 2.0 Wired Gaming Gaming Keyboard ($26.99)
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Mouse: CM Storm Xornet - 2000 DPI Optical Gaming Mouse with Durable Omron Microswitches ($29.99)
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Mouse Pad: EVGA Gaming Surface - pwnage 2 ($14.99)
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Speakers: Logitech LS21 7 Watts RMS (FTC) 2.1 Stereo Speaker System - Black ($29.99)
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[Pummel]

The minimizing issue in games often happens when you use a non-activated Windows 7 version.

Or maybe you have some sort of program installed that becomes active now and then that sets the windows focus on that program?

 

[Roger Narq]

The minimizing issue in games often happens when you use a non-activated Windows 7 version.

Or maybe you have some sort of program installed that becomes active now and then that sets the windows focus on that program?

I do have an activated Windows 7 version and nothing appears when I go to the desktop..

 

[Pummel]

Have a look at your TaskManager and look for wermgr.exe" (Windows Problem Reporting) - End it.

Some people reported that this program opens and closes over and over again resulting in minimizing every full screen program so the desktop shows.