Steam games launching in background

[Jammy Duel]

I haven't tried it with many games yet, but with some of those I have tried when I try to launch the game the "preparing to launch..." popup appears as normal but then when that closes the actual game window doesn't launch. The game still appears in Task manager but as a background process instead of an app. Additionally, in some cases it will let me launch multiple instances of a game. Any suggestions?

 

[PlasmaGUI]

I had the same problem... I got it fixed though! Check out this https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6218-USFX-5568 , hope it helps!

 

[Mamatis]

Hallo jammy.

Try this:
1) Go to steam library.
2) Right click at the game that you have issue.
3) Click properties.
4) Go to local files.
5) Click verify integrity of game cache...

if that does not works try to re-instal steam.

 

[Jammy Duel]

It seems it was EVGA precision X causing it, because now its closed all games seem to be launching properly
Thanks for the help anyway

 

[justheretohelp]

After about an hour of restarting my computer finding the startup service that may have been causing issues with certain games loading, I have found the possible culprit.

1.press windows key+R to open Run program.
2.type 'msconfig' then enter
3.select 'selective startup
4.go to services tab and check the box labeled 'hide all Microsoft services'
5.scroll to the 'NVIDIA cooperation' and uncheck the 'NVIDIA localsytem selector' box
6.click 'apply' and 'okay' then when prompted, click the restart button and that may solve your problem.

I hope this helps someone if you would please spread the word to those who may need this help. Or not, I'm not your mom. If this solution doesn't work, I strongly recommend fiddling with different services, maybe starting with disabling all or disabling a few at a time to find the proper service. Everyone's solution may be different and I hope you all have a long prosperous play session.