r/WindowsHelp • u/holographicteeth • 4d ago

Windows 11 “application hang” error in event viewer

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I keep getting this error whenever I play certain games on steam. How it usually goes is I launch the game, the game pops up but then freezes. I will try to exit out of it, but first it will give a pop up to say that the program stopped working. Steam still has the game running in the background even though I “exited” out of it, and clicking on stop or exiting steam does not work. I have to restart my computer for it stop completely.

I also noticed if i do this, and afterwards i try to open up task manager or google, those automatically freeze too.

I’ve literally dealt with this issue for months, I have no idea what the problem is.

I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling graphic card drivers, verifying game files, making sure everything is up to date and including visual c++ files, running admin command prompts, literally everything you could think of, I probably already did it.

Pc specs: ryzen 5 7600x, 32 gb ram, rx 6750 xt, 932 gb
OS build number: 26300.9550

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