Unable to play certain games at all

For a long time now I've been having issues with certain games (Actually quite a lot of games) with this same recurring issue:

Whenever I try play a game it will open fine with absolutely no errors at all but when it goes into fullscreen it just has a black screen then minimizes shortly after. Every time I try maximize it it just minimizes again after a short delay. Whenever I do maximize it, I can hear the sound of any background music might be playing or any noises etc.

Some of these are Steam games and others are Origin games. I have tried deleting the Steam appcache and it did work for some games but it seems I will have to delete it and restart my computer whenever I want to play a game and even still that only works sometimes.

Computer specs that may help:

My graphics driver is up to date
My graphics card is a Nvidia Geforce GTX 760

(I will add any extra details if you request them)

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Best Answer

Make sure that your graphic cards driver and DirectX components are up to date.

Some software may interfere on the fullscreen part of a game. Software like teamviewer, displayfusion, or VNC can interfere when a game try to hook fullscreen. Try to shutdown a few running program and see if it works.

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Why some games are not opening?

Grant the game administrator rights. Verify the integrity of the game files. Install the latest Windows 10 updates. Update your graphics card driver software.

Why I Cannot play my games?

Clear Your Cache Go into Settings > Apps. Google Play Games and Services are both there among your other apps. Wait for them to populate, then hit clear cache. Try Games first, then check to see if the problem is solved.

Why wont my PC let me play games?

If you are having trouble getting a game to work on your PC, the most likely issue is compatibility. To troubleshoot your PC's compatibility with a game, first check that your computer matches or exceeds the system requirements. Next try updating your graphics card's drivers, or updating DirectX.

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