Game Crashes on Switching Applications or Booting Up

Status:	Pending Moderation
Priority:	High
Added by:	MrsWesker677 on April 30, '26
Assigned to:	Unassigned
Due date:
Reported for:	9.6.0
Actual Result:	The game crashes
Expected Result:	The game remains open upon pressing Windows key
Severity:	Major
Reproducibility:	Frequently
Platform:	Steam
Additional Notes & Comments:	I have never had this happen before, and it’s been occurring since the recent update that includes 2v8.

Steps to Reproduce

1. I open the game on Steam
2. press the Windows key to switch to an application open on my second monitor
3. it crashes.

Explanation

Dead By Daylight crashes when I tab out (press the Windows key on my pc keyboard), or when I first boot up the game. It was just working fine today, I played two matches without any issues, and then when I pressed the Win key to look at discord, my game freezes for a millisecond, then crashes. It also crashes if I have my streaming software open.

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