Is this still a thing?
I found on google topics from a few years ago but they were deleted.
How can I prevent this from happening in full screen? The whole "Run in the background" option is now available in settings.
Win11 last version.
@kzoid Ahoy matey!
I would check that Sea of Thieves is allowed to run as a background app using the help below. That should prevent you from disconnecting when the app moves to the background.
@musicmee Sorry for the typo. I meant:
The whole "Run in the background" option is NOT available in settings.
I have other options but nothing related to run in background. Not sure if it's a Windows update or something is different with my version.
Could you confirm you have Apps & features under Apps?
@musicmee said in Disconnecting from game when alt-tabbing:
@kzoid Ahoy matey!
I would check that Sea of Thieves is allowed to run as a background app using the help below. That should prevent you from disconnecting when the app moves to the background.
This is the fix, I made a post for this on the forums with a how to here: https://www.seaofthieves.com/community/forums/topic/151474/disconnection-on-game-minimise-fix/1
I found out the issue. I've used WinaeroTweaker in the past to, well, tweak Windows...
I left an option marked: Don't allow apps to run in background.
What happened is that this options disappeared from Windows Settings at all. Not that I couldn't select or change, it just disappeared.
After changing it back in Winaero I was able to see the option in Windows Settings.
@kzoid said in Disconnecting from game when alt-tabbing:
I found out the issue. I've used WinaeroTweaker in the past to, well, tweak Windows...
I left an option marked: Don't allow apps to run in background.
What happened is that this options disappeared from Windows Settings at all. Not that I couldn't select or change, it just disappeared.After changing it back in Winaero I was able to see the option in Windows Settings.
Such programs can be detrimental if a setting goes awry, luckily you figured it out.
@kzoid said in Disconnecting from game when alt-tabbing:
I found out the issue. I've used WinaeroTweaker in the past to, well, tweak Windows...
I left an option marked: Don't allow apps to run in background.
What happened is that this options disappeared from Windows Settings at all. Not that I couldn't select or change, it just disappeared.After changing it back in Winaero I was able to see the option in Windows Settings.
You are amazing! I was just done telling someone that I have suffered this issue across many different pc builds. Considering I run WinearoTweaker after every install that explains the issue.
Thanks