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r/Fallout•
Dongo666

You know when Fallout New Vegas freezes in windows 10 and you have to restart your PC? is there a way around that?

I get all the usual crashes when the game has to be restarted, but now in windows 10 I get this thing where the game freezes and CTRL+ALT+Delete wont work as the PC wont switch over to desktop and task manager won't become visible. All I see on the screen is the frozen load screen with the roulette wheel.

Is there some way around this?

I already tried googling it, Bethesdas solution didn't work at all:

https://help.bethesda.net/app/answers/detail/a_id/35756/~/what-do-i-do-if-fallout%3A-new-vegas-is-crashing-on-windows-10%3F

It would be good if someone knew a trick so I can just close New Vegas after it freezes like that, go to desk top and restart it again, as opposed to restarting the whole PC over and over again.

This happens at least once every 2-3 of hours.

EDIT; In case someone else has the same problem, the solution is really simple as pointed out by u/BrazzedSlime :

Start taskmanager go to options and check "always on top"!

Posted Mar 18, 2019, 6:40 AM UTC · edited

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FaxisOfTaxis•

I usually do ctrl+alt+del and if I can’t open task manager I choose sign in and hit cancel while it closes what I have open.

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Dongo666OP•

I didn't see an option to sign in, I did see "log out", I guess log out of windows is what that's for, is that what you mean?

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TheMooligan101•

Press ctrl+shift+esc

Hold alt, press tab. Take note of where New Vegas is in the task manager.

Alt+tab to the task manager, press down/up on the keyboard and then press delete to close New Vegas.

Or just play New Vegas in windowed mode.

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FaxisOfTaxis•

I meant sign out*

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Phobos95•

This is verbatim what I do every time

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[deleted]•

Download the onetweak mod,its basically fullscreen but in windowed mode so you can always alt f4 out of the game

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Dongo666OP•

I did see this, but Nexus Mod Manager wasn't working right for some reason.

I might install this manually if all else fails, thank you!

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yrjlaa•

Shut your pc off and when its closing the apps and cancel the shutting off

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Dongo666OP•

That would probably work, the problem is, it takes like a second to close down all my programs.

I'll try next time!

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yrjlaa•

Ok. Its worth the shot tho

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bbypaarthurnax•

ctrl alt del, choose log out of windows account and log back in.

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Dongo666OP•

Yeah I suppose this is the best option if it works. It's still a pain to log into steam and shit but whatever, beats restarting the entire PC I suppose!

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obsidian115•

Do you use mods? Specifically NVSR.

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Dongo666OP•

I have around 5-6 really minor mods, don't know what NVSR is.

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kmz76•

I have the same problem, so I had to find a solution. If you have two monitors, just open the task manager on the secondary monitor, after Alt-Tab you can move the mouse there. Most people don't have a secondary monitor, so here is what can be done with a single monitor system. You have to use the the built in desktop switch in Windows 10. The first step is to make a secondary desktop (Win key + Tab, New desktop at the top). You can switch between the two desktops with the (Win key + Left, Win key + Right). Then make sure that you are on Desktop1 (by pressing Win key + Left, or select it from Win key + Tab). Just open some application there (a browser, Steam,... it's your choice). You will need it to Alt-Tab to it. Once New Vegas freezes on a load screen, press Alt-Tab to switch to the other window on Desktop1. You still won't see anything, but pressing (Win-key + Right) will take you to Desktop2. There you can open the Task Manager with lets say (Ctrl-Shift-Esc). If it doesn't appear, it means it has opened on Desktop1. Just press (Alt-F4), it will close it on Desktop1 then press (Ctrl-Shift -Esc) again. The Task Manager should appear by now, and there you can terminate the not responding New Vegas task. Now you can switch back to Desktop1, and start Fallout New Vegas again.

By the way you are lucky with your 2-3 hours. For me it is between half an hour to a hour till a load screen freeze (even with NVAC and the 4GB extension installed).

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BrazzedSlimeOld World Flag•

Did you make sure task manager is always on top?

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Dongo666OP•

How do I do that?

EDIT: I have now, lets hope that works!

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Dongo666OP•

Holy shit that worked! That solved it!

Thank you so much!

You'd think it would be on top as default but no!

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BrazzedSlimeOld World Flag•

No problemo.

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kubiyashimaruNCR•

I just save and then end the process in task manager.

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SIMOKO1000•

I have this problem but thats probs down to the fact that I have around 40-60 mods loaded.

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