Unable to quit to desktop

[[PT] Spartan Warrior]

If I simply start the game, and quit on menu before load or start a new game, the game quits without a problem, but whenever I try to quit to desktop after I load or start a new game, the screen goes black, and neither ALT+F4, CTRL+ALT+DEL or ALT+TAB work, I have to force shutdown.

Does anyone had this problem, or know how to fix it?

No mods were installed.

Running on Windows 10.

PC Specs:
CPU: 6600k,
GPU: 980Ti
Memory: 16Gb

Thanks in advance

[cfs111]

Start with this, especially the part about drivers.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=500687692

[Bomb Bloke]

When you say Ctrl+Alt+Del "doesn't work", what does it do? Anything, and if so, what?

[[PT] Spartan Warrior]

Originally posted by Bomb Bloke:

When you say Ctrl+Alt+Del "doesn't work", what does it do? Anything, and if so, what?

Thanks for the help, it doesn't do anything, I have to force shutdown via power button

[[PT] Spartan Warrior]

Originally posted by cfs111:

Start with this, especially the part about drivers.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=500687692

Thanks for the help, I will try that, I'll post results later

[Serulean]

1. Open Notepad.

2. Type this in it

taskkill /f /im tesv.exe

3. Click File > Save As > File name: KillSkyrim > Save as type: All Files (IMPORTANT)

4. Move the file to your Windows Start menu for ease of access.

5. Whenever Skyrim crashes, just alt-tab partially/ctrl +alt +tab and search for this file through the Widows icon. Double click/Enter to open the file and it will close Skyrim.



Also you can try quiting the game by opening console and typing "qqq" without quotes and pressing enter.

[[PT] Spartan Warrior]

Thanks guys. I tried everything you said, even reinstalled the game, but no joy. Only via shutdown button. First game I ever had a problem like this.

[Sir Fancybritches Fizzlebottom]

Try opening the console with ~ and use the qqq command.

[[PT] Spartan Warrior]

Originally posted by Happy Merchant:

Try opening the console with ~ and use the qqq command.

I already tried that, nothing happens, it's completely frozen. I guess I'll have to forget the game

[cfs111]

This is a really odd problem, maybe something has gotten buggered in Windows. Let's check Windows files; right click on the Start button and choose Command Prompt (Admin) and type in sfc /scannow

[Bomb Bloke]

There's some chance the culprit might be visible in the Windows Event Logs. See if you can match up some logged errors with the times the system stalled.

[[PT] Spartan Warrior]

Originally posted by cfs111:

This is a really odd problem, maybe something has gotten buggered in Windows. Let's check Windows files; right click on the Start button and choose Command Prompt (Admin) and type in sfc /scannow

I'm running the test now, although I doubt is a windows problem, as in last week, the problem occurred, and I formatted the PC after that, has I bought a ssd pcie-nvme.

[[PT] Spartan Warrior]

Originally posted by Bomb Bloke:

There's some chance the culprit might be visible in the Windows Event Logs. See if you can match up some logged errors with the times the system stalled.

Ok, I checked windows event logs, and the strange thing is that there is nothing related to the game. This is intriguing. I guess I'll try to write some code to monitor the skyrim process and find out what the hell it's trying to do.

[[PT] Spartan Warrior]

Originally posted by cfs111:

This is a really odd problem, maybe something has gotten buggered in Windows. Let's check Windows files; right click on the Start button and choose Command Prompt (Admin) and type in sfc /scannow

Finished the test, and no problem was found. :(

[cfs111]

This only happens on a new game? You can exit out normally on older saves? Do you hard save before exiting the game? If so try a new game up until the game autosaves then exit and see what happens.

[Bomb Bloke]

Originally posted by Migueeeeel:

Ok, I checked windows event logs, and the strange thing is that there is nothing related to the game. This is intriguing. I guess I'll try to write some code to monitor the skyrim process and find out what the hell it's trying to do.

Basically, the game can't freeze your computer to the point where not even Ctrl+Alt+Del does anything, so you're not going to find anything "directly" linked to it in the logs. It can trigger a fault, but it is not, in itself, at fault.

Drivers are the most likely suspect. Catch is that whatever's at fault may also be preventing any further log writes, so the system may not be able to note down the true cause at all. It's a bit of a shame about the format, as there goes your update history...