Game stays open after closing

[Arro]

Recently on steam whenever I launch a game, it runs fine until I close it. After it closes steam still says I am in game. I am able to run other games, but my status messege doesn't change. For example I could play Dying Light, close it, launch Skyrim and it would still say I was playing Dying Light. This is extremely annoying because I can't play the same game after I close it (Failed to start app: App already running). If I restart my computer it returns to normal and I can play again but the problem comes back once i close a game. Please help!

EDIT: Ok so I searched around online for a while and some people suggested uninstalling Norton. So I did, and the problem is fixed! Thanks for the help guys!

[Howl]

are you just alt+f4 closing it if so try closing it with the games close option if it has one also you can close it from the task manager just be careful what you do in the task manager end the game right click on it and click end task

[Arro]

Originally posted by DerpKevin:

are you just alt+f4 closing it if so try closing it with the games close option if it has one also you can close it from the task manager just be careful what you do in the task manager end the game right click on it and click end task

I close it using the games close option. And as far as the task manager goes it either does one of two things. It will either apear in the task manager but when I click end task on it, nothing happebs, or it just won't show up in task manager at all.

[Howl]

hmm interesting have you messed with the files or anything like downloaded mods

[Arro]

Originally posted by DerpKevin:

hmm interesting have you messed with the files or anything like downloaded mods

No I havn't.

[Arro]

Bump. I need help!

[TheShadowSniper]

Alminemine0 is correct with his statement. My brother has that problem on his laptop and to fix it just CTRL ALT DEL then open up task manager once the task manager is open click on steam and end the task then close the task manager and reopen steam. Another option would be to log out of steam and log back in but that would take alot more time than really needed.

[Arro]

Originally posted by ShadowSniperSD:

Alminemine0 is correct with his statement. My brother has that problem on his laptop and to fix it just CTRL ALT DEL then open up task manager once the task manager is open click on steam and end the task then close the task manager and reopen steam. Another option would be to log out of steam and log back in but that would take alot more time than really needed.

I have already tried that. When I opne steam back up it still says I am in game.

[Tev]

Originally posted by Slender Melon:

Originally posted by ShadowSniperSD:

Alminemine0 is correct with his statement. My brother has that problem on his laptop and to fix it just CTRL ALT DEL then open up task manager once the task manager is open click on steam and end the task then close the task manager and reopen steam. Another option would be to log out of steam and log back in but that would take alot more time than really needed.

I have already tried that. When I opne steam back up it still says I am in game.

Eliminate the Dying Light process on your Task Manager.

Click Processes > Show processes from all users; if for some reason it's not visible.

[Arro]

Originally posted by Teutep:

Originally posted by Slender Melon:

I have already tried that. When I opne steam back up it still says I am in game.

Eliminate the Dying Light process on your Task Manager.

Click Processes > Show processes from all users; if for some reason it's not visible.

Like I said, sometimes its there sometimes it isnt. When it is it doesn't close, and when its not its not in all users. Besides, the onyl user on this computer is me.

[[NeWBiE] Cookie]

This bug still exists.
(I'll join in on those who suffer from it.)

[Howl]

Revived from 2015 :O Well cookie, try going into task manager, click details and right click on the game you want to close or the app and click "End process tree"~

[[NeWBiE] Cookie]

Originally posted by Howl:

Revived from 2015 :O Well cookie, try going into task manager, click details and right click on the game you want to close or the app and click "End process tree"~

Dear Howl.

Thank you for the delightful reply.

I have to admit that I'm slightly surprised from the way you seem to be more concerned about the topic being "revived" than you seem to care about the fact that the issue still persists.

That aside I am thankful for your willigness to help. To me it's obvious that you genuinely wanted to help. I mean it's not like you would've been trolling or just seeking attention. I like to think positively and as a result I trust you in this. Besides, you replied helpfully before so why would this time have been any different?

That - your genuine desire to help - raises a few points how ever, and I thought I could mention them here, so you could help others more efficiently in the future:

From your reply I gather that you presumed I didn't know how to do that.
(How to kill a process.)

You how ever forgot to mention how someone (who didn't know how to do what you just adviced me to do) could find the task manager. That should've been the first step in your advice I think. If someone didn't know how to kill a process, they probably haven't been using task manager much either, eh?

Luckily for both of us I knew how to do that, though.

And while the rest of your advice was solid, it doesn't necessarily have to be the "process tree" that will be given the kill command, just killing the (DyingLight) process alone will do the trick.
(The SteamOverlay and other related processess will terminate alongside it just fine, when their parent process is dead and so on.)

And furthermore, perhaps the most important observation here: What you adviced is not really a fix, but a temporary solution. One that a gamer might have to repeat a couple times each day. While it works, it's like using a bucket to scoop the water out of a leaking boat; Shouldn't the boat rather be fixed? Wouldn't that just be easier for everyone?

So once again kindly allow me to extend my warm appreciation to your sincere desire to help with the temporary solution that you tried to offer as an advice, even if it was something you already replied earlier (but we both know not everyone reads the threads they reply to).

However I still believe that rather then being a fun little finger dexterity exercise built into the game (with all the task manager shenanigans) there actually might be a problem/bug within the game that someone else -- like a game developer etc? -- might want to take a look at and/or fix, at their leisure.
( Perhaps something relating to kill commands not being passed on approriately from the GUI onwards, under certain conditions, or processes being called unquoted which causes issues under some circumstances, or something similar; it's usually something very little that gets overlooked. )

Just so, you know, that a few random people wouldn't need to kill the process by hand at the end of each of their Dying Light sessions.
( We may be a vast minority but it's still annoying, you know? I don't even use/have Norton to uninstall that would fix the problem for me. I suppose I should try disabling F-Secure temporary how ever, I'll give that a try too. )

I will keep on looking for a possible solution in the meantime, encouraged by the positive and helpful community. =) And should I find something that fixes it for me, believe you me, I will give back to the community and share my findings as well!

This is how someone else might find a solution for them, should they have the same issue, but also helps the devs narrow down the potential causes for the issue. Maybe.

-- Yours Truly, Cookie

[neo101ai]

You guys are SOOOOOOOOOO ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid! how many times have you suggested this the same useless FIX???? ARE YOU ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BLIND? That FIX is not working -_- bloody idiots.

[hyli]

Originally posted by NeWBiE Cookie:

Originally posted by Howl:

Revived from 2015 :O Well cookie, try going into task manager, click details and right click on the game you want to close or the app and click "End process tree"~

Dear Howl.

Thank you for the delightful reply.

I have to admit that I'm slightly surprised from the way you seem to be more concerned about the topic being "revived" than you seem to care about the fact that the issue still persists.

That aside I am thankful for your willigness to help. To me it's obvious that you genuinely wanted to help. I mean it's not like you would've been trolling or just seeking attention. I like to think positively and as a result I trust you in this. Besides, you replied helpfully before so why would this time have been any different?

That - your genuine desire to help - raises a few points how ever, and I thought I could mention them here, so you could help others more efficiently in the future:

From your reply I gather that you presumed I didn't know how to do that.
(How to kill a process.)

You how ever forgot to mention how someone (who didn't know how to do what you just adviced me to do) could find the task manager. That should've been the first step in your advice I think. If someone didn't know how to kill a process, they probably haven't been using task manager much either, eh?

Luckily for both of us I knew how to do that, though.

And while the rest of your advice was solid, it doesn't necessarily have to be the "process tree" that will be given the kill command, just killing the (DyingLight) process alone will do the trick.
(The SteamOverlay and other related processess will terminate alongside it just fine, when their parent process is dead and so on.)

And furthermore, perhaps the most important observation here: What you adviced is not really a fix, but a temporary solution. One that a gamer might have to repeat a couple times each day. While it works, it's like using a bucket to scoop the water out of a leaking boat; Shouldn't the boat rather be fixed? Wouldn't that just be easier for everyone? :spazdunno:

So once again kindly allow me to extend my warm appreciation to your sincere desire to help with the temporary solution that you tried to offer as an advice, even if it was something you already replied earlier (but we both know not everyone reads the threads they reply to).

However I still believe that rather then being a fun little finger dexterity exercise built into the game (with all the task manager shenanigans) there actually might be a problem/bug within the game that someone else -- like a game developer etc? -- might want to take a look at and/or fix, at their leisure.
( Perhaps something relating to kill commands not being passed on approriately from the GUI onwards, under certain conditions, or processes being called unquoted which causes issues under some circumstances, or something similar; it's usually something very little that gets overlooked. )

Just so, you know, that a few random people wouldn't need to kill the process by hand at the end of each of their Dying Light sessions. :yazdwink:
( We may be a vast minority but it's still annoying, you know? I don't even use/have Norton to uninstall that would fix the problem for me. I suppose I should try disabling F-Secure temporary how ever, I'll give that a try too. )

I will keep on looking for a possible solution in the meantime, encouraged by the positive and helpful community. =) And should I find something that fixes it for me, believe you me, I will give back to the community and share my findings as well! :bigups:

This is how someone else might find a solution for them, should they have the same issue, but also helps the devs narrow down the potential causes for the issue. Maybe.

-- Yours Truly, Cookie

I'm a little late and have no real advice but I just want to say, this is the best reply ever, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it & I hope you find a fix soon!

[Innominate]

Still a problem. Brand new PC and every game I play through Steam stays open. I've tried beta build and non-beta.. I've tried moving games to other drives. Every. Single. Game. Stays. Runing.

On the upside, my hours played stats on various games have gone through the roof, as I'm "playing" when I'm sleeping, eating food, at work, etc.