Dangling GameOverlayUI.exe prevents shutting down

Crusha K. Rool · 05-08-2012, 05:25 PM

Not sure if it's game-specific or a general problem that may occur from time to time, but more or less randomly does the GameOverlayUI.exe sometimes stay active after shutting a game down. At the end of the day can even three of these processes remain, depending on how many games you play.

Trying to shut Steam down while they are still running usually causes a warning about still open programs, then closes Steam but immediately tries to login again, usually resulting in a freeze.
The only safe way to prevent this is to manually shut down the process in the Task Manager.

Anyone else ever had this problem?

Tantrix187 · 05-12-2012, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Crusha K. Rool

Not sure if it's game-specific or a general problem that may occur from time to time, but more or less randomly does the GameOverlayUI.exe sometimes stay active after shutting a game down. At the end of the day can even three of these processes remain, depending on how many games you play.

Trying to shut Steam down while they are still running usually causes a warning about still open programs, then closes Steam but immediately tries to login again, usually resulting in a freeze.
The only safe way to prevent this is to manually shut down the process in the Task Manager.

Anyone else ever had this problem?

So do I. This is really ♥♥♥♥ing my comp up.

Tumpo · 07-12-2012, 01:45 AM

Bump. Same here. It also uses 25% of CPU and uses internet.

CourierSix · 08-09-2012, 09:07 PM

Possible bump, but I have the same issue.

blackrook43 · 08-10-2012, 10:38 AM

Having the same problem here.

Xopaa · 08-27-2012, 08:28 AM

been having this issue also.

maybe you guys at Valve could use Steam Workshop to distribute user-made patches.

DarthPsymon · 08-27-2012, 09:00 AM

I get this rarely, but I have had it before.

A game has closed (or crashed) and the steamoverlay has remained as a running process.

Some extra checks to prevent this wouldn't go amiss.

ragan651 · 08-27-2012, 09:28 AM

I've had this happen on one of my computers after a game crash. Only fix I could figure out was to kill it with task manager. For me, it's only happened when games crash on a single computer, the others are fine...

05-08-2012, 05:25 PM	#1
Crusha K. Rool Join Date: Jun 2011 Reputation: 12 Posts: 297	Dangling GameOverlayUI.exe prevents shutting down Not sure if it's game-specific or a general problem that may occur from time to time, but more or less randomly does the GameOverlayUI.exe sometimes stay active after shutting a game down. At the end of the day can even three of these processes remain, depending on how many games you play. Trying to shut Steam down while they are still running usually causes a warning about still open programs, then closes Steam but immediately tries to login again, usually resulting in a freeze. The only safe way to prevent this is to manually shut down the process in the Task Manager. Anyone else ever had this problem?

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07-12-2012, 01:45 AM	#3
Tumpo Join Date: Nov 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 59	Bump. Same here. It also uses 25% of CPU and uses internet.

08-09-2012, 09:07 PM	#4
CourierSix Join Date: Aug 2012 Reputation: 14 Posts: 56	Possible bump, but I have the same issue.

08-10-2012, 10:38 AM	#5
blackrook43 Join Date: May 2011 Reputation: 0 Posts: 22	Having the same problem here.

08-27-2012, 08:28 AM	#6
Xopaa Join Date: Jul 2009 Reputation: 35 Posts: 365	been having this issue also. maybe you guys at Valve could use Steam Workshop to distribute user-made patches.

08-27-2012, 09:00 AM	#7
DarthPsymon Join Date: May 2004 Reputation: 125 Posts: 1,952	I get this rarely, but I have had it before. A game has closed (or crashed) and the steamoverlay has remained as a running process. Some extra checks to prevent this wouldn't go amiss.

08-27-2012, 09:28 AM	#8
ragan651 Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 1751 Posts: 811	I've had this happen on one of my computers after a game crash. Only fix I could figure out was to kill it with task manager. For me, it's only happened when games crash on a single computer, the others are fine...