I might have a fix, in windows 10 turn off "windows 10 game mode"
You can search for: Game mode
and should find it.
Still Anet should really fix this so we can run the game with Game Mode ON. ✌️
Yeah so I had the same issue as the above poster, but this post I quoted worked for me. GW2 would steal screen focus but I couldn't see anything, don't know if there was sound because my in game levels are turned down quite a bit. had to force quit using task manager. Tried disabling "game mode" and the game was able to launch successfully. Re-enabled game mode and the game launched properly yet again. Maybe give that a try, since it's easy to do and doesn't require any installations or file directory changes, etc.
Can't launch game after the November 9, 2021 update
in Bugs: Game, Forum, Website
Posted
Yeah so I had the same issue as the above poster, but this post I quoted worked for me. GW2 would steal screen focus but I couldn't see anything, don't know if there was sound because my in game levels are turned down quite a bit. had to force quit using task manager. Tried disabling "game mode" and the game was able to launch successfully. Re-enabled game mode and the game launched properly yet again. Maybe give that a try, since it's easy to do and doesn't require any installations or file directory changes, etc.