To get out of the problem, you can try to turn off Twitch. GeForce users often stream on Twitch, which however, sometimes disturbs ShadowPlay's recording function.

Alternatively, you're able to open a game from GeForce Experience app to launch it on autual full screen and troubleshoot the issue. In this case, press F11 key or turn on Fullscreen mode in Settings. As a result, if you run a game in borderless or Windowed mode, you possibily cannot record it normally. Users can record most games using ShadowPlay only in the Fullscreen mode. Therefore, you should follow the steps below to toggle Privacy Control back on: Step 1: Run ShadowPlay and go to 'Settings' > 'General' Step 2: Find 'Share' option to switch it on Step 3: Check whether you can record a gameplay using hotkeys. Strangely, the the privacy setting for sharing the desktop can be turned off, which inactives the hotkeys and prevents recording. Turn on Privacy ControlĪs users reported, ShadowPlay not recording issue can be caused after an update. Next, start a gameplay to check whether ShadowPlay can record it without a problem.

To do it, just run ShadowPlay and head to 'Preferences' > 'Overlay' > desktop image > tick 'Allow desktop capture'. If your target game cannot be detected and recorded in fullscreen mode, or ShadowPlay overlay doesn't work, you can allow desktop capture to fix it. Step 1: Open 'Run' prompt by pressing Windows + R and enter services.msc to call out Services console Step 2: Find Nvida Streaming Service in the Services section and then change the Startup type to 'Automatic' Step 3: Start or restart Nvida Streaming Service to get it run again Step 4: Launch ShadowPlay to test recording and see if it can work again.

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