NVIDIA Geforce Experience not opening in Windows 10 / 11 Fix

Geforce Experience provides a compact experience where you can optimize all the games to run smoothly on your system or you can download and install crucial driver updates. So, if by any chance you can’t access the GeForce Experience irrespective of the reasons, you need to solve the issue as fast as possible.

Workarounds

1. Disable the antivirus on your system and try to access GeForce again.

2. Restart your system and try again.

Fix 1 – End Nvidia GeForce Experience task in task manager

1 – Press CTRL + SHIFT + Esc keys together to open the Task manager app.

2 – Locate Nvidia GeForce Experience from the list of processes.

3 – Do a right click and Choose end task to end the task.

 

Nividia Geforce End Task Min

 

4 -Now, search services in Windows search box and then click on Gear shaped blue icon of services to open service manager

Services Manager Min



 

5 -Now, Locate Cryptographics services from the list.

6 – Right click on Cryptographics services and click on stop to stop this service

 

Crypt Service Min

 

7 – Now, search Nvidia GeForce Experience on your pc and open it normally

Fix 2 – Check if all the necessary services are running

1. Press Windows key+R.

2. Then, type “services.msc“.

 

Services Run

 

3. When the list of services appears on your screen, find out the list of NVIDIA services available.

4. Check if all the services are ‘Running‘ from the ‘Status‘ tab. Otherwise, right-click on the stalled services and click on “Start” to start the services.

 

Nvidia Container Start

 

5. Now, check the ‘Startup type‘ for each of those services.



6. If you notice that the startup of any service is either set to ‘Manual’ or ‘Disabled’, double click on it.

 

Nvidiad Dc

 

7.  Then, set the ‘Startup type:’ to “Automatic” from the drop-down.

8. Then, click on “Apply” and “OK“.

 

Automatic

 

Close the Services tab and restart your computer.

 

Fix 3 – Reinstall GeForce Experience

If Geforce Experience itself is corrupt, try removing the GeForce applications and reinstalling it further.

1. Press the Windows key+R.

2. Type “appwiz.cpl” and then click on “OK“.

 

Appwiz

 

3. In the Program &  Features window, check out the list of the NVIDIA drivers.

4. Right-click on each of the drivers and then click on “Uninstall“.

 

Uninstall Nvidia Drivers

 

Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall the NVIDIA applications from your computer.

5. Now, you have to go to download the GeForce Experience on your computer.

 

Download Now

 

Install the GeForce from the installer you have just downloaded on your computer.

Restart your computer and check if this fix works.

Fix 4 – Uninstall and further re-install the graphics adapter

1. Press Windows key+X keys together.

2. Then click on the “Device Manager“.

 

Press Win + X Key, Click On Device Manager From The Menu

 

2. Now, you have to expand the “Display adapters“.

3. Simply right-click on the graphics driver your computer is using “Uninstall device“.

 

Uninstall Driver

 

4. To uninstall the driver from your computer, click on “Yes“.

 

Uninstall

 

Close the Device Manager window.

Now, follow these steps to install the driver again.

Method 1-

Restart your computer and try to access the GeForce Experience.

Method 2

If rebooting your computer didn’t install the driver then you have to install the driver yourself. Follow to install the driver manually-

1. In the Device Manager window, click on “Action” and then click on “Scan for hardware changes“.

 

Scan For Hardware Changes

 

Check if this helps or not.

Method – 3 

1. Search “Nvidia drivers“.

2. Click on the “Download Drivers|NVIDIA“.

 

Google Nvidia Drivers

 

8. Simply input your graphics driver information (like ‘Product type’, your ‘Operating System’, etc).

9. Now, click on the “Search” to search for the latest driver.

 

Geforce Search

 

Steps to install the driver manually-

1. Go to the location of the isntaller.

2. To launch it, you have to double click on the offline installer.



 

Double Click

 

3. When the NVIDIA Graphics Driver window appears, click on “NVIDIA Graphics Driver and GeForce Experience

4. After that, click on “Agree and continue“.

 

Nvidia Driver And Geforce Experience

 

5. In the next step, click on the “Custom installation“.

6. You have to click on “Next“.

 

Nvida Custo Installation

 

7. Then you need to check the “Perform a clean installation” box.

8. A click on “Next” and the installation process will start.

 

Before Install

 

9. Once the installation has finished, click on “Close” to close the NVIDIA Graphics Driver Installer window.

 

After Install

 

Restart your computer to complete the installation process.

Your problem should be solved.