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In this latest part of our troubleshooting series, we’ll talk about how to fix “GeForce Experience Something Went Wrong” Error on Windows 11/10. NVIDIA, which makes the best graphics cards on the market right now, made GeForce Experience. Even though GeForce is a reliable graphics card, users have reported problems like getting an error message that says Something went wrong. GeForce Experience may need to be restarted.
Most of the time, the error message shows up when the computer can’t start the program correctly. This error message can be caused by a number of things, such as an incorrect configuration, a problem with access to Nvidia services, a problem with compatibility, a broken Nvidia installation, an old or incompatible graphics driver, etc.
Ways to Fix “GeForce Experience Something Went Wrong” Error
Reinstalling the Visual C++ Redistributable Packages
It’s possible that your computer is missing some important system files. GeForce Experience might have trouble running without these files. We can get the whole redistributable package and install it to get the files that are missing.
Remember that you should never download. dll files from the Internet, from sites that are not official. They could be full of malware and viruses that can easily spread to your computer. You can also go to the official Microsoft support site for more information about this error.
- Head over to the official Microsoft downloading
- Click the Download button after selecting the language.
- Select “vc_redistx64.exe” and press Next. Soon after the download will commence. Save the file in an accessible location and run the exe file.
- After the installation is complete, restart your computer and check if the problem is solved.
Changing ‘NVIDIA Display Container LS’ Settings
Nvidia display container LS is a service that holds all of the root features of Nvidia. Root features include all of the most important ones that are needed for all programs and services to run properly and without any problems.
Many users said it was because this service didn’t say that they couldn’t start the GeForce Experience. The startup type for this app is turned off by default. We will change the settings for the service and see if that fixes the problem.
- Press Windows + R, type “services” in the dialogue box and press Enter.
- Navigate through all the services until you find “NVIDIA Display Container LS”. Right-click it and select ‘Properties’.
- Click on “Startup type” and select ‘Automatic’. Press “Apply” to save changes and exit.
- Right-click on the service and click on ‘Start’ to force start the service.
- Press Windows + R, type “msconfig” and press Enter.
- Navigate to ‘Services’ tab and check the line “Hide all Microsoft services”. Now all the operating system services will be stopped leaving behind all third-party services.
- Search of all Nvidia related services present and ensure that they are all checked. Press Apply to save changes and exit.
- Restart your computer properly and try launching GeForce Experience again. Hopefully, the problem will be solved.
Changing Compatibility of GeForce Experience
If you just put GeForce Experience on your computer, it’s possible that the program doesn’t work well with it. Because it is not compatible with your computer, you get an error message. We can try changing the GeForce application’s compatibility settings and see if that makes a difference. If this doesn’t work, make sure to put the settings back to the way they were before trying the other solutions.
- Right-click on the GeForce Experience application and select “Properties”.
- Navigate to the compatibility tab. Check both options “Run this program in compatibility mode for:” and “Run this program as an administrator”. You can choose different operating systems using the drop-down menu. Try using Vista or Win 11. Check using all versions before you move on to the next solution.
Changing User Folder Name
Changing the name of the user folder on your computer was another workaround that helped a lot of people. We need to give the user folder a certain name so that Nvidia services can get to them without any trouble. You should go to “C:Users[User Folder]” and make sure that the name is correct.
If the name isn’t what you were expecting, give it the right name, like “GF Experience.” Check to see that the name doesn’t have any numbers in it. After renaming it, restart all Nvidia-based services and see if the app works as expected. If not, restart your computer and try again.