Relaunch your game and check if the Discord overlay works now.

Toggle off Hardware Acceleration if it is turned on.

Here you will find the Hardware Acceleration toggle,.

From the App settings section select the Appearance option.

Launch the Discord App and open User Settings by click the gear icon at the bottom.

Let’s disable hardware acceleration in Discord to check if this helps fix the problem. The Hardware Acceleration feature in Discord uses GPU and sound card to make Discord run smoothly, But sometimes it might cause the Discord Overlay not to work by interrupting with it.

Click apply and ok, now open Discord and rerun your game to see if the overlay is working.

Here in the pop-up window, move to the Compatibility tab and check the option Run this program as an administrator.

Or Right-click the shortcut of Discord on your desktop and select Properties.

Right-click the shortcut of Discord on your desktop and select run as administrator.

Let’s run Discord as administrator and check if the problem is solved. If you didn’t provide administrator privileges to the Discord app to create and display an in-game overlay, that might cause the Discord overlay option not showing problem.

Now run your game and press the newly assigned hotkey (Shift + F10) to start Discord Overlay while playing the game Run Discord as Administrator.

Assign the new hotkey for example, Shift + F10 and Save the settings.

select the Overlay option on the left, here alongside the Enable In-game Overlay Option, you will find the option to assign the hotkey.

Open the User Settings on the Discord app,.

Let’s Assign the new hotkey to enable the Discord Overlay. Change the Discord overlay HotkeyĪgain conflict hotkeys are sometimes the reason for facing the Discord overlay not working issue. Now start your game again and press Shift + F1 key to see if the Discord overlay works. If the game you’re playing is not on the list, you need to add your games to the Discord app by clicking it.

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