Application has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware in Windows 10

Many a time it may so happen that programs on your Windows 10 PC get denied of accessing graphics hardware. The message says that an application has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware. One of the common scenarios is when your PC is stuck for some reason when playing a game. This somehow misconfigures the driver, and when an application tries to access the graphics driver, it just fails. In this guide, we share how you can fix Windows 10 application has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware error.

1] Uninstall and Re-install the graphics card driver

2] Run the Hardware Devices troubleshooter

3] Give access to graphics hardware to applications

4] Disable TDR checker

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[michaelbarrette]

Didn’t work for me either. I have done this. Clean installed graphics drivers and still I can’t run my games. I 99%sure it is graphics driver because I just updated it and started having issues but I am having a hard time getting the version I was on when it worked.

[natanahilsalian]

why i cant find graphics setting? my windows version is 1511

[taimoorkhan]

Did work...
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