Wiki - Minecraft is not Working With Game Capture

Minecraft does not default to the high-performance GPU. To make it work with game capture, you will need to follow these steps:

This is mostly for laptops and all-in-one computers.

The first step to troubleshoot is to ensure that the Game Capture source "Mode" is set to "Capture specific window", and select javaw/Minecraft from the "Window" drop-down

Close OBS and Minecraft

- Start the Windows 10 Settings App (Start button - Cogwheel icon)

Navigate to System and select "Graphics Settings" at the bottom

Select "Desktop app" or "Classic app" and click "Browse".

After Minecraft/javaw.exe has been added, click "Options" to choose "High Performance".

It is common to find javaw.exe here:

For Minecraft Vanilla Java Edition 1.16 and older

%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.4297127D64EC6_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Local\runtime\jre-legacy\windows-x64\jre-legacy\bin\javaw.exe

For Minecraft Vanilla Java edition 1.17:

%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.4297127D64EC6_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Local\runtime\java-runtime-alpha\windows-x64\java-runtime-alpha\bin\javaw.exe

For Minecraft Java edition 1.18:

%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.4297127D64EC6_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Local\runtime\java-runtime-beta\windows-x64\java-runtime-beta\bin\javaw.exe

If you're using the Lunar Client or a Custom Launcher, you may not locate javaw.exe in the default location, but rather it's in a subfolder of the launcher. Here is how to locate that:

- Launch Minecraft(the game, not just the launcher) - Press Ctrl+Shift+ESC(Escape) to open Task Manager - Right-click OpenJDK Platform binary and select "Open file location" - The folder that opens is the location of your javaw.exe. Just another wordpress site Scroll up and use this path to locate the right javaw.exe to set to High-Performance Graphics.

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