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Don't worry, as they'll all restart the next time you boot anyway.

You might also have an icon for your mouse/touchpad on a laptop, and USB devices, but anything else is potentially unnecessary. In a clean state, you should only have network, sound, date/time, and your graphics icon showing. If there are a dozen or more icons down there, start exiting as many as you can. (On Windows 10, right-click the time, choose Taskbar settings, go to "Select which icons appear on the taskbar," and flip the switch at the top that says "Always show all icons in the notification area.") Another place to check is your system tray, and tell it to stop hiding things running in the background. That includes your web browser and all those open tabs. You can also shut down and disable any other extraneous applications that might be causing problems.

If you have any active monitoring such as Bitdefender or AVG running, try turning it off temporarily to see if that fixes it.

Sometimes antivirus software gets a bit confused and interferes with legitimate programs. Disable antivirus and other extraneous software Oh, and while you're at it, stop ignoring that Windows update notification and let it do its thing. Then install the latest drivers and try again. Run that (you don't need to be in Safe Mode) and tell it to clear out all your AMD, Intel, and/or Nvidia drivers (one run each). If that fails, it's also a good idea to do a full graphics driver cleaning, for which we recommend Display Driver Uninstaller (opens in new tab). If your drivers need an update, do that, and then try running the game again. You can also manually download new drivers: Nvidia here (opens in new tab), AMD here (opens in new tab), and for Intel integrated graphics try here (opens in new tab) (and you have my condolences). With an AMD card, check for drivers in the AMD Radeon Settings menu.

If you own an Nvidia GeForce card, you can check for new drivers in the GeForce Experience application. (You should have the latest drivers anyway, as AMD, Nvidia, and even Intel make changes to better support new games.) If a game won't run at all, it's unlikely that out-of-date video drivers are the core problem, but you should still rule out the possibility.