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    Wiki - Minecraft not Working With Game Capture</h1>
    <html><body><p><p><br/> Minecraft does not default to the high-performance GPU. To get it to work with game capture, you'll need to follow these steps:<br/></p><br/><p><br/> This applies mainly to laptops and all-in-one systems.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> First, make sure the Game Capture source "Mode” is set to "Capture specific Window", then select javaw/Minecraft in the "Window" drop-down<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Close OBS and Minecraft<br/></p><br/><p><br/> - Open the Windows 10 Settings App (Start button + Cogwheel icon).<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Navigate to System and then select "Graphics Settings" at the bottom<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Select "Classic app" or "Desktop app" (they are the same thing, just called differently on different Windows versions) and click "Browse".<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Once Minecraft/javaw.exe has been added, click on "Options" to select "High Performance".<br/> <a href="https://proximal.org/">MINECRAFT SERVERS</a> </p><br/><p><br/> Javaw.exe is usually located here: javaw.exe is typically located here:<br/></p><br/><p><br/> For Minecraft Vanilla Java Edition 1.16 and up<br/></p><br/><p><br/> %localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.4297127D64EC6_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Local\runtime\jre-legacy\windows-x64\jre-legacy\bin\javaw.exe<br/></p><br/><p><br/> For Minecraft Vanilla Java edition 1.17:<br/></p><br/><p><br/> %localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.4297127D64EC6_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Local\runtime\java-runtime-alpha\windows-x64\java-runtime-alpha\bin\javaw.exe<br/></p><br/><p><br/> For Minecraft Java edition 1.18:<br/></p><br/><p><br/> %localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.4297127D64EC6_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Local\runtime\java-runtime-beta\windows-x64\java-runtime-beta\bin\javaw.exe<br/></p><br/><p><br/> It is possible that you won't find Javaw.exe in the default location when you use the Lunar Client or Custom Launcher. It could instead be found in a subfolder of the launcher. Here is how to locate that:<br/></p><br/><p><br/> - 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. Scroll up to locate the proper Javaw.exe path to enable High-Performance graphics.<br/></p></p></body></html>
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