To be clear RetroArch always works fine the very first time I launch it after restarting, but each time I close and re-open it there’s a chance that it will decide not to work until I completely restart Windows 10. Windows gives me the “retroarch.exe is not responding”, and when I restart, the computer might quickly bluescreen, or hang on the restart screen until I power it off manually.
Most recently, I think it started happening after I accidentally quickly closed RetroArch after opening it, but I don’t know for sure if that was the cause. It would also quickly happen when using the PS2 core, even if I wait a a minute after closing RetroArch before re-opening, but most recently I don’t think I loaded any game and had only been using mGBA that day.
Honestly, I have the suspicion this might be some kind of issue with my graphics card, rather than RetroArch, but maybe somebody here has any ideas about what I could do instead of restarting Windows. Anyways, here is the log RetroArch generated:
[INFO] RetroArch 1.14.0 (Git e3c92b0)
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] CPU Model Name: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor
[INFO] Capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSE4 SSE4.2 AES AVX AVX2
[INFO] Built: Dec 13 2022
[INFO] Version: 1.14.0
[INFO] Git: e3c92b0
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: "dinput".
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565.
[INFO] [Core]: Version of libretro API: 1, Compiled against API: 1
[INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 48000.00 Hz.
[INFO] [Video]: Set video size to: fullscreen.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Vulkan dynamic library loaded.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Found vulkan context: "vk_w".
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Detecting screen resolution: 1920x1080.
[INFO] [Video]: Fullscreen set to 1920x1080 @ 60Hz on device \\.\DISPLAY2.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Found GPU at index 0: "Radeon RX 570 Series".
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Using GPU index 0.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Using GPU: "Radeon RX 570 Series".
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Queue family 0 supports 1 sub-queues.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Got 2 swapchain images.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Using resolution 1920x1080.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Using RGB565 format.
[INFO] [Vulkan]: Loading stock shader.