Set up Game Booster’s game detection and automation
Check that your game is detected, choose the actions you want, and test what happens when you exit.
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Game Booster can run selected actions when it detects a game. Before turning them on, check the game it has picked and the apps or settings those actions will affect.
Check the detected game
Open Game Booster, then launch your game and bring Game Booster back to the front to check detection. Games running from a Steam library folder can be detected automatically. If yours is missed, add its executable name under Whitelisted Games, or select its open window and choose Set Game.
Check that the app shows the game you intended, rather than its launcher. Exit the game normally and check that the session ends. Repeat this after a game update changes its launcher or program name.
Choose what happens on launch
Automation options include memory cleanup, closing listed apps, suspending listed background apps, priority changes, and the Windows power plan. Enable one action first and test it. Review the program lists before allowing the app to close or suspend anything.
Save work before enabling automatic app closure: it can force apps to stop. Keep security software, anti-cheat, cloud sync, and anything you need for voice chat or recording out of those lists. File-cleanup timers are separate and can run when no game is open.
Check what happens after you exit
Ending a detected session resets some controls, but it does not reopen apps that were closed or restore deleted files. Check your background apps and Windows power setting after the test. Reopen anything you need and turn off any action that caused a problem.
