The GeForce Experience is an indispensable component for a gamer with a Nvidia graphics card. It comes integrated with the GTX and above graphics card series. The application suggests optimism settings to run games installed on the PC, makes sharing gaming experience easy, checks for graphics driver update, and much more. So, it’s not like you could uninstall the program and everything will be merry again. For some users resolving the GeForce Experience Scanning Failed Error is the only fix.
Ever since the release of Nvidia GeForce Experience, the software has been constantly criticized for problems that are caused due to its incompatibility with Windows. Scanning Failed Error is one of them. Other errors with Nvidia that can be attached with Windows and the lack of synchronization is the GeForce Experience error code 0x0001, 0x0002, and 0x0003.
If you encounter the scanning failed error, the GeForce Experience application is pretty much inoperable as it fails to detect any game on the computer. Hence, misses the mark to mention the optimum settings.
However, not all games are maintained by the application, so it essential that you verify if your system has the games supported by the Nvidia GeForce Experience.
Once you have confirmed you have the games supported by the application, try our fixes to resolve the error.
Fix 1: Run as an Administrator
GeForce Experience requires admin permission to accomplish certain vital tasks. When starting the app without admin permission, the GeForce Experience Scanning Failed Error can arise.
By default, Windows does not allow any third-party application admin access; therefore, you have to do it manually. There are two ways to run the GeForce Experience with admin permission. By right-clicking on the .exe file or the desktop launcher and selecting Run as administrator. This will run the program in admin mode for a single run.
However, we will help you grant GeForce Experience permanent admin permission, so it starts with all the required permissions every time you launch the app. Here are the steps to follow.
- Right-click on the desktop launcher of GeForce Experience and select Properties > Compatibility
- Now tick mark the box with Run this program as an administrator
- Save the changes.
Now try running the GeForce Experience software and check if the error still persists.
Fix 2: Ensure Ownership of Game Folder
If granting admin permission has failed to resolve the error, you can take ownership of the game folder to provide it additional permissions that may be required by GeForce Experience. This fix is especially important for users who face this error with games stored in certain specific folders. Here are the steps to perform the ownership of game folder.
- Locate the installed game folder, usually in C drive.
- Right-click on the main folder and click on Properties
- Click on Security tab > Advanced
- Click on the Change link with the admin icon
- Type Everyone in the provided field.
- Check the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects and click Apply and OK.
Now the game folders have complete ownership and permission. GeForce Experience should be able to scan and detect the games on your system. If not, follow the next fix.
Fix 3: Uninstall and Reinstall GeForce Experience
If both the above fixes have failed to resolve the GeForce Experience Scanning Failed Error, it’s time to take a much drastic step and reinstall the GeForce Experience afresh. To do it, first, you have to uninstall all components of Nvidia GeForce Experience and reinstall a fresh copy for the software. You can download the latest software from Official GeForce Experience website.
Follow the normal procedure for uninstalling GeForce Experience. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a Program and uninstall the application.
Once you have uninstalled the application, perform a clean install of the fresh copy you download using the above link. Double-click on the executable file and follow the on-screen instructions to install the GeForce Experience.
Launch the application and the error message GeForce Experience Scanning Failed should have disappeared.
To Conclude
If you still failed to resolve the GeForce Experience error, you can check out other GeForce Experience solutions guides as well as COD Deviation errors by following the link. Do let us know in the comments what worked for you or if you have suggestions.
