What the fuck is this bug?
Imagine you’re playing Payday 2, the music keeps playing, but the screen freezes, your mouse gets locked inside the game window, and you can’t click or do anything. The game doesn’t close or crash properly, and the usual fixes like Alt+Tab or Task Manager don’t work because the game window stays “on top” and locks your mouse. The only way before was to force a hard reboot of your PC — total nightmare.

(Ignore the Stock Images, didn´t think of a clever thumbnail, maybe i will change it later)

Why does this happen?
Payday 2 freezes in a weird state where the process is still running and playing audio but totally stuck visually. The mouse is trapped inside the window, and you can’t bring up Task Manager or switch apps normally because the game stays focused and on top.

How does this mod fix it?
This mod doesn’t try to patch the game or use complicated modding frameworks like SUPERBLT or BeardLib (because the mod would crash with the game if it froze). Instead, it gives you a super simple Windows .bat script that you can run even when your mouse is locked, to force-close the Payday 2 process safely — no reboot needed.

Reminder:
This isn’t a real fix, it doesn’t prevent the crash, but gives a faster, cleaner way to terminate the game when it does. Which basically makes the crash less annoying.

How to use:

1. When the freeze bug happens, press the Windows key.
2. Type the name of the .bat file (for example: ClosePayday.bat).
3. Press Enter.
4. The script will force close Payday 2 instantly, no need to reboot your PC.

Here’s the script (Paydayclose.bat):

taskkill /IM payday2_win32_release.exe /F

Important:
I couldn’t replicate this bug myself, so this should work in theory. Please download this mod, test it out when you get the freeze, and leave feedback if it actually fixes the issue. There’s even a VR version available!

Coming soon in V2:

• Mac support

• Linux support

• A demo of the mod (if I run into the bug myself)

• If you get the bug, please help out by recording it and dropping feedback, really appreciate it!

• A simple visual to show how the bug works

Coming soon in V3:

• Payday: The Heist version
• Payday 3 version
• No clue if this bug even happens on these Paydays, but might as well add the fix just in case