World of Warcraft post-quit screen freeze

Question

Hi all-
Wondering if anyone has had this problem or, more importantly, knows a solution. When I quit WoW, regardless of how long I played, the screen fades out for a split-second as it quits (as it did when things were working fine) but instead of fading back to the desktop it fades back to a screencap of the last image WoW displayed. No key stroke works to minimize the image, including force quit, and it doesn't return to normal even if i let it sit for hours (which I tried because i also have the slow-wake problem many other users do, and usually if i let the computer sit long enough it will wake the screen).
Any ideas? Solutions?
With gratitude,
Matthew

Answer 1

The same thing happens to me when I quit playing WoW. All I do when the screen turns black or freezes up, is press "Enter" a few times (instead of switching to windowed mode or w/e). Then it goes straight to the main desktop window. Hope this helps!