game doesn't launch when using NVIDIA Shield

I've found a workaround where I add the game to the the list of games and apps in Geforce Experience/Shield/Gamestream. I need to navigate to the exe in the steams folder and add it to this list. However. when launching the game from the shield I need to go back to my computer and click on the game so that it goes to full screen and becomes the active window. When the game launches and does the Origin check, the window becomes inactive so I cannot interact with it using a controller in the shield.