FYI:an OPS at Nvidia made up a script to disable GAMEDVR and XBOX. One of the expert commentators says it is risky to use and may open Windows to virus/malware. Don't know if this is factual or not. Anyways here is the script from Nvidia:
Hello everyone,
I have re-posted this here as it made more sense. You can't update drivers to fix this. It takes a lot more to undo the changes in the Win 10 Creators update that are causing so much grief. But there is a fix. To make it quick and simple I wrote a script that does all that is required.
There have been many posts claiming to have a fix. In most of these I have seen some really bad advice on what is wrong and how to fix it.
If you want to fix this issue once and for all. You don't need to remove your drivers, download any shady apps or wreck your folder permission to fix this. The script I provided is safe. It only changes what is required to undo the root of the problem. The instructions are below. The script must be run in the order top to bottom. So please make sure your first line is ( and the last line is ). This makes it run in series. There is no fat. Every line is required.
Simply turning off the XBOX related settings does not stop the "GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" from running while gaming. The script below can be copied and pasted into an admin CMD window or if you have powershell as the default open a powershell admin command-line and type CMD then press enter. Then paste the code below to run. You can also just save it as a .BAT and run as Admin.
This has fixed The division, Wild-lands, Rocket league, and Doom for me. I have not had the issue return either I might add!
Gaming is as smooth as ever for my friends and family. If the direction are still too hard to understand you might want to ask a "Tech" friend to assist you.
If a game is still giving issues after running the fix, please post here PM me and maybe I can help you work out why.
REM --- copy from here-----
(
reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\xbgm" /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "4" /f
sc config XblAuthManager start= disabled
sc config XblGameSave start= disabled
sc config XboxGipSvc start= disabled
sc config XboxNetApiSvc start= disabled
schtasks /Change /TN "Microsoft\XblGameSave\XblGameSaveTask" /Disable
takeown /f "%WinDir%\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" /a
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" /grant:r Administrators:F /c
taskkill /im GameBarPresenceWriter.exe /f
move "C:\Windows\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" "C:\Windows\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.OLD"
schtasks /Change /TN "Microsoft\XblGameSave\XblGameSaveTask" /Disable
takeown /f "%WinDir%\System32\bcastdvr.exe" /a
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\bcastdvr.exe" /grant:r Administrators:F /c
taskkill /im bcastdvr.exe /f
move C:\Windows\System32\bcastdvr.exe C:\Windows\System32\bcastdvr.OLD
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameDVR" /v "AppCaptureEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\GameBar" /v "UseNexusForGameBarEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameDVR" /v "AudioCaptureEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameDVR" /v "CursorCaptureEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\GameBar" /v "ShowStartupPanel" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\System\GameConfigStore" /v "GameDVR_Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR" /v "AllowgameDVR" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\GameBar" /v "AllowAutoGameMode" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
)
REM ---End Copy Here---
This RE-ENABLE GAMEDVR/XBOX script was made by another User after I made a comment about undoing what the first script had done to the Registry:
A couple of corrections have been made to the script to re-enable Game Bar / Game DVR folks... I had some things backwards but it's working 100% now, I've tested it. Windows Update won't know the difference, because it also restores the original permissions and ownership to the files affected. You will need to restart your computer, though.
- @echo off
- goto check_Permissions
- :check_Permissions
- echo Administrative permissions required. Detecting permissions...
- net session >nul 2>&1
- if %errorLevel% == 0 (
- echo Success: Administrative permissions confirmed.
- move "C:\Windows\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.OLD" "C:\Windows\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe"
- icacls "%WinDir%\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" /setowner "NT Service\TrustedInstaller" /c
- icacls "%WinDir%\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" /grant:r Administrators:RX /c
- schtasks /Change /TN "Microsoft\XblGameSave\XblGameSaveTask" /Enable
- move C:\Windows\System32\bcastdvr.OLD C:\Windows\System32\bcastdvr.exe
- icacls "%WinDir%\System32\bcastdvr.exe" /setowner "NT Service\TrustedInstaller" /c
- icacls "%WinDir%\System32\bcastdvr.exe" /grant:r Administrators:RX /c
- schtasks /Change /TN "Microsoft\XblGameSave\XblGameSaveTask" /Enable
- sc config XblAuthManager start= auto
- sc config XblGameSave start= auto
- sc config XboxGipSvc start= auto
- sc config XboxNetApiSvc start= auto
- reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\xbgm" /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "3" /f
- reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameDVR" /v "AppCaptureEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
- reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\GameBar" /v "UseNexusForGameBarEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
- reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameDVR" /v "AudioCaptureEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
- reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameDVR" /v "CursorCaptureEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
- reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\GameBar" /v "ShowStartupPanel" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
- reg add "HKCU\System\GameConfigStore" /v "GameDVR_Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
- reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR" /v "AllowgameDVR" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
- reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\GameBar" /v "AllowAutoGameMode" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
- ) else (
- echo Failure: Current permissions inadequate.
- )
- Pause > null
If you had attempted to use the re-enable script previously, you'll need to run the disable script again, then the updated re-enable script for it to finally be successful.
