Completely disable and remove Xbox apps and related programs
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Jonathan Woodward
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I would like to completely disable and remove any Xbox apps and related programs running in the background from Win10 x64 Education v20H2. I followed the below procedure.
Source: https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmanager/gamebar-presence-writer.html
Questions:
(1) Am I missing anything?
(2) Is there anthing I did that would cause system instability?
(3) The GameBar Presence Writer and X-box Monitoring are fairly obscure tweaks. Are they still applicable?
Thanks!
- The following registry keys were modified (can be turned off in windows settings as well)
Turn off X-box Game bar:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameDVR -> AppCaptureEnabled DWORD = 0 (off)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore -> GameDVR_Enabled DWORD = 0 (off)
Turn off Game Mode Notifications, turn off Game mode, turn off Game Bar tips, and disable Open Xbox Game Bar using Xbox button on Game Controller (respectively):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\GameBar -> ShowGameModeNotifications DWORD = 0 (off)
-> AutoGameModeEnabled DWORD = 0 (off)
-> ShowStartupPanel DWORD = 0 (off)
-> UseNexusForGameBarEnabled DWORD = 0 (off)
Turn off GameBarPresence Writer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsRuntime\ActivatableClassId\Windows.Gaming.GameBar.PresenceServer.Internal.PresenceWriter -> ActivationType dword = 0 (off)
Disable Xbox Game Monitoring
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\Services\xbgm -> Start dword = 4 (disabled)
- Disabled the following services:
GameDVR and Broadcast User Service
XboxGipSvc - Xbox Accessory Management Service
XblAuthManager - Xbox Live Auth Manager
XblGameSave - Xbox Live Game Save
XboxNetApiSvc - Xbox Live Networking Service
- Uninstalled the following apps using Powershell:
Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxApp | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage XboxOneSmartGlass | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider | Remove-AppxPackage
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Anonymous2021-01-26T06:25:50.55+00:00 Iyou can also delete the dll file located at C:\Windows\System32\xbgmsvc.dll
I'd highly suggest backing up the System32 folder before altering any of the files.
Thanks
Karlie -
Jonathan Woodward 31 Reputation points
2021-02-07T16:48:05.73+00:00 Would it be easier to rename xbgmsvc.dll to something like xbgmsvc.dll.old rather than delete?
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Jonathan Woodward 31 Reputation points
2021-04-25T16:23:04.75+00:00 Can I please get an answer to my follow up questions?
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