Windows 11 keeps forcing Dolby Vision every time I start up, even though I turned it OFF

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Hi all,

I have an LG OLED G4 connected to my PC (Windows 11, NVIDIA 4090 graphics card). In Windows settings I’ve turned off “Use Dolby Vision mode,” and on the TV I’ve also disabled the Dolby Vision option for that HDMI port. Despite that, every single time I power the TV and PC back on, Windows starts in Dolby Vision anyway.

The picture looks brown, dim, and washed-out until I manually go into Windows, turn the Dolby Vision toggle on and then off again. After that, it switches to the normal HDR mode I actually want (“HDR Game Optimizer” on the TV) and everything looks fine—until the next restart, when the whole problem repeats. If I turn the TV off and on again while the PC is still on, it says in HDR Game Optimizer; it's when I restart the PC and the TV that it reverts to Dolby Vision again. It'll even revert to Dolby Vision if I just restart the PC, leaving the TV on the entire time. I've also tried hard power-cycling the TV (unplugged for one minute) after getting all the settings the way I want) and the problem still occurs.

In short:

Dolby Vision is OFF in Windows.
Dolby Vision is OFF in the TV’s input settings.
Yet Windows still chooses Dolby Vision at every cold boot or wake-up.
Manually flicking the toggle fixes it temporarily, but the setting never sticks.

This started after a recent Windows and graphics-driver update. It’s making HDR on my PC basically unusable.

Please let me know how to stop Windows from forcing Dolby Vision at startup, or escalate this as a bug. I just want my system to stay in regular HDR when I’ve told it to.

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Anonymous

2025-06-21T03:44:14+00:00

Update KB 5058499 doesn't not show up in Update History

Windows doesn't give me the option to uninstall Update KB5060842
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Anonymous

2025-06-20T23:15:01+00:00

go to the settings on your tv and then external devices and disable dolby settings. same thing was happening to me until i turned that setting off so hopefully fixes the issue.
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Anonymous

2025-06-20T23:13:18+00:00

same specs same issue, guessing the issue is linked to the lg oled tv's that have dolby atmos hdr. The only thing that worked for me was uninstalling both windows update, just dont forget to disable automatic updates after that. FIX THE **** UP MICROSOFT.
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Anonymous

2025-06-20T21:40:23+00:00

Same issue as the others. LG C2 that I bought new. Problem just started a couple days ago for me.

AMD 6900 XT, Adrenaline not installed

Running at 3840 x 2160, 10bit, YCbCr444, HDR, 120hz

Every time I cold boot my display is lacking all Blue Tint, Red and Green are visible

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (and USER).....VideoSettings does not exist

Update KB 5058499 doesn't not show up in Update History

I can not uninstall Update KB5060842

I have to open display settings....Dolby Vision, activate it (nothing happens) then de-activate it (screen goes blank comes back on and Blue is back)
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Anonymous

2025-06-20T02:43:26+00:00

I thought I was going crazy; thank goodness for this thread. Also having the exact same issues on my 42" C2. I bought this TV second hand and I was almost leaning towards the panel might be going bad. The weird thing is I was also having similar issues on my Xbox Series S. Could that also be related to the LG C2 firmware? This to me seems like a Windows 11 issue, but I was also having the same weird green screen/pink tint issues on the Series S. Not really sure how that fixed itself, but this is a major pain in the butt with Windows 11. Microsoft, please fix this!
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