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Windows 10 - Returning the guide button functionality.

By nblackburn

How to return the guide button functionality in Windows 10.

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Category: Modding or Configuration

Languages: English

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29 Jul, 2015 @ 2:49pm

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Guide Index

Overview

Prerequisites

The Problem

The Solution

Comments

Prerequisites

For this guide, you will need the following...

Windows 10
Xbox controller

The Problem

The reason this occurs is because as of Windows 10, the guide button is bound to the newly implemented "Game Bar".

The Solution

Tap the guide button on your controller.

If you are prompted to confirm the application as being a game, check the box to continue.

Click the settings cog.

Uncheck "Open Game bar using guide on a controller".

Functionality restored.

8 Comments

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nblackburn [author] 10 Mar, 2018 @ 8:48am

Make sure it is disabled in your windows settings and enable the xbox controller support in steams controller settings.

LucidusAtra 10 Mar, 2018 @ 5:57am

I have the guide button disabled in game bar, and I also have Game DVR disabled. I've tried forcably disabling Game DVR through the registry. The guide button no longer activates the game bar, but Steam still won't detect any guide button presses. The guide button won't open Big Picture or the Steam Overlay (which is definitely enabled). The guide button on my Steam controller works fine, this is only happening to the guide button on my bluetooth enabled Xbox One controller. When I enable the guide button in the game bar settings, it DOES bring up the game bar, so Windows is definitely detecting it. But not Steam. Any ideas?