How to Turn On or Off Suspend Mixed Reality and its Apps when Headset is Asleep in Windows 10


Windows Mixed reality blends real-world and virtual content into hybrid environments where physical and digital objects coexist and interact.

You can adjust the amount of idle time before a headset automatically goes to sleep for Windows Mixed Reality.

By default, Windows 10 will suspend Windows Mixed Reality and its app when your headset is asleep.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off suspend Mixed Reality and its apps when headset is asleep for your account in Windows 10.

Turning off suspend Mixed Reality and its apps when headset is asleep may negatively impact PC performance.


Windows Mixed Reality is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of Windows. This deprecation includes the Mixed Reality Portal app, and Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR and Steam VR Beta.



Contents

  • Option One: Turn On or Off Suspend Mixed Reality and its Apps when Headset is Asleep in Settings
  • Option Two: Turn On or Off Suspend Mixed Reality and its Apps when Headset is Asleep using REG file






OPTION ONE

Turn On or Off Suspend Mixed Reality and its Apps when Headset is Asleep in Settings


1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Mixed reality icon.

2 Click/tap on Headset display on the left side. (see screenshot below)

3 Turn On (default) or Off Suspend Windows Mixed Reality and its apps when my headset is asleep for what you want on the right side.

4 You can now close Settings if you like.

Turn On or Off Suspend Mixed Reality and Apps when Headset is Asleep-mixed_reality_headset_screensavermodeenabled.jpg






OPTION TWO

Turn On or Off Suspend Mixed Reality and its Apps when Headset is Asleep using REG file


The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Holographic

ScreensaverModeEnabled DWORD

0 = On
1 = Off


1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.


2 To Turn On Suspend Mixed Reality and its Apps when Headset is Asleep

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_ON_suspend_Windows_Mixed_Reality_and_its_apps_when_headset_is_asleep.reg

Download


3 To Turn Off Suspend Mixed Reality and its Apps when Headset is Asleep

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_OFF_suspend_Windows_Mixed_Reality_and_its_apps_when_headset_is_asleep.reg

Download


4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink


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