How to Turn On or Off Start Mixed Reality Portal when Plug In Headset in Windows 10


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

Mixed Reality Portal is the desktop app that takes you through Windows Mixed Reality setup. It also serves as the command center on your PC for your mixed reality experience.

Windows can automatically start Mixed Reality Portal when you plug in or put on your headset. Mixed Reality Portal always starts when you open an app designed for mixed reality.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off automatically start Mixed Reality Portal when you plug in a headset for your account in Windows 10.

This Start Mixed Reality Portal whenever I plug a headset into this PC setting is currently only available to Windows Insider builds.

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 Start Mixed Reality Portal when Plug In Headset in Settings
• Option Two: Turn On or Off Start Mixed Reality Portal when Plug In Headset using REG file

OPTION ONE

Turn On or Off Start Mixed Reality Portal when Plug In Headset in Settings

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

2 Click/tap on Startup and desktop on the left side. (see screenshot below)

3 Check (on - default) or uncheck (off) Start Mixed Reality Portal whenever I plug a headset into this PC for what you want on the right side.

4 You can now close Settings if you like.

OPTION TWO

Turn On or Off Start Mixed Reality Portal when Plug In Headset 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

StartOnHmdPlugIn DWORD

0 = Off
1 = On

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

2 To Turn On Start Mixed Reality Portal when Plug In Headset

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_Start_Mixed_Reality_Portal_when_plug_headset_into_PC.reg

Download

3 To Turn Off Start Mixed Reality Portal when Plug In Headset

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

Turn_OFF_Start_Mixed_Reality_Portal_when_plug_headset_into_PC.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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