How to Turn On or Off Start Mixed Reality Portal when Put On 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 put on a headset for your account in Windows 10.

This Start Mixed Reality Portal when my headset's presence sensor detects that I'm wearing it setting is currently only available to Windows Insider builds.



Contents

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






OPTION ONE

Turn On or Off Start Mixed Reality Portal when Put On 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 when my headset's presence sensor detects that I'm wearing it for what you want on the right side.

The Start Mixed Reality Portal when my headset's presence sensor detects that I'm wearing it setting will be disabled and grayed out if you do not have Automatically switch using headset presence sensor selected for input switching.


4 You can now close Settings if you like.

How to Start Mixed Reality Portal when Put On Headset in Windows 10-start_mixed_reality_portal_for_headset_presence_sensor.jpg






OPTION TWO

Turn On or Off Start Mixed Reality Portal when Put On 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

StartOnHmdPresence 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 Put On Headset

This is the default setting.

This step will also set input switching to the required Automatically switch using headset presence sensor.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Holographic]
"IgnoreHMDPresence"=dword:00000000

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_for_headset_presence_sensor.reg

Download


3 To Turn Off Start Mixed Reality Portal when Put On 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_for_headset_presence_sensor.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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