Xbox Game Bar Start Menu Annoyance?

[scaramonga]

Any idea how to get rid of this?, it's annoying me.

No Game Bar on system, no XBox nonsense whatsoever, apart from the 'Core', which I always leave, just in case it breaks something , but all disabled in 'services' regardless. It's just there, does nothing when clicked, right click just gives 'app settings', which then leads to all apps, or 'pin to start', which results in a blank icon saying 'ms-resource', which also does nothing?



All good otherwise, Windows 10 latest - 5555.

But it's keeping me awake at night.

Thanks.

 

[garlin]

Try loading the install image, and manually edit the AppxManifest.xml file.

Open "\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay_[version]__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppxManifest.xml", and remove this block of XML:

    <Application Id="App" Executable="GameBar.exe" EntryPoint="GameBar.App">
      <uap:VisualElements AppListEntry="none" Square150x150Logo="Assets\GamesXboxHubMedTile.png" Square44x44Logo="Assets\GamesXboxHubAppList.png" Description="Xbox" BackgroundColor="#107C10" DisplayName="Xbox Game bar">
        <uap:DefaultTile ShortName="Xbox Game bar" Wide310x150Logo="Assets\GamesXboxHubWideTile.png" Square310x310Logo="Assets\GamesXboxHubLargeTile.png" Square71x71Logo="Assets\GamesXboxHubSmallTile.png">
          <uap:ShowNameOnTiles>
            <uap:ShowOn Tile="wide310x150Logo"/>
          </uap:ShowNameOnTiles>
        </uap:DefaultTile>
        <uap:SplashScreen Image="Assets\GamesXboxHubSplashScreen.png" BackgroundColor="#107C10"/>
      </uap:VisualElements>
      <Extensions>
        <Extension Category="windows.backgroundTasks" EntryPoint="GameBarTasks.BroadcastBackgroundTask">
          <BackgroundTasks>
            <Task Type="systemEvent"/>
          </BackgroundTasks>
        </Extension>
        <Extension Category="windows.backgroundTasks" EntryPoint="GameBarTasks.TimerTask">
          <BackgroundTasks>
            <Task Type="timer"/>
          </BackgroundTasks>
        </Extension>
        <Extension Category="windows.preInstalledConfigTask" EntryPoint="GameBarTasks.GameBarUpdateTask"/>
        <Extension Category="windows.updateTask" EntryPoint="GameBarTasks.GameBarUpdateTask"/>
        <uap:Extension Category="windows.protocol">
          <uap:Protocol Name="ms-gamebarservices"/>
        </uap:Extension>
      </Extensions>
    </Application>

 

[scaramonga]

Many thanks.

Any reason for this? Can I edit this live? Don't want to have to install again.

 

[garlin]

It really doesn't work on a live system. Your preset removes Game Bar, so I don't know why it's listed under All Apps.

Editing AppxManifest.xml will remove the part where Game Bar is listed. No <Application>...</Application> = no icon.

 

[scaramonga]

I understand. Never had this in prior Win10 versions, so probably another MS tactic? Guess I'll just have to ignore it then, as although I have taken backups of various stages, none will help me in this regard. Irritating, yeah, but as long as it's working good, which it is

Cheers for the kind help buddy, much appreciated x

*Edit*

Thought I'd try lol, but after going through hoops to access that folder (Permissions, Ownership etc.), there is no such folder, in fact, nothing XBox related.