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Gaming Toggles for PC · Open source

Your Xbox.
One touch closer.

Control Game Mode and decide whether the controller's Xbox button opens Game Bar, directly from your Stream Deck. No Settings app, no administrator rights.

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  • MIT
  • EN / ES
  • 1 dependency
  • No admin

Stream Deck MK.2Press a key

Windows SettingsHKCU

Game Mode

AutoGameModeEnabled

Allow your controller to open Game Bar

UseNexusForGameBarEnabled

The key and Windows never disagree.

Windows 11 · Stream Deck 7.1+ · Xbox Game Bar · Node.js 24

Two actions. Nothing else.

Each action writes a single value to the current user's Registry hive, then reads it back to confirm Windows actually kept it.

Game Mode action icon

Toggle Game Mode

Turn Windows 11 Game Mode on or off and verify the change by re-reading the value. If Windows does not persist it, the key does not lie: it returns to the real state.

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\GameBar
AutoGameModeEnabled

Controller opens Game Bar action icon

Controller opens Game Bar

Decide whether the centre Xbox button on the controller can open Game Bar, without digging through Settings. Useful when that button interrupts you mid-match.

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\GameBar
UseNexusForGameBarEnabled

every 2.5 s

Always reflects Windows

Change the option in Settings and the plugin reads it back and updates the key. In the other direction, a small C# notifier broadcasts WM_SETTINGCHANGE so Settings notices immediately.

SendMessageTimeout
HWND_BROADCAST

Installing takes under a minute.

  1. Download

    Get the .streamDeckPlugin file from GitHub Releases.

  2. Install

    Double-click it and accept the installation in Stream Deck.

  3. Customise

    Find “Gaming Toggles for PC” and drag both actions into your profile.

Gaming Toggles for PC v1.2.0

Windows 11 · Stream Deck 7.1+ · EN/ES · MIT

Free download

The download comes from the official GitHub Release.

Small by design.

TypeScript for the Stream Deck integration and a minimal C# notifier so Windows Settings reflects Game Mode immediately. Nothing else runs on your machine.

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license
MIT
dependencies
1
runtime
Node.js 24
permissions
HKCU, no admin
languages
en · es
releases
GitHub Actions + SHA-256

Created by MAECLY

Miguel Esparza

Full-Stack Developer & Content Creator. I build software, share technology and make the tools I would want to use. This plugin came out of a real annoyance: the controller button opening Game Bar mid-match.

maecly.com → hola@maecly.com

Frequently asked

Does it require administrator permissions?

No. Both preferences live in HKCU, the current user's Registry hive.

Which versions are supported?

Windows 11 and Stream Deck 7.1 or later. Node.js is only needed for development or packaging.

Is it safe to install from GitHub?

Every Release is built with GitHub Actions, includes a SHA-256 checksum, and publishes the same code you can audit.

Can I contribute?

Yes. It is MIT licensed and welcomes improvements, tests, translations, and GitHub issues.

Put Windows one touch away.

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