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AMicrosoftUser-6553 asked AustinTanner-4880 edited

How to remove Microsoft.Gaming Services

I have gone to a couple posts that explain how to remove Microsoft.Gaming Services. But they don't seem to have worked.

So I went into services itsself and tried to disable GamingServices, but it seems the box is grayed out:
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And then I tried the remove appxpackage and that did not work either:
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So I am curious as to how this should be resolved? I am using an offline account and I don't need this service. It is using resources in the background and I'd rather save the resources and my power used on my device.

A response would be appreciated.
-A.

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so i think its just the way you entered the info
try entering it like this, also its case sensitive
Get-appxpackage Microsoft.GamingServices | remove-appxpackage

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DSPatrick answered DSPatrick edited

This looks like something that got installed from the microsoft store. Maybe something XBox related got installed. Might want to ask here about this.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_store
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum

Another option is to set the DWord Start in registry to 4 (Disabled)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services


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AMicrosoftUser-6553 answered JiaYou-MSFT commented

Thank you for the reply DSPatrick. Although initially it did not work with the changes in the registry, I managed to find a combination that seemed to have worked.

Set these Parameters after ending the GamingServices task in task manager:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\GamingServices
TriggerInfo0 and TriggerInfo1
Set value of Action--REG_DWORD to 4
Set value of DataType0--REG_DWORD to 4
Set Default Value to 4
Do for both triggers.

GamingServices set Start--REG_DWORD to 4 (It also seemed that this works either way set to nothing or set to 4, but maybe depending on any settings you have preset in the registry, this might make a difference)

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HI AMicrosoftUser-6553,

Does this solution work fine ?

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HI AMicrosoftUser-6553,

Is there any progress on your question?

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HI AMicrosoftUser-6553,

Is anything I can help you?

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DSPatrick answered

Yes, Start = 4 should disable it. (requires a reboot)

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Just checking if there's any progress or updates?

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