What’s ViveTool, and how to enable hidde features on Windows 11

On preview builds of Home windows 11 out there by means of the Beta, Dev, and Canary Channels of the Home windows Insider Program, you should utilize the ViveTool to allow hidden experimental options, and on this information, I’ll present you tips on how to use the software.

As a part of the event course of, Microsoft repeatedly rolls out builds of Home windows 11 with early previews of recent options and modifications which will ship in a future second replace, characteristic replace, or within the subsequent model of the working system. Nevertheless, preview builds may comprise different options the corporate is engaged on, however they’re disabled by default as they could not but be prepared for testing, and that is when the ViveTool is useful.

ViveTool is a third-party software created by Rafael Rivera and Lucas and out there by means of GitHub that means that you can allow hidden options on Home windows 11 Insider preview builds. The software was designed primarily for Command Immediate, however there’s a model with a user interface.

This information will train you the steps to get began with the ViveTool to allow or disable experimental options from Home windows 11.

Command model of ViveTool for Home windows 11

The command-line model of the ViveTool is essentially the most generally utilized by customers, and right here’s tips on how to set up and get began utilizing it to allow unreleased options of Home windows 11.

Set up ViveTool

To put in the ViveTool on Home windows 11, use these steps:

1. Open GitHub website.
   
   
2. Obtain the ViveTool-vx.x.x.zip file in your laptop.

   

3. Double-click the zip folder to open it with File Explorer.
4. Click on the Extract all button.

   

5. Click on the Extract button.
6. Copy the trail to the folder.

When you full the steps, you should utilize the software to allow or disable hidden options on Home windows 11.

Allow hidden options on Home windows 11

To allow hidden (experimental) options on Home windows 11 (previews), use these steps:

1. Open Begin.
2. Seek for Command Immediate, right-click the highest outcome, and choose the Run as administrator possibility.

Sort the next command to navigate to the ViveTool folder and press Enter:

cd c:\folder\path\ViveTool-v0.x.x

Within the command, keep in mind to alter the trail to the folder along with your path.

Sort the next command to allow a hidden characteristic on Home windows 11 and press Enter:

vivetool /allow /id:ENABLE-FEATURE-ID

Within the command, exchange “ENABLE-FEATURE-ID” with the ID of the characteristic to allow. That is an instance of how the command ought to learn:

vivetool /allow /id:41863571

Sort the next command to allow a number of hidden options and press Enter:

vivetool /allow /id:ENABLE-FEATURE-ID-1,ENABLE-FEATURE-ID-2

Within the command, specify the ID for every characteristic to allow and separate them with a comma (,). That is an instance of how the command ought to learn:

vivetool /allow /id:41863571,42589465

1. Restart the pc.

After you full the steps, you must now have the ability to check the brand new characteristic on Home windows 11. Nevertheless, since these options are nonetheless in improvement, they could or could not work appropriately. Generally, you’d activate a characteristic, and it might take a while earlier than you’ll be able to entry it in your set up.

Disable hidden options on Home windows 11

To disable an experimental characteristic on Home windows 11 with the ViveTool, use these steps:

1. Open Begin.
2. Seek for Command Immediate, right-click the highest outcome, and choose the Run as administrator possibility.

Sort the next command to navigate to the ViveTool folder and press Enter:

cd c:\folder\path\ViveTool-v0.x.x

Within the command, keep in mind to alter the trail to the folder along with your path.

Sort the next command to disable a hidden characteristic and press Enter:

vivetool /disable /id:DISABLE-FEATURE-ID

Within the command, exchange “ENABLE-FEATURE-ID” with the ID of the characteristic to disable. That is an instance of how the command ought to learn:

vivetool /disable /id:41863571

Sort the next command to disable a number of hidden options and press Enter:

vivetool /disable /id:DISABLE-FEATURE-ID-1,DISABLE-FEATURE-ID-2

Within the command, specify the ID for every characteristic to disable and separate them with a comma (,). That is an instance of how the command ought to learn:

vivetool /disable /id:41863571,42589465

1. Restart the pc.

When you full the steps, the experimental characteristic will likely be disabled on Home windows 11. You’ll be able to solely use the ViveTool to disable options you enabled utilizing the software. You can’t disable present options within the working system.

Reset hidden options on Home windows 11

To reset all of the customized configurations you enabled utilizing the software, use these steps:

1. Open Begin.
2. Seek for Command Immediate, right-click the highest outcome, and choose the Run as administrator possibility.

Sort the next command to navigate to the ViveTool folder and press Enter:

cd c:\folder\path\ViveTool-v0.x.x

Within the command, keep in mind to alter the trail to the folder along with your path.

Sort the next command to take away all of the customized configurations and press Enter:

vivetool /fullreset

1. Sort “Y” and press Enter to verify.
2. Restart the pc.

After you full the steps, all of the experimental options you enabled manually will likely be disabled on Home windows 11.

The ViveTool additionally gives extra choices to carry out totally different duties. You’ll be able to examine all of the out there choices utilizing the vivetool /? command.

Graphical model of ViveTool for Home windows 11

Should you’re uncomfortable utilizing instructions, use the ViveTool GUI. This app relies on the command-line model, however because it supplies a graphical person interface, it makes it simpler to make use of.

It’s necessary to notice that the developer hasn’t up to date this app in lots of months. The app nonetheless works, however the checklist of builds to allow options is outdated. Nevertheless, you’ll be able to nonetheless use the superior choice to activate hidden options routinely. (I like to recommend utilizing the command-line model.)

Set up ViveTool GUI

To put in the GUI model of ViveTool, use these steps:

1. Open GitHub website.
2. Obtain the ViveToolGUI-x.zip file in your laptop.

   

3. Double-click the zip folder to open it with File Explorer.
4. Click on the Extract all button.

   

5. Click on the Extract button.
6. Double-click the ViveTool_GUI.exe file to launch the app.

   

When you full the steps, you should utilize the graphical model of the software to allow or disable hidden options on Home windows 11.

Allow or disable hidden options on Home windows 11

To allow hidden options on Home windows 11, use these steps:

1. Open the ViveTool GUI folder.
2. Double-click the ViveTool_GUI.exe file to launch the app.
3. Click on the Superior Choices button.
4. Sort the characteristic ID within the first field.
5. Click on the Carry out Motion button.
6. Select the Activate Characteristic to allow the characteristic.

   

7. (Non-obligatory) Select the Deactivate Characteristic to disable a particular characteristic.

After you full the steps, it’s possible you’ll have to restart the pc to use the modifications.

On the top-left nook, the app gives a menu with a listing of the out there databases from preview builds of Home windows 11. The concept of the ViveTool GUI is to pick the construct from the checklist after which merely select the hidden options you wish to allow. Nevertheless, since this app just isn’t getting common updates, you received’t discover the newest preview builds of Home windows 11.

The “About & Settings” web page has a “Scan this Construct for Characteristic IDs” possibility, which, because the title implies, means that you can scan and discover hidden options on the present preview. Nevertheless, this selection additionally requires the set up of the Windows 11 SDK and configuring the ViveTool GUI to make use of the “symchk.exe” (from the C:Program Recordsdata (x86)Home windows Kits10Debuggersx64) to scan the preview construct. (Additionally, the scan takes a really  very long time.)