Top 5 Windows 10 Game DVR alternatives 1. Apowersoft Free Online Screen Recorder. This is an outstanding screen recorder that is capable of recording anything that is shown on your Windows 10 screen. Game DVR on Windows 10 can function similarly. To use this feature, you’ll need to enable the “Record in the background while I’m playing a game” option under Game DVR Settings in the Xbox app.
How to Turn On or Off the Game Bar in Windows 10
The Game bar is a Xbox app Game DVR feature that makes it simple to take control of your gaming activities—such as broadcasting, capturing clips, and sharing captures to Twitter—all from one dashboard in Windows 10.
You can also use the Game bar with any app and game in Windows 10.
Starting with Windows 10 build 17093, Microsoft made some Game bar improvements.
- Given Game bar a makeover so it’s even easier to find what you’re looking for.
- Go to your captures, toggle your microphone and camera, and edit the title of your Mixer stream—all from new buttons on Game bar.
- Quickly check the time using the new clock.
- Choose a theme—Dark, Light, or your current Windows theme.
- Game bar settings are easier to use.
See also: Introducing the New Xbox Game Bar for Windows 10 May 2019 Update version 1903
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the Game bar Xbox Game DVR feature to record video and take screenshots of any game or app for your account in Windows 10.
Keyboard shortcuts for Game bar
- Option One: To Turn On or Off Game Bar in Settings
- Option Two: To Turn On or Off Game Bar using a REG file
EXAMPLE: Game bar
1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Gaming icon.
2. Click/tap on Game bar on the left side, and turn on (default) or off Record game clips, screenshots, and broadcast using Game bar on the right side for what you want. (see screenshot below)
The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORDs in the registry keys below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionGameDVR
AppCaptureEnabled DWORD
0 = Off
1 = On
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSystemGameConfigStore
GameDVR_Enabled DWORD
0 = Off
1 = On
1. Close the Xbox app if open.
2. Do step 3 (on) or step 4 (off) below for what you would like to do.
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Turn_On_GameBar.reg
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Turn_Off_GameBar.reg
5. Save the .reg file to your desktop.
6. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
7. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
8. If you have File Explorer open, then you could either navigate to another location or close and reopen File Explorer to apply.
9. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
In April, Microsoft introduced the Game bar to Windows 10 as a means for recording gameplay sessions on PCs. But that’s not all it’s good for, as it turns out: you can also use the new Game bar recording function as a quick and dirty screen video recorder for other apps. In fact, this could work as a basic alternative to third-party options like Camtasia, as BetaNews first discovered.
The new feature only works in more recent updates to the Windows 10 insider preview. Don’t expect to see the Game bar option if you’re on the slow update ring running the now ancient Build 10074 or something similar.
We should also point out that it’s not yet clear if this feature will function the same way in the final version of Windows 10 that begins rolling out on July 29. Considering how close we are to the official launch date, however, it’s a good bet this feature will last.
Now let’s get to the good stuff.
You can call up the Game bar by hitting the Windows logo key + G. However, you can’t call it up anywhere. In our tests, for example, you wouldn’t see it on the bare desktop, File explorer, or Notepad. Try it out in anything else—such as a modern UI app or the Steam dashboard—and it should work. In other words, this feature appears to be limited to apps and won’t work for system level activities.
Once you hit the Game bar shortcut, a pop-up window will appear as seen above that says Do you want to open Game bar? The only option is a checkbox that says Yes, this is a game.
Click that checkbox and the Game bar will appear. Now you can just hit the red record button to start your recording session, or you can use the keyboard shortcut Windows key + Alt + R.
That’s about all there is to this feature. You can find your saved videos in the Game DVR section of the Xbox app, or inside your user folder under Video > Captures.
The impact on you at home: We should note that we tested the Game bar in a virtual environment for the Mail screenshots. While we were able to get the Game bar to appear, we did not have the option to record anything because the virtual machine’s hardware settings weren’t robust enough. Regardless, if you have Windows 10 running on bare hardware this trick should work for you, which we verified by testing the Game bar with HipChat on a machine with Windows 10 installed on the hard drive itself..