Enable or Disable Task View Hints for Xbox Full Screen Experience on Windows 11

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This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing accessibility control hints in Task View for Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) for your account on Windows 11.

Starting with Windows 11 build 26220.7271 (Dev and Beta 25H2), Microsoft expands the Xbox full screen experience (FSE) to additional PC devices such as laptops, desktops, and tablets. The Xbox full screen experience begins as a gradual rollout to Windows Insiders on the Dev & Beta Channels, who are also registered Xbox Insiders. Microsoft expects to expand this later to all Insiders on Dev & Beta without requiring Xbox Insider program registration.

Designed with console-style navigation in mind, the Xbox full screen experience offers a clean, distraction-free interface for controller-first gaming. When it’s time to take a break from, grab your controller and dive into the immersive, simplified Xbox full screen experience on your PC. When you’re done gaming, switch back to your desktop and pick up right where you left off. Microsoft tailored the full screen experience for PCs to make switching in and out of the desktop as streamlined as possible.

Once you’ve entered the Xbox full screen experience, you’ll see the Xbox home screen and can access your games, including Xbox, Game Pass, Xbox Play Anywhere, and your installed games from other popular storefronts. It’s easy to switch between your open apps and games with just a long press on the Xbox button on your controller or on your keyboard.

When you open Task View ( + Tab) with the Xbox full screen experience, you will see accessibility control hints in Task View by default that display one-button alternative to combo button press.

You can turn off showing these hints in Task View for Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) if wanted.

Contents

• Option One: Enable or Disable Task View Hints for Xbox Full Screen Experience in Settings
• Option Two: Enable or Disable Task View Hints for Xbox Full Screen Experience using REG file

EXAMPLE: Turn on or off "Show accessibility control hints in Task View" for Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE)

Option One

Enable or Disable Task View Hints for Xbox Full Screen Experience in Settings

1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on Gaming on the left side, and click/tap on Full screen experience on the right side. (see screenshot below)

Open Full screen experience settings​

3 Turn On (default) or Off Show accessibility control hints in Task View for what you want. (see screenshot below)

This setting requires Enable Xbox full screen experience to be turned on.

4 You can now close Settings if you like.

Option Two

Enable or Disable Task View Hints for Xbox Full Screen Experience using REG file

1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you want.

2 Enable "Show accessibility control hints in Task View" for Xbox Full Screen Experience

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.​

Turn_ON_hints_in_Task-View_for_Xbox_full_screen_experience.reg​

Download ​

(Contents of REG file for reference)

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\GameBar]
"TaskSwitcherNexusInjectionEnabled"=dword:00000001

3 Disable "Show accessibility control hints in Task View" for Xbox Full Screen Experience

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.​

Turn_OFF_hints_in_Task-View_for_Xbox_full_screen_experience.reg​

Download ​

(Contents of REG file for reference)

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\GameBar]
"TaskSwitcherNexusInjectionEnabled"=dword:00000000

4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink

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