SteamVR and Oculus both start when I start E:D ... how to stop?

[DrSpin]

Apologies if this is obvious or has already been answered, but does anyone know how I can stop this? I borrowed and OR from work ages ago and ever since then Steam VR and Oculus Home both start when I start E, and both of course complain that I have no headset connected.

It's just a minor annoyance, but I'd love to fix it (until one day I get my own headset).

 

[Jakester13]

drkaii's thread is good for these sorts of question, but I suggest either uninstall Oculus until you get your headset, or use a shortcut that you can create to stop Oculus Runtime.

C:\Windows\System32\net.exe stop OVRService

It might be handy to create it's partner to start OR:

C:\Windows\System32\net.exe start OVRService

However I too get SteamVR starting whenever I open Elite in "Desktop" mode, and have to manually quit it, so if anyone has any answer to stop it's automatic triggering, it would be very much appreciated ;-)

o7

 

[masCh]

In your Steam library, uninstall SteamVR

I think the SteamVR is getting started by default, and SteamVR calls Oculus Home to start too.

 

[Jakester13]

FYI: If I have stopped OVRService with the exe shortcut, StemVR says it's not found, and fails to start. It doesn't initiate OVRService.

o7

 

[CMDR MAIN SEQUENCE]

Lots of ways of doing this, another way is to add a 'novr' switch to the end of the Target path in the ED Launcher shortcut like this:

But to back up the previous posters, I would recommend uninstalling the Oculus software if you are not using it - on my system when the Oculus app is running it puts the GPU in 3D mode even if no VR experience is running (so higher temperatures etc.).

 

[DrSpin]

Thanks all - I was worried that I'd lose my saved game positions etc (not in E : D obviously) but I backed up the Oculus folder and then uninstalled it. It seems to have worked!