1. Open Settings on Windows 11

2. Click on Windows Update

3. Click the Windows Insider Program page

4. Click the Get started button

5. Click the “Link an account” button

6. Sign in with your Microsoft account credentials

7. Click the Continue button

8. Select the “Release Preview” or “Dev Channel” option under the “Pick your Insider settings” section

Quick tip: If you choose the “Dev Channel,” you may notice better gaming performance, but you won’t be able to unenroll from the channel unless you perform a clean installation of Windows 11. Additionally, if you use the “Release Preview” option, the experience may feel slightly buggy.

9. Click the Continue button.

10. Click the Continue button to agree to the terms and conditions

11. Click the Restart button

12. Open Settings after the reboot

13. Click on Windows Update

14. Click the “Check for updates” button to install Windows 11 25H2

15. Click the Restart button

16. Open the GitHub website after upgrading to version 25H2

17. Download the ViveTool-vx.x.x.zip file onto your computer

18. Double-click the zip folder to open it with File Explorer

19. Click the Extract all button

20. Click the Extract button

21. Copy the path to the folder

22. Open Start

23. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option

24. Type the following command to navigate to the ViveTool folder and press Enter:

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

In the command, remember to change the path to the folder with your path.

25. Type the following command to enable the necessary components to turn on Xbox handheld mode on Windows 11 and press Enter:

vivetool /enable /id:52580392,50902630

26. Restart the computer

27. Open Start

28. Search for regedit and click the top result to open the Registry

29. Open the following path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\OEM

30. Right-click the OEM key, select the New submenu, and choose the “DWORD (32-bit) Value” option

31. Name the new key DeviceForm and press Enter

32. Right-click the recently created key and select the Modify option

33. Change the value to 2e (Hexadecimal).

34. Click the OK button

35. Restart the computer.

Once you complete the steps, the “Full screen experience” settings page will appear in the “Gaming” section of the Settings app to configure the feature.