Can I use my side buttons on my mouse to be used in xbox game bar shortcuts? instead of a...

Hello dear Gamer, first it's a pleasure to be able to help you today.

My name is Vinicius.

I am a gamer and independent advisor on the XBOX community platform.

Hey Tristz, how are you today? Hope you're well.

To create customized keyboard shortcuts, press Windows logo key + G to open Game Bar, select Settings > Shortcuts, enter your shortcuts, and then press Save.

Xbox Overlay is really the "Game Bar", and when you press Win+Alt+B it's a shortcut designated in Game Bar to begin broadcasting. So either you can press Windows+G and open the game bar and select Settings from there, and either change the shortcut for
broadcasting, or you can use the settings to link your account to a Mixer account to start broadcasting when you press the button.

More details on the Game Bar for Windows 10 can be found here.

Let us know if you have any other questions!

So, there's a /third/ app to use... also, it did finally let me set a keybind-but it only detects the keyboard and not the mouse. I like to use a mouse button on the side of my mouse, since it's easy to press & no games tend to use them. Guess this app can't detect mouse buttons, though. Oh well, at least I have a button to press now. I'll give you a half-thanks.

Hello there! Here is a link that gives you steps on how you can make a shortcut Keyboard shortcuts for Xbox Game Bar (microsoft.com).

It has to ask you for permission every time due to privacy laws and concerns.

If you're unhappy with the keyboard shortcuts, you can change the way you open the game bar like this and you can use whatever you like instead of Windows G:

To create customized keyboard shortcuts, press Windows logo key + G to open Game Bar, select Settings > Shortcuts,
enter your shortcuts, then press Save.