Xbox Game Bar not Opening when Pushing the XBOX button on Controller

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All of these steps don't seem to be working for me.

Hello, already checked if the option is active, there is a specific option for this in the settings in the game bar.

Hi Mathew Stearns,

Found 2 options you can try on your PC

OPTION ONE

To Turn On or Off Game Bar in Settings

1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Gaming icon.

2. Click/tap on Game bar on the left side, and check (enable - default) or uncheck Open Xbox Game Bar using this button on a controller on the right side for what you want. (see screenshot below)

Starting with Windows 10 (20H1) builds, you will need to click/tap on Xbox Game bar on the left side instead.

It is required to turn on the Xbox Game Bar to be able to open it.

OPTION TWO

Enable or Disable Open Xbox Game Bar using Xbox button on Game Controller using a REG file

The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\GameBar

UseNexusForGameBarEnabled DWORD

0 = Disable

1 = Enable

1. Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.

2. To Enable Open Xbox Game Bar using Xbox button on Game Controller

This is the default setting. It is required to turn on the Xbox Game Bar to be able to open it.

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

Enable_open_Xbox_Game_Bar_using_Xbox_button_on_game_controller.reg

3. To Disable Open Xbox Game Bar using Xbox button on Game Controller

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

Disable_open_Xbox_Game_Bar_using_Xbox_button_on_game_controller.reg

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.

I am having the same issue, this used to work but now I cannot use push to talk in Sea of Thieves unless I toggle the game bar open when in an Xbox Party audio chat.

I also cannot set mouse buttons as push to talk hotkeys in the Xbox Game Bar settings, only keyboard keys.