Disable game screen recording

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Works with Windows 10 and 11Works with Windows Vista, XP, 7, 8, 10, 11, and Windows Server 2008 or newer.

• Single actionThis page belongs to a script, containing basic changes to achieve a task.
• Windows onlyThis script improves your privacy on Windows
• Impact: MinimumSystem Functionality Loss Risk: Low
  This action improves privacy with minimal impact when you run the recommended script.
• Batch (batchfile)These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.
• Fully reversible

  You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using this website.

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Windows sensitive privacy defenses: disable game screen recording in a few steps on this companion that helps decode how to safeguard personal information leveraging online data privacy maintenance. To continue, this module explains the key elements of the procedure to roll back modifications.

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References

• Managing Privacy, Identity, and Virtual Worlds in Video Games
• Ever wondered what your gaming PC is telling the world about you? Here's why your privacy matters and what you can do to protect it
• Overview of Data Privacy Laws for Game Companies
• Is your privacy management still loading?
• Data Privacy and Gaming: What Information Can Games Collect? (targets privacy-conscious gamers)

Technical Details

1. To benefit from deep privacy enforcement, this configuration modifies registry entries to be able to maintain stricter digital privacy security. To reach efficient setting management, this would help make the system more stable.
2. Using applying this gaming features, this code controls your system to gain protected gameplay data to help improve cyber privacy guardrail. It aims to help reduced input latency to be able to reduce system overhead.
3. This modification refines core operating system preferences to optimize system privacy protection and this can help to accomplish controlled system access. To obtain optimized system resources, it can also help fix delays in the system.

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How to apply or restore "Disable game screen recording" using script

• ≈ 2 min to complete
• Tools: Web Browser
• Difficulty: Simple
• ≈ 5 instructions

1. 1

   Download

   Download the script file by clicking on the   Apply protection  button above.
   Use   Undo protection button above to restore changes.
2. 2

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3. 3

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4. 4

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5. 5

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   Restart your computer for all changes to take effect.

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How to apply or restore "Disable game screen recording" using privacy.sexy

• ≈ 3 min to complete
• Tools: privacy.sexy
• Difficulty: Simple
• ≈ 4 instructions

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1. 1

   Open or download

   Open or download the desktop application
2. 2

   Choose script

   1. Search for the script name: Disable game screen recording
   2. Check the script by clicking on the checkbox.
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:: Set the registry value: "HKCU\System\GameConfigStore!GameDVR_Enabled"
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$registryPath = 'HKCU\System\GameConfigStore'; $data =  '0'; reg add 'HKCU\System\GameConfigStore' /v 'GameDVR_Enabled' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d "^""$data"^"" /f"
:: Set the registry value: "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR!AllowGameDVR"
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$registryPath = 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR'; $data =  '0'; reg add 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR' /v 'AllowGameDVR' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d "^""$data"^"" /f"

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How to apply or restore "Disable game screen recording" using commands

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• Tools: Command Prompt
• Difficulty: Medium
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1. 1

   Open Command Prompt

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2. 2

   Copy code

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   Paste & run

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   Some changes require a system restart to take effect

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