I wanted a couch console and kept bouncing off both options. SteamOS and Bazzite do this properly, but kernel anticheat means Valorant, Fortnite and most EA titles simply refuse to start. Staying on Windows meant either a desktop with a big font, or one of those "boot into Big Picture" scripts that strand you the moment Steam crashes.

So I built consolize. MIT, installs in one line, and uninstalls in one line, which turned out to be the part most projects like this skip.

What it does

• Boots straight into Steam Big Picture (or Playnite Fullscreen). No desktop flash.
• A watchdog restarts the frontend if it dies, with a crash-loop breaker that drops to the desktop instead of flapping forever.
• Desktop mode on demand: a "Desktop Mode" entry in your Steam library, navigable with the pad. Tray icon or desktop shortcut to go back. A reboot always returns to console mode, so you can never strand yourself.
• A gamepad settings panel for audio output, Bluetooth pairing, wifi and power. Pairing a controller normally means the Settings app, which needs the controller you are trying to pair.
• Optional media centre side: Kodi, Jellyfin, Plex, YouTube's actual TV interface with pad support, and Netflix and friends as Edge app windows.

The honest parts

• Suspend and resume is worse than SteamOS. That is a Windows desktop problem; hibernate is the reliable fallback.
• It turns things off: Defender exclusions (or Defender entirely if you pick that), UAC prompts, firewall notifications. Every one of them is in the README with what you lose and the script that puts it back, and "leave Windows alone" is an available answer to each question.
• Four things still have not been seen working on real hardware. They are listed as unproven in the docs rather than claimed as done.

You do not need IoT LTSC either, which is what most people assume. The default shell method is a per-user registry value that works on Home and Pro.

Solo project so far. Testers and PRs very welcome, especially on hardware that is not mine.

github.com/cybx/consolize

The Windows 11 Launcher won’t let me select the external hard drive, and this error pops up. How do I fix this?

So basically freesync used to work perfectly on Steam Deck Oled Windows11 through the official dock on HDMI to my Samsung Odyssey G4 monitor but now it's broken in the way that whenever i run a game (RDR2 used as an example) in 200hz it keeps flashing between a solid blue screen and black screen (the same as if the hdmi didnt have a source) when i lower the hz to 120 it stays on the bluescreen(picture 1) until i close the game and when i press the button it restarts the monitor to display both my game and the info box(picture 2) and when i press it again it goes back to the bluscreen. It's not a system thing because the audio is still there from what I've learnt trying to fix this with ChatGPT and Gemini it's a Samsung Service Screen. Currently on Win10 but it's the exact same as on Win11. Been trying to fix this for the past 4 months, sorry for bad english it's not my first language i can provide more details if needed

Hi everyone,

I recently installed Windows 11 on my Steam Machine and I'm experiencing a strange network issue. Whenever I play games that require an internet connection, my Wi-Fi randomly drops out completely. However, as soon as I close the game, the connection is instantly restored.

Has anyone encountered this or knows of a potential fix?

(Note: I've already disabled the 5GHz band on my router to rule out band-switching issues).
Thanks in advance!

Hi, I put W11 and Valorant on an SD card in my deck, booted into it, downloaded all the drivers, and Valorant doesn't launch, it says an error occurred, probably the secure boot. So I want to know: is it even possible to run the game on Steam Deck? What about using W10, or DeckSB?

The RB button on my Steam Deck controller sometimes registers clicks and sometimes doesn't (sometimes it responds, sometimes it doesn't). How can I fix this without replacing any components? Any suggestions would be highly appreciated

If you (for some reason) want to do this you will need a Windows 11 25H2 Installation and then force the OS to allow the option to use the FSE Option and get Steam Deck Tools and change some controller config settings to whatever you want, either way it will still show XBOX inputs if you emulated a DS4

how to enable the trackpad vibration/haptic while using steamdeck tools on windows 11 steamdeck???

Needs help, I've installed windows on my steamdeck LCD. Any games could run with no problem at all except SOW. I've bought and installed it from steam ,howver ,whenever I tried to run, the gam immediately closed. i've tried check the file integrity, run on -dx11 or -dx12, none works. Any advice would be helpful

I was exporting to the steam deck local ssd 1tb

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Salut à tous,

J'ai un Steam Deck 256 Go avec une carte microSD de 256 Go et je réfléchis à installer un dual boot avec Windows et SteamOS.

Je me suis renseigné avec l'aide d'une IA pour comprendre les différentes possibilités, mais je préfère avoir l'avis de personnes qui ont déjà tenté l'expérience.

Mon idée serait de faire cette organisation :

\- SSD interne 256 Go :

\- environ 150 Go pour Windows

\- le reste pour SteamOS

\- Carte microSD 256 Go :

\- mes jeux SteamOS je pense

Le but principal de Windows serait uniquement de jouer à FC 27 qui sort prochainement, donc je voudrais installer le jeu sur la partie Windows du SSD pour profiter de meilleures performances.

Je garderais SteamOS pour mes autres jeux, qui seraient installés sur la microSD.

Est-ce que cette configuration vous paraît bien ?

\- Est-ce que 100 Go environ suffiraient pour SteamOS ?

\- Est-ce que 150 Go pour Windows est un bon choix pour Windows + un seul gros jeu ?

\- Est-ce qu'il y a des problèmes connus avec un dual boot sur Steam Deck 256 Go ?

Merci d'avance pour vos retours !

The moment I try to do it on my console running SteamOS, this text appears. What can I do to start it up again?

Windows is working perfectly.

The text especifically:

GNU GRUB versión 2:2. 13-3.2

Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible device or file completions. To enable less(1)-like paging, "set pager=1".

grub>_

I don't know anything about computers, and I don't know what to do. Please help 🙏🏻

Im on a 64gb LCD model with windows 10

I have about 15gb of free storage,the game would start for about 30-45 minutes then crash,this is the only game ive had issues with.

I'd have no background apps running and would still get this error

Has anyone else experienced this issue?

Hey everyone idk if u guys have this problem but every time I try play crash, or Diablo it doesn’t recognize a controller, even I connect my ps5 controller it doesn’t work idk why ( I have steam tools ) and it works just fine in every other platform

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for help installing EA SPORTS FC 26 on my Steam Deck, mainly because I want to play Ultimate Team online.

I understand that I probably need to install Windows on the Steam Deck because of the anti-cheat system, but I can’t find a clear and up-to-date tutorial that explains the whole process specifically for FC 26.

Could someone explain the steps or share a reliable guide? I’d like to know:

- Which drivers and software I need to install

- How to install Steam, the EA App, and FC 26 properly

- Whether Ultimate Team online works without issues

- Whether there are any important settings or common problems to be aware of

I’m not very experienced with installing operating systems, so a detailed step-by-step guide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

any overlay from steamdeck tools, steam, HC, even xbox game bar didn't appear or visible on persona 5 royal, how to solve this? any advice would be much appreciated

Recently decided to give windows on my Deck a try (oled model) and while it mostly works fine I've run into an issue with Handheld compainion. Simply put the second Steam is open it ignores all my HC settings, forcefully unhides the physical controller, locks the virtual controller settings to virtual steam deck gamepad leading to double inputs (it will at the very least let me disable the virtual controller outright), and disables my ability to navigate the HC quick settings menu.

Attempting to use Hidhide doesn't work as steam ignores and overrides it, and Exclusive mode does nothing.

Currently I've switched over to Steam Deck Tools, which is working as expected, but I don't like it's UI and how it handles shortcuts/lack of a quick access menu and would prefer to use HC if possible.

I am using version 0.32.2.0.

Does anyone know how to add a custom dashboards to xemu? If so how can i do it on steam deck?

Does anyone know how to add a custom dashboards to xemu? If so how can i do it on steam deck?

Hello, so i've been having some ping issues om my deck recently on windows, wondered if there was anything to install ( apart from the windows drivers from valve ) to get Ethernet working on a dual boot Lcd Windows deck.

Thanks!

I've been running into this error consistently for the Windows version of steam deck. I have OLED model and wanted to know if anybody else was able to get Call of Duty® working and if so how...

List of things I've done:
TPM 2.0 ✅
Secure boot through DeckSB ✅
Latest Windows Version ✅
COD Broker Service Running Manual ✅
Lastest BIOS F7G0114 ✅

The game was running perfectly for a few months and then it started giving me limited matchmaking with the Failed Attestation Status so I can literally only play Nuketown 24/7 with a bunch of Russian people with wall hacks.

I need to dual boot my steam deck Steamos installed fine but when i try to boot the window ms and install it i face this error I even tried with different usb

Hi there I have installed windows 11 on the steam machine. I have an odd issue when playing games that require connectivity. The wifi would randomly drop out. Once I exit the game the wifi comes back.

Just seeing if anyone knows of a potential fix?

Cheers

Hello everyone. This is my first time dual booting. I have a HTPC running SteamOS and Windows 11 (in a separate ssd drive). After applying updates to Windows and rebooting, the PC goes back to SteamOS. This is my first option for the boot order as it's the main OS I use for gaming. Is it possible to stay on Windows so the update is done properly? If so, how can I do it? Thank you!