it didn't work

[triadne]

*Hello, I don't really understand this, but I followed the instructions to manually set up a task. I placed the ps file in mydocuments and added the appropriate path.

I tried running it manually and I tried restarting steam. each time, I press the guide button and SBP opens.

The only thing I can imagine might be an issue is that I have 2 steam profiles signed in... I can't think of anything else. does it make a difference that my gamepad is a dualsense?

[CriticalPoint]

Hey @triadne, sorry for the delay in coming back to you - it won't work if you run it just as a scheduled task in this way...

You'll need to set the scheduled task to watch for and to execute as Steam launches, because the button is remapped as Steam launches, and also when Steam closes; Valve's way of making sure it remains mapped... Groan.

Follow the guide for creating a scheduled task that watches for a Steam launch event trigger (either use the XML template I provided, or do so manually). This will work every time you launch Steam! 😊

[triadne]

Hi, thanks for your response. Yes, I used the XML as instructed.

[CriticalPoint]

Awesome. Did you first enable 'Audit Process Tracking'? without that, the Steam process event ID (4688, as is per the screenshot, top-right) won't register...

[triadne]

hmm... I thought that was part of the automatic process. okay. let's do that then! but I have a concern. what is computer configuration? I don't have that. I have msconfig and computer management. is it one of those?

[CriticalPoint]

It will be, in time! I have to keep plugging away at the Powershell to get that part worked out! I logged it as issue#6, I think!

What version of Windows are you using? Do a START>RUN and type 'winver'

[triadne]

it's 22h2.

so where do I find this computer configuration? do I download it?

[CriticalPoint]

Run gpedit.msc

Thanks for pointing out that I hadn't mentioned that in the guide - my bad. I have now updated the Readme to reflect the change, and that's all you'll need to get up and running.

Let me know how you get on now that you have the full instructions - enjoy! 👍🏻

[triadne]

Okay thanks. I did all that then, it still opens big picture when I press the guide button.

[eliotcougar]

Yeah... It didn't work... I looked into my config.vdf, and none of the controller configs contain "guide:b1" or similar strings... There's no "guide" reference there, but it still opens the BPM... I have Logitech F310... (To be honest, I didn't even think that was a real button until today)

UPD: I think I figured it out... It only works if you assign buttons manually at least once - through the "Test Device Inputs" menu... As some people have recommended, I skipped assigning the Guide button, and it now doesn't launch the BPM... However, nothing has changed in the config.vdf... If I do assign the Guide button, then it indeed appears in config.vdf... Now the fun part - If you press Reset device inputs, the Guide button starts to open BPM again, but in the config.vdf there are still no mentions of the "guide", unlike the case when you assign it manually... Something seems to be hardcoded in Steam...

[CriticalPoint]

Yeah... It didn't work... I looked into my config.vdf, and none of the controller configs contain "guide:b1" or similar strings... There's no "guide" reference there, but it still opens the BPM... I have Logitech F310... (To be honest, I didn't even think that was a real button until today)

UPD: I think I figured it out... It only works if you assign buttons manually at least once - through the "Test Device Inputs" menu... As some people have recommended, I skipped assigning the Guide button, and it now doesn't launch the BPM... However, nothing has changed in the config.vdf... If I do assign the Guide button, then it indeed appears in config.vdf... Now the fun part - If you press Reset device inputs, the Guide button starts to open BPM again, but in the config.vdf there are still no mentions of the "guide", unlike the case when you assign it manually... Something seems to be hardcoded in Steam...

You sir, appear to be unconditionally right (at least in my case, too). If one assigns the buttons, it works.

The script itself is nothing more that an automated process that looks for and opens the config.vfd file, iterates through, and removes and mention of 'guide:xx' [stopping at the next comma], so yeah, if it's not in there, it just won't work. Groan.