Windows 10: Can't Disable Background Captures in Gaming Settings?

Hi, I've heard that the background captures option in the gaming part of the settings menu can give me better performance in games if I turn it off, but I simply don't have the option to turn it off. The only option I have is to see where captures get saved and change where they get saved. Can anyone help me with this? Thank you.

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Adjust capture settings on Windows 10 (Change capture Folder location)

Hi Hussein,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand your concern. As you have selected root of a drive (D while changing the captures folder location and not created and selected a folder for the same. Hence, you are facing the issue. However, could you please let us know the exact
error message you are getting while changing to default location.



I would also suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below and check if you can restore default settings.

1. Go to Settings.
   
2. Click on Gaming > Game DVR (on the left pane).
   
3. Click on Open folder under
   Save screenshots and game clips.
   
4. Right click on empty space and select
   Properties.
   
5. Then go to Location tab and click on
   Restore Default.
   
6. Click on Apply > OK >
   Yes
   
7. If you still facing the issue, please try by opening
   Xbox app.
   
8. Click on Settings > Game DVR.
   
9. Click on Open folder under
   Saving captures and perform step 4, 5,
   6.
   

If you are able to restore default settings successfully, please follow the steps mentioned below to change Captures folder location.

1. Go to Settings.
   
2. Click on Gaming > Game DVR.
   
3. Click on Open folder under
   Save screenshots and game clips.
   
4. Right click on empty space and select Properties.
   
5. Then go to Location tab and click on
   Move.
   
6. Browse to the new location that you prefer.
   
7. Click on New folder and create a folder.
   
8. Highlight same folder using left click and click on
   Select Folder.
   
9. Then click on Apply > OK >
   Yes.
   

You may also want to refer
Adjust capture settings on Windows 10 for more details.







Regards.

 

Changed location of captured video

Hi,

If you can no longer see the location option on the capture folder, you may restore your Game DVR Captures folder location settings. After restoring the game DVR Captures folder location settings, then you can change your Game DVR Captures folder location
again. To do this, you may follow the steps below:

How to restore Game DVR Captures folder location settings

• Open File Explorer.
• Browse to the Captures folder location.
• Right-click the Captures folder and select Properties.
• Click the Location tab.
• Click the Restore Defaults button.
• Click Apply.
• Click Yes to recreate the folder in the old location.
• Click Yes to move the content of the Captures folder to the old location, and wait a few moments.
• Click OK.

Note: After you've completed the steps, the Captures folder will return with all its content to its default location: C:\Users\%username%\Videos\Captures.

After performing the steps above, try to change the location of your captured video.

Kindly update us with the results.

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regarding background personalize settings

Hi Singh,

The Some setting are managed by your organization message usually appears if there is any changes happened on the Registry Editor or Group policy Editor. We suggest editing the Group Policy by following the steps below:

• Open Group Policy by typing it in the search box.
• Look for Administrative Templates and click on it.
• Select Control Panel.
• Click on Prevent changing desktop background and it will open an new window.
• Select Disable on the choices and click Apply.

Once the changes were made, try to customize your background again.

Update us with the outcome so we can provide further assistance.