How do you get rid of Oculus without uninstalling??

StevieP · 27 May 2019 at 12:00

I've got a Rift headset but I want to play Dirt Rally in non-VR (as it my right I believe!) but I simply can't get the ******* thing to load without it booting Oculus in the background and subsequently reverting to the default resolution!

I don't want to uninstall Oculus because if I do I've then got to go through the annoying setup process every time - all I want is to be able to play games that I've played in VR without these kind of issues!

Is there any way to stop Oculus from booting up? (even when the headset itself is NOT plugged in!!!)

StevieP · 27 May 2019 at 12:15

If only it were that simple! :confused:

I've unplugged the headset and rebooted the PC but Oculus still insists on starting up every time I try and play the game and it constantly defaults to the basic resolution!?!?!

StevieP · 27 May 2019 at 12:28

Which folder?

StevieP · 27 May 2019 at 19:21

Thanks for the help guys - in the end I've stopped the "OVRService" in my services list and it's done the trick!

StevieP · 29 May 2019 at 12:57

Nasher said:
Just need 2 bat files with: "net start ovrservice" and "net stop ovrservice" then set the service to manual.

Yup.....no idea what any of this means I'm afraid!

Dano said:
Just use oculus tray tool to stop the service.

I tried this but if I start the game and then alt-tab back to the desktop to close it down, the game crashes about 20 seconds after I go back in!

Either way stopping the Oculus service has done what I wanted!