Solution for "Invisible XSOverlay box (and other problems?)"

[RegenStorm]

UPDATE (I'd follow the steps below if this doesn't work for you still) :

Originally posted by RegenStorm:

Nowadays, I just keep the task manager window open, like this, whenever I'm not in VR. I have to end the process every time or else XS Overlay won't run.

https://imgur.com/a/NCTj6rA

I figured out a fix for this, I think. This is what I did:

1. Shut down any XS overlay related programs in task manager (there is a javascript one with a green logo and a XSOverlaymedia one with a blue XSO logo)
2. Uninstall XS overlay from Steam
3. Delete everything in your steam folder under XS Overlay, and in your app data folder:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\XSOverlay_Beta" (usually)
and
"C:\Users\<username>\AppData\LocalLow\Xiexe"
4. After you delete those two, restart steam and reinstall XS Overlay.
5. You HAVE to make sure you close XS Overlay BEFORE you leave VR everytime, or you will have to repeat the process (most likely).

For some reason, XS overlay isn't closing properly, and just shats itself all over the computer if you just "exit vr". It doesn't 'exit' properly and leaves a lot of processes open. (afaik)

Also, may have to click the blue "resume" button on XS Overlay in the steam library to get it to pop up while in VR, after you launch Steam VR.

I'm curious if this works for others, let me know if this works for you. Cheers

-Regen

[RegenStorm]

So far, this process is still working for me! I did do a few other things besides this, but I'm fairly confident this will fix it.

I really need others to try it out to know for sure though.

Hopefully this is just temporary, until it is patched.

[Bolllad]

In my case XSO simply never opened, even on steam it would say it's starting and then close shortly after.

Making XSO launch with administrative privileges fixed it, but now closing SteamVR and launching it again XSO would appear broken.

After looking into it, I found that it leaves a single task running named "XSOverlay Media Manager.exe". Killing said task and restarting XSO fixes it for me.

[RegenStorm]

Originally posted by Bolllad:

In my case XSO simply never opened, even on steam it would say it's starting and then close shortly after.

Making XSO launch with administrative privileges fixed it, but now closing SteamVR and launching it again XSO would appear broken.

After looking into it, I found that it leaves a single task running named "XSOverlay Media Manager.exe". Killing said task and restarting XSO fixes it for me.

Yeah, that's exactly it. You might notice an "invisible" window on your hand if you point your pointer where XS overlay is supposed to be.

I believe in my situation, it can even corrupt the config file if you don't close it before you exit steam VR.

[Bolllad]

I don't get an invisible menu, I see it, but it's missing a lot of the contents and a few that are still visible have moved in random directions.

As far as I can tell it doesn't corrupt anything for me, just doesn't close the task and fails to initiate correctly if said task is still running after previous launch.

So this is quite different. I just need to kill the task and everything works fine.

[Shai:ONLINE]

This did not work for me.

[RegenStorm]

So, now what I do is I just keep the task manager window open, like this, whenever I'm not in VR. I have to end the process every time or else XS Overlay won't run.

https://imgur.com/a/NCTj6rA

Alternatively, you can make a text file (renamed to .bat) and type:

tasklist
taskkill/im XSOMediaManager.exe

And then just run it anytime you want to end the task.

[haz]

None of the workarounds actually work, so I investigated it myself.

Here's a workaround that actually works: https://github.com/Xiexe/XSOverlay-Issue-Tracker/issues/322#issuecomment-2450577421