Steam VR Keeps Starting On Its Own

[xplayman]

So a quick Google search shows that a lot of people are having this problem and no one has a solution as to why Steam VR keeps starting on its own no matter what I am doing on my machine. It is very intrusive and makes me want to unplug everything with my Vive. From a Google search it seems like even people who don't even own a VR headset are having this problem but in my case I have a Vive.

[Orogogus]

Is it the Firefox WebVR thing? If you're using Firefox, try going to about:config, and setting dom.vr.openvr.enabled to false.

[xplayman]

I haven't installed Firefox on any of my machines in a decade.

[xplayman]

I found a better solution that works great. I just uninstalled Steam VR entirely. Guess I wont be using my Vive.

[xplayman]

So I decided that I want to use my Vive and I reinstalled Steam VR but this starting on its own business is still an issue. Would appreciate any assistance.

[vrxjoe]

I had a similar issue in the past, it ended up being a stuck System button. Not sure if this helps, but it is something to check.

[Salad Is Murder!]

Yeah, this is still a thing, so why not necro? How about fixing something for once Valve?

[Salad Is Murder!]

If you are using Oculus, you can prevent Oculus Software from launching with Oculus Tray Tool. But there is no stopping the Valve nonsense apparently.

[Sardaukar]

Type in the address bar on firefox about:config (press Enter) (promise to be careful, if asked) Type and look for the preference : dom.vr.openvr.enabled Its value should be set to false

[Xieken]

could it be a problem with the proximity sensor in the headset? like it is constantly detecting a face wearing it so it turns it on

[Zerdath]

In the Steam VR window, go to Settings > Developer and then uncheck, "Start Steam VR when application starts."

[xplayman]

I'm the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that figured it out earlier this year and didn't update the post. I did mark the solution I used as the answer that was just posted.

[Ymetro]

I had the same annoyance and I disabled the Orogogus mentioned about:config setting in Firefox AND the KinoVR service, I had running in the background, which is an app to use your smartphone as a VR headset.

Sporadic SteamVR startups stopped with these modifications for now.

Thanx Orogogus and [W]_xplayman!

[Ymetro]

O, darn, thought it worked... but it did only when Steam itself did not run.

[Tre]

Originally posted by Zerdath:

In the Steam VR window, go to Settings > Developer and then uncheck, "Start Steam VR when application starts."

That doesn't work for me.

[BZT spybaz]

Originally posted by TreBruh:

Originally posted by Zerdath:

In the Steam VR window, go to Settings > Developer and then uncheck, "Start Steam VR when application starts."

That doesn't work for me.

Nor me. It doesn't start with Steam, it spontaneously starts every 5 mins or so with no acttive interaction with Steam when Steam is running. So now I have to leave Steam not running which sucks.