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Thanks for the response! In the end, I just restored an image backup of my boot drive that I made before installing the HTC software. Magically, all the VR stability issues have gone, and the Windows wonkiness with them. It appears that the HTC software was installing a filesystem driver (?), running as a service. The first clue was that stopping this made the machine a lot happier. However, the HTC uninstaller didn't work properly, so wouldn't remove the software. Anyway, without the HTC software, just using the basic Steam VR drivers, the Vive works beautifully, and the lighthouse Bluetooth power management works again too- which is a net benefit. I also don't have a ton of random Vive-related processes running doing spurious disk I/O and unexpectedly snatching focus when playing non-VR titles (the latter cost me an Overwatch match or two!). I guess the only downside is that now that the bundled titles are no longer offered as Steam codes, but are tied to the HTC software, I can't have any of them as promised. You really do have to pick your battles, though; a smooth and stable system is probably a bigger net benefit than a "free" copy of Tilt Brust and Everest Experience (though they do look cool). Thanks again for trying to help, though- really appreciate it. It's nice to know that there's a human being reading this stuff.

> We've gone through a number of software revisions since May. What version are you currently on? Always the current one, freshly downloaded directly from you. > Are you running as administrator? I tried running the installer as Administrator, and the installer just failed trying to do the secondary download, "Couldn't download Vive software. Something went wrong while downloading software for Vive". > Do you have all your anti-virus software disabled? That never made any difference, tried it either way. Edit: Tried uninstalling the software, and the uninstaller hangs on "Uninstall Apps 5/8". Leave it for long enough and it just exits without uninstalling. Bit of a horror show all-round, I wish I'd just used bare Steam VR, as the headset is great- it's the extra software that's less good. Do you have a tool for sweeping the Vive apps out?

Is there a public solution for this yet? It's still happening. The Vive installer even has a "launch viveport" button, but when you press it, it just launches steamVR. I have Vive Dashboard in VR, but no Viveport install. C:\Program Files (x86)\ViveSetup\Updater\App\PCClient contains a ViveportDesktopSetup-1.1.1.47.exe - but this does nothing but say "initialising" when run on its own. There's also "C:\Program Files (x86)\ViveSetup\Updater\App\Dashboard\win32\ViveDashboard.exe" which I can see via the start menu, but which doesn't see to do anything. This is really annoying now the bundled software isn't available via Steam any more- since Steam actually works. The installer should really install the desktop client so that people can spend money with you :) Edit: Windows 10 64 bit, Home, Version 1703 (build 15603.540) - which is "Creators"