WinDeckOS 2.0 - OLED Update
Don't let the name throw you off- there are LCD changes included as well for general quality of life.
Video tutorial available here (Same process on OLED and LCD)
Here are the patch notes in no specific order:
- Updated Steam Deck LCD drivers. WinDeckOS does not automatically update these drivers so ensure you update them as needed manually.
- Updated both Steam and Windows 11 versions so less updates are required for first time users.
- Added support for Steam Deck OLED. This is done by me manually installing the drivers from valve's resources page. WindeckOS now works for both Steam Deck variants.
- Re-organized desktop icons to make more sense.
- Downloads moved to GoFile, Pixeldrain, and Qiwi (should hopefully avoid any file downloading limitations of Drive and Mega)
- Changed taskbar behavior to automatically hide as it makes more sense in a gaming mode setting
- Renamed the OS Drive name from a random assortment of letters too "WinDeckOS". Also added a custom icon to the drive.
- Changed the autorun.inf file to allow users to change the drive name to anything they want.
- Docked audio is now fixed upon connecting power to the system. This means you no longer need to manually use the shortcut and as such the shortcut has been removed.
- The docked audio fix no longer has a brief cmd popup. This caused issues with games running in fullscreen mode and is now fixed.
- Removed Windows Copilot introduced in later Windows updates.
- Further de-bloated by uninstalling apps automatically downloaded from later Windows versions.
- Updated Xbox app and Xbox game bar and switched game bar to compact mode. Xbox game bar is disabled but Windows updates sometimes bring it back so compact mode will be useful in case that happens
- Steam no longer runs as an admin. This is because it caused a performance issue with the big picture mode UI. Unfortunately that means admin apps will have issues with the steam controller.
!!NOTICE!!
Due to installation of newer Windows versions this install is 40+GB. If you are still using a 64GB Steam Deck then I'd recommend you use WinDeckOS 1.1 as it is much smaller. Due to the major improvements I would recommend installing this version if you have a 256GB Steam Deck and above.
Downloads
Please submit an issue on Github if none of these downloads are available.