Exit additional app after game closes (for more seamless HDR gaming experience in WIndows 10)

[Jason Caesar]

Hi Launchbox Community!

I would like to make a request that may seem trivial, but would make my experience with Launchbox - and ultimately Windows 10 in general - much better when it comes to handling the awful Windows 10 HDR-SDR problem. Would it be possible to add the option to automatically close an app selected in the “Additional Apps” tab after the game is closed?

I use a simple application called HDRSwitch (https://github.com/bradgearon/hdr-switch/releases) that automatically switches on HDR mode in WIndows 10 when it is open, and switches HDR off when it’s closed. I am able to get the app to automatically open before my game launches using the “Additional Apps” tab in the edit game menu, however, I am unable to get it to close automatically after my game closes. It would be awesome to get the whole enchilada of automation having the HDRSwitch automatically close and snap back to normally colored SDR rather than depressing dull SDR in HDR grayness.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

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[Manson Casey]

There is a cool tool called AutoHDR that was originally used for kodi before auto HDR was implemented into Kodi. I reached out to the dev and he released 2 versions, one for nearly seamless switching (steam games don’t really work) and another that works for steam games but requires additional input after closing the game. It is open sourced so I imagine Jason Carr could easily implement this feature into LB. I am going to create a feature request as well.