This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable hidden experimental feature flags in Windows 11.
ViVeTool is an open source tool that can be used to enable hidden features that are part of controlled feature roll-outs or A/B testing in Insider builds of Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26220.8148 (Beta 25H2) and build 26300.8155 (Dev 25H2), Microsoft is developing a hidden Feature Flags page in Settings to make it easier to turn on or off hidden features. If you don't have this (Option One) available in these builds yet and would like to try it now, then you can use the vivetool /enable /id:60911173 command with Option Two to enable this.
You must be signed in as administrator to enable or disable hidden feature flags.
Contents
- Option One: Enable or Disable Hidden Feature Flags in Settings
- Option Two: Enable or Disable Hidden Feature Flags using ViVeTool
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1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Windows Update on the left side, and click/tap on Windows Insider Program on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Feature Flags. (see screenshot below)
4 Select No Override, Disabled (default), or Enabled for any available feature flags you want, and click/tap on Apply Changes. (see screenshots below)
5 Click/tap on Restart now to apply. (see screenshot below)
This will immediately restart the computer. Be sure to save and close everything first.
1 Click/tap on ViVeTool-v0.3.4-SnapdragonArm64.zip (ARM64) or ViVeTool-v0.3.4-IntelAmd.zip (64-bit) at the link below to download the latest version of ViveTool for your device's system type. (see screenshot below)
Download
2 Select the location (ex: "Desktop") where you want to save the ZIP file above to, and click/tap on Save. (see screenshot below)
3 Unblock the downloaded ZIP file. (see screenshot below)
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4 Extract All the downloaded ZIP file. (see screenshot below step 5)
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5 Copy as path the ViveTool.exe file from the extracted ZIP. (see screenshot below)
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6 Open Windows Terminal (Admin), and select Command Prompt.
7 Type the command below to enable or disable a hidden feature into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshots below)
Windows 11 ViveTool codes to enable hidden features
Complete list of the ViveTool codes to enable hidden and experimental features on Windows 11 in the Stable and Insider preview builds.
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(Enable hidden feature)
<full path of ViVeTool.exe> /enable /id:<feature ID>OR
(Disable feature)
<full path of ViVeTool.exe> /disable /id:<feature ID>OR
(Undo all custom feature configurations)
<full path of ViVeTool.exe> /fullresetSubstitute <full path of ViVeTool.exe> in the command above by pasting (Ctrl+V) the full path of the ViveTool.exe file from step 5.
Substitute <feature ID> with the actual feature ID number (ex: "41040327") for the feature (ex: "Gallery in File Explorer") you want to enable or disable.
For example:
"C:\Users\Brink\Desktop\ViVeTool-v0.3.3\ViVeTool.exe" /enable /id:41040327
You can use Open with "Just once" the FeatureDictionary.pfs file from the extracted ZIP (step 4) with Notepad to see a list of available feature IDs.
8 If you used the "Removes all custom feature configurations" command, then type Y when prompted to confirm.
9 Restart the computer to apply.
That's it,
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