can't set oculus as active openxr runtime

[jeevil]

i have a quest 2 and use it on link but it wont work at all because when i click the button here it just does nothing

in the quest when i click enable link it loads for a few seconds and just reloads the home area (nothing happens)

please help my quest 2 is unusable for pcvr like this and it seems like such a simple thing

[Xylochoron]

IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE REGISTRY THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING TO CHANGE:

I found that if you first open and set up Windows Mixed Reality, then the registry entry magically appears! So try that! And if you're having trouble getting Windows Mixed Reality set up, say because you can't connect your headset, you can try doing what they say here to set it up in developer mode: Using the Windows Mixed Reality simulator - Mixed Reality | Microsoft Learn Good luck!

[som_med_nael]

can you explain to me how you did that?

[TodaywithE]

This doesn't do anything as the button changes nothing. Any way else to try and fix?

[MetaQuestSupport]

Hey there, @TodaywithE! We hate to hear that the troubleshooting was not able to help with what you are experiencing. We know that this has been an inconvenience to your time in VR, and we recommend looking into this further through this link to the OpenXR developers page, where they will have more tools available to better assist you with this issue!

[Jantastisch123]

Hello, i know this is al little late, but do i need to install openXR on my pc for it to work?

[MetaQuestSupport]

Hey there, @Jantastisch12q3. We appreciate you reaching out and letting us know about your question about installing openXR on your PC. We know how important it is to have all the answers before hand, and we would like to help you with that.

At this time, though, we would recommend contacting our amazing support team. There, one of our awesome agents can get you back on track through a live chat or even by submitting a ticket. Just click here to get connected! We want to get you back in the VR world soon and hope to see your ticket!

[itsjoopark]

Hi there, I am facing the same exact problem. I can't seem to 'turn on' the 'Set Oculus as active' on my Oculus app. I have done my best to follow step-by-step the protocol you listed earlier on this post, however, things still seem to not work. My GPU is up to date, I have repaired my Oculus app for Quest 2. Not sure how to get PC VR working and would really appreciate some help. 😕 

[MetaQuestSupport]

Hey there! We thank you for trying some troubleshooting steps on your own, that let us know you are ahead of us. We hate to hear you can't set Oculus as active in your app. No worries, let's look into this further. Could you please send us a screenshot of what you are seeing? We look forward to hearing from you!

[MetaQuestSupport]

Hey there! We're just following up with you to see if you still need assistance. If so, please provide the information from our previous message and we'll assist. We hope you have a great day!

[Yomo42 · Accepted solution]

I just took a look at that registry value and found that my 64 bit system was using the Oculus runtime, but it was set to use the 32 bit runtime by default. I'll be editing that registry to use the 64 bit version instead. Thank you!

For anyone reading: running a 32 bit version of a program on your 64 bit processor can be slower than if you just use the 64 bit version. That's why I'm changing it.