steam-deck-tools VS SteamDeck_rEFInd

I use Steam Deck tools for windows for all my deck buttons and shortcuts https://github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools

It's friendlier than it looks! First download the latest Steam Deck Tools release from GitHubsteam deck tools, then install RTSSrtss so the overlay and quick menus work, and optionally follow thisvrr guide to get VRR working. Make sure they're all set to run on startup and you should be good to go. The options all live in the task bar, and you can easily toggle between desktop/controller mode and different fan profiles, refresh rates, etc. It takes some fiddling around to get perfect but it has most, if not all, of the functionality of the native OS

Are you sure you are actually using Windows on the deck? Because except for getting the controller working in 3rd party launchers (which needs this single tool: https://github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools) - there were absolutely NO errors / hurdles at all. Everything just works as expected.

I prefer Steam Deck Tools for Windows https://github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools this is free, and adds pretty much full Stream Deck functionality to Windows. Steam Deck shortcuts for bringing up the windows keyboard, closing apps, alt tabbing, bringing up an overlay, using the overlay to choose frame rate and scaling options, etc, etc.

Steam Deck Tools I launch Diablo hold start and swaps to controller mode.

Install https://github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools This gives you control of fans, power limits, controller/mouse mode, etc. Its an all in 1 tool

And I use Steam Deck Tools for Windows for everything else and it works great https://github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools

I used this setup https://github.com/jlobue10/SteamDeck_rEFInd

Are you using my script or GUI? If so, feel free to open an issue for more in-depth troubleshooting and fixing.

Download from the release page and follow the instructions from here. Let me know how it goes. I really need to open an issue on Valve's SteamOS GitHub as there is not a good reason (in my opinion) that these necessary (to compile) packages aren't included in SteamOS by default. They take up a very small amount of space and should be included, as far as I'm concerned.

I was wondering if it’s possible to use rEFInd to easily boot between Decktop mode and Gamepad mode, rather than automatically booting into game mode as default. I don’t want to auto boot any modes, but would rather the option to choose before loading one or the other.

I walk through the required steps here to rebuild the boot entry properly for Windows. People don't seem to fully read available information from the READMEs. This has been frustrating for months now.

try this https://github.com/jlobue10/SteamDeck_rEFInd or https://github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamDeck-Clover-dualboot

Additionally, I found another script by jlobue10 called SteamDeck_rEFInd, which appears to be the foundation for ryanrudolph's rEFInd script. You can find it here.