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I wrote this to quickly enable/disable the OpenVR Leap Motion drivers https://github.com/cbuchner1/driver_leap the lines you need to add to enable the Leap are over here https://gist.github.com/Hotrian/963b75ac90c604b5c809820e5fdde38b
@echo off
goto prep
REM This batch script removes the leap drivers temporarily so SteamVR won't attempt to launch them
REM It also backup/restores the SteamVR.vrsettings file so you can have two copies and it switches the correct version in
REM This is just a little batch program I wrote to quickly disable/enable the SteamVR Leap Motion Drivers
REM You should copy steamvr.vrsettings twice and rename one to LeapVRSettings.vrsettings and the other to RegularVRSettings.vrsettings
REM Then run this batch once or twice and then go back in and change your steamvr.vrsettings as needed
:prep
set leapfolder="C:\Program Files\SteamVR Leap Motion driver\"
set steamfolder="C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\"
echo Leap Folder: %leapfolder%
echo Steam Folder: %steamfolder%
IF NOT EXIST %leapfolder%\removed\ call :createremovedfolder
goto start
:createremovedfolder
echo "Removed" folder not found, attempting to create..
mkdir %leapfolder%\removed
IF NOT EXIST %leapfolder%\removed\ echo "Unable to create folder. Try launching as admin."
goto start
:start
IF NOT EXIST %leapfolder%\removed\ goto eof
IF EXIST %leapfolder%\leap.vrsettings goto swap1
IF EXIST %leapfolder%\removed\leap.vrsettings goto swap2
goto notfound
:swap1
echo Disable Leap Motion Drivers
move %leapfolder%\leap %leapfolder%\removed\
move %leapfolder%\config_tool.exe %leapfolder%\removed\
move %leapfolder%\leap.vrsettings %leapfolder%\removed\
move %leapfolder%\leap_backup.vrsettings %leapfolder%\removed\
echo Backup SteamVR Settings to LeapVRSettings.vrsettings
del %steamfolder%\config\LeapVRSettings.vrsettings
copy %steamfolder%\config\steamvr.vrsettings %steamfolder%\config\LeapVRSettings.vrsettings
echo Restore SteamVR Settings from RegularVRSettings.vrsettings
del %steamfolder%\config\steamvr.vrsettings
copy %steamfolder%\config\RegularVRSettings.vrsettings %steamfolder%\config\steamvr.vrsettings
echo Done
goto eof
:swap2
echo Enable Leap Motion Drivers
move %leapfolder%\removed\leap %leapfolder%\
move %leapfolder%\removed\config_tool.exe %leapfolder%\
move %leapfolder%\removed\leap.vrsettings %leapfolder%\
move %leapfolder%\removed\leap_backup.vrsettings %leapfolder%\
echo Backup SteamVR Settings to RegularVRSettings.vrsettings
del %steamfolder%\config\RegularVRSettings.vrsettings
copy %steamfolder%\config\steamvr.vrsettings %steamfolder%\config\RegularVRSettings.vrsettings
echo Restore SteamVR Settings from LeapVRSettings.vrsettings
del %steamfolder%\config\steamvr.vrsettings
copy %steamfolder%\config\LeapVRSettings.vrsettings %steamfolder%\config\steamvr.vrsettings
echo Done
goto eof
:notfound
echo Unable to locate SteamVR Leap Motion Drivers
goto eof
:eof
pause
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Hotrian commented Jun 17, 2016

Check my gist here for the LeapVRSettings file. Copy your steamvr.vrsettings and rename them to LeapVRSettings.vrsettings and add the lines from this gist where they go in it to enable the OpenVR Leap Motion drivers. It's required that you install them so check the GitHub here and get the latest release.

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Hotrian commented Jun 17, 2016

Basically this batch script just creates a "Removed" folder and moves the drivers back and forth between their normal install location and this folder. If the Leap Motion driver files are in the removed folder, it will move them out and copy LeapVRSettings over the steamvr settings just after backing those settings up to RegularVRSettings. When you run it again, it moves the leap files back into the "removed" folder, and copies the RegularVRSettings over the steamvr settings just after backing them up to LeapVRSettings.

It has to move the files, otherwise the Leap drivers boot up in some way, and cause the VR Server exe to crash when SteamVR closes, even if they aren't activated and being used.

It might require a bit of tweaking to get right for your setup, but this should give everyone a jump start for a quick toggle for the Leap Motion OpenVR Driver.

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