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Useful apps and instructions for Windows on POCO X3 Pro

List of supported apps/games

This is by no means a comprehensive list, it simply lists apps/games that have been tested by the community The link can be found here

You can also find a list of dedicated ARM software at this link

Finished!

Hide D drive (modem partition)

Note

This is recommended because this drive should not be modified, while some applications may try to write to it.

• Open a command prompt window and run diskpart
• Run list volume to see all available volumes
• Select the disk that has letter D with select volume $, replacing "$" with the volume number
• Remove the letter with remove letter d
• Exit diskpart with exit

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Install Microsoft Office / Microsoft 365

• Download this ISO file to the tablet
• Right-click on the iso file and select Mount to open it in explorer
• Double-click on Office Tool Plus.exe to start the installation wizard
• Approve any UAC dialogs
• In the window that appears, click Yes to start installation
• Wait for the installation to complete

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Activate Windows / Office

Follow the instructions by Massgravel here

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Making the keyboard float

Warning

Make sure these steps are done on the POCO X3 Pro running Windows!

• Open CMD as an admin and run reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Scaling /v MonitorSize
• Press 'y' then enter
• Reboot your phone

Finished!

Disabling USB host mode

Warning

Unpowered USB devices will stop working

Important

The following steps must be done on your phone in Windows, not on your computer.

This edits the registry key to tell the USB Controller not to put the device into host mode

• In the command prompt put reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ACPI\QCOM0597\0\Device Parameters" /v RoleSwitchMode /t REG_DWORD /d 3
• Reboot your phone

Finished!