How to turn on HDR automatically only for HDR games

With KeyRoutines Pro, add Game started and Game stopped triggers for the games that support HDR, and an If on Started by trigger. One branch runs HDR on/off set to on, the other sets it to off, so the desktop stays in SDR the rest of the time.

KeyRoutines Pro is a one-time $29.99 upgrade for up to 2 PCs.

Steps

1. 1

   Pick your HDR games

   Add a Game started trigger and choose a game; add one trigger per HDR game, or one per game you care about.

2. 2

   Add the matching stop triggers

   Add Game stopped for the same games. It waits until the game's last process has exited.

3. 3

   Branch on how the run started

   Add an If with Started by trigger and pick the Game started triggers.

4. 4

   Switch HDR

   In the If branch, add HDR on/off set to on for your gaming monitor. In the Else branch, add HDR on/off set to off.

Tips

• HDR on/off reads the state back after switching, so if a driver accepts the request and does nothing, the run history tells you.
• Leave the monitor empty to use the main monitor.