vanguard-out

Tool to temporarily stop and disable Riot Vanguard.

Features

Inspired by @AndrewMast scripts: Commands to temporarily stop Riot Vanguard.
If you don't like that Riot Vanguard is running in the background on your system all the time, just stop and disable it.
The tool is not perfect, but it does the job. Feedback and suggestions are welcome.

• Disable vanguard and stop from the tray.
• Re-enable it when you want to play (restart system required).
• Add shortcut to startup folder, so vanguard is locked out on every system start.
• Restart system command included.
• Use a small command line interface.
• Or use a simple user interface.

vanguard-cli

Usage: vanguard-cli.exe [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -h,--help                                       Print this help message and exit
  -v,--version                                    Display program version information and exit
  -s,--state {activate, deactivate} or {1, 0}     Set vanguard state
  -r,--restart INT:POSITIVE                       Restart system after N seconds (default: 0)
  -c,--check                                      Check current state and activate or deactivate vanguard

Examples

activate:                 vanguard-cli.exe --state activate
deactivate:               vanguard-cli.exe --state deactivate
activate with restart:    vanguard-cli.exe --state activate --restart

Shortcut for Startup folder with PowerShell commands

$WshShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell;
$ShortcutPath = "$env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\vanguard-cli.lnk";
$Shortcut = $WshShell.CreateShortcut($ShortcutPath);
$Shortcut.TargetPath = "C:\tools\vanguard-out-0.1.0-win64\vanguard-cli.exe";
$Shortcut.WorkingDirectory = "C:\tools\vanguard-out-0.1.0-win64";
$Shortcut.Arguments = "--check";
$Shortcut.Save();

Used Commands

Activate

sc config vgc start= demand & sc config vgk start= system
powershell Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" -Name "Riot Vanguard" -Value "C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgtray.exe"

Deactivate

sc config vgc start= disabled & sc config vgk start= disabled & net stop vgc & net stop vgk & taskkill /IM vgtray.exe
powershell Remove-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" -Name "Riot Vanguard"

vanguard-gui

Installation

• Tested on Windows 11 with Qt version 6.7.0.
• For the portable version download the latest release from github/vanguard-out/releases and unzip it.
• To build from source, you can also download the source code from releases.
• vanguard-cli: dependencies github/CLI11 and github/mINI (there is no Qt required).
• vanguard-gui: the easiest way is to open CMakeLists.txt in your Qt Creator and configure with one of your installed Qt kits.