Vesktop2Vulkan

Vesktop, being a Chromium-based Discord client, doesn’t let you tweak GPU settings easily, but you can force-enable Vulkan or SkiaGraphite with a simple batch script.

This guide will walk you through:
✅ Creating two batch scripts (one for Vulkan, one for SkiaGraphite).
✅ Disabling Direct Rendering Display Compositor & Raw Draw (they break rendering).
✅ Stopping Vesktop from launching on startup and replacing it with your custom batch script.
✅ Setting up a desktop shortcut with an icon.

Step 1: Create the Batch Script

There are two versions of this script—one optimized for Vulkan, and one for SkiaGraphite.

🟢 Vulkan Version

u/echo off
taskkill /F /IM Vesktop.exe
timeout /t 2 /nobreak >nul

start "" "%LOCALAPPDATA%\vesktop\Vesktop.exe" ^
--enable-features=Vulkan,WebGPU,WebNN,AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxGL,AcceleratedVideoEncoder,AcceleratedVideoDecoder,AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxZeroCopyGL ^
--use-vulkan ^
--enable-vulkan ^
--disable-software-rasterizer ^
--allow-file-access-from-files ^
--disable-renderer-backgrounding ^
--disable-background-timer-throttling ^
--disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows ^
--autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required ^
--enable-speech-dispatcher ^
--disable-features=DirectRenderingDisplayCompositor,RawDraw,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinRetrieveSuggestionsOnlyOnDemand,HardwareMediaKeyHandling,MediaSessionService

✅ Forces Vulkan rendering
✅ Disables known rendering issues

🔵 SkiaGraphite Version

u/echo off
taskkill /F /IM Vesktop.exe
timeout /t 2 /nobreak >nul

start "" "%LOCALAPPDATA%\vesktop\Vesktop.exe" ^
--enable-features=SkiaGraphite,WebGPU,WebNN,AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxGL,AcceleratedVideoEncoder,AcceleratedVideoDecoder,AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxZeroCopyGL ^
--disable-software-rasterizer ^
--allow-file-access-from-files ^
--disable-renderer-backgrounding ^
--disable-background-timer-throttling ^
--disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows ^
--autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required ^
--enable-speech-dispatcher ^
--disable-features=DirectRenderingDisplayCompositor,RawDraw,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinRetrieveSuggestionsOnlyOnDemand,HardwareMediaKeyHandling,MediaSessionService

✅ Forces SkiaGraphite rendering
✅ Disables broken compositor features

Step 2: Save the File

1. Open Notepad.
2. Copy one of the scripts above.
3. Click File > Save As.
4. Change Save as type: All Files.
5. Name it something like:
   • Launch_Vesktop_Vulkan.bat
   • Launch_Vesktop_SkiaGraphite.bat
6. Save it somewhere convenient, like Desktop or Documents.

Step 3: Disable Vesktop from Auto-Starting

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
2. Go to the Startup tab.
3. Find Vesktop and Disable it.

This stops Vesktop from launching normally so we can force it to use the optimized batch script instead.

Step 4: Auto-Start Vesktop with the Custom Script

To make sure Vesktop always launches with Vulkan or SkiaGraphite on boot, do this:

1. Press Win + R, type:and hit Enter.shell:startup
2. Copy your batch file into this folder.
3. Now, every time Windows starts, Vesktop will launch with the optimized settings.

Step 5: Create a Desktop Shortcut

For easy access, make a shortcut to the batch script:

1. Right-click your .bat file > Create Shortcut.
2. Move the shortcut to your Desktop.
3. Right-click > Properties on the shortcut.
4. Click Change Icon > Pick a custom .ico file (optional, but makes it look clean).
5. Hit OK > Apply.

Now, you have a one-click launcher that kills Vesktop if it's already running and restarts it with your custom settings.

Final Notes

• If Vulkan breaks rendering, switch to the SkiaGraphite version.

That’s it! Enjoy your fully optimized Vesktop with better performance. 🚀💨