diff --git a/hosts/FredOS-Gaming.nix b/hosts/FredOS-Gaming.nix
index 4e1f8ed..265661c 100644
--- a/hosts/FredOS-Gaming.nix
+++ b/hosts/FredOS-Gaming.nix
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@
       gamescope
       spotify
       # Preselect the last stream's audio source (e.g. Hearthstone) when it's
-      # running again, instead of resetting to "None" every Go Live.
+      # running again, instead of resetting to "None" every Go Live; Cancel in
+      # the stream dialog makes the next share show the full window picker
+      # (see xdph.conf in settings/hyprland.nix).
       (vesktop.overrideAttrs (old: {
-        patches = (old.patches or [ ]) ++ [ ../patches/vesktop-remember-stream-audio.patch ];
+        patches = (old.patches or [ ]) ++ [
+          ../patches/vesktop-remember-stream-audio.patch
+          ../patches/vesktop-cancel-shows-picker.patch
+        ];
       }))
       lsfg-vk
       lsfg-vk-ui
diff --git a/patches/vesktop-cancel-shows-picker.patch b/patches/vesktop-cancel-shows-picker.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..330e708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/vesktop-cancel-shows-picker.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+--- a/src/main/screenShare.ts
++++ b/src/main/screenShare.ts
+@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
+  */
+ 
+ import { desktopCapturer, session, Streams } from "electron";
++import { writeFileSync } from "fs";
++import { join } from "path";
+ import type { StreamPick } from "renderer/components/ScreenSharePicker";
+ import { IpcCommands, IpcEvents } from "shared/IpcEvents";
+ 
+@@ -55,7 +57,17 @@
+                     skipPicker: true
+                 }).catch(() => null);
+ 
+-                if (stream === null) return callback({});
++                if (stream === null) {
++                    // Cancelled: tell the auto-picking XDPH picker (FredOS settings/hyprland.nix)
++                    // to show the full picker on the next share.
++                    try {
++                        writeFileSync(
++                            join(process.env.XDG_RUNTIME_DIR ?? "/tmp", "xdph-pick-manually"),
++                            String(Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000))
++                        );
++                    } catch {}
++                    return callback({});
++                }
+             }
+ 
+             callback(video ? { video: sources[0] } : {});
diff --git a/settings/hyprland.nix b/settings/hyprland.nix
index eedc533..cb481a1 100644
--- a/settings/hyprland.nix
+++ b/settings/hyprland.nix
@@ -114,15 +114,17 @@ in
       # list as id[HC>]class[HT>]title[HE>]address[HA>]… and reads back
       # "[SELECTION]<flags>/window:<id>" (flag r = token allowed). Hearthstone
       # wins, else any other Proton window (steam_app_*) that isn't a launcher
-      # or HDT. Escape hatch: share again within 30s (cancel, retry) and the
-      # normal picker shows.
+      # or HDT. Escape hatch: Cancel in Vesktop's dialog (Gaming's patched
+      # Vesktop writes the time to xdph-pick-manually) and the next share
+      # within a minute shows the normal picker.
       xdg.configFile."hypr/xdph.conf".text = ''
         screencopy {
           allow_token_by_default = true
           custom_picker_binary = ${pkgs.writeShellScript "share-picker-game-first" ''
-            stamp="''${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp}/xdph-autopick"
+            flag="''${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp}/xdph-pick-manually"
             printf -v now '%(%s)T' -1
-            read -r last 2>/dev/null < "$stamp" || last=0
+            { cancelled=$(< "$flag"); } 2>/dev/null   # no trailing newline, so not `read`
+            echo 0 > "$flag"
 
             game=$(printf '%s' "''${XDPH_WINDOW_SHARING_LIST-}" | ${pkgs.gawk}/bin/awk '
               BEGIN { RS = "\\[HA>\\]"; FS = "\\[H[CTE]>\\]" }
@@ -131,12 +133,10 @@ in
                 && $3 !~ /^(Battle\.net|Hearthstone Deck Tracker|HearthstoneOverlay)/ { other = $1 }
               END { print hs != "" ? hs : other }')
 
-            if [ -n "$game" ] && (( now - last > 30 )); then
-              echo "$now" > "$stamp"
+            if [ -n "$game" ] && (( now - ''${cancelled:-0} > 60 )); then
               echo "[SELECTION]r/window:$game"
               exit 0
             fi
-            echo 0 > "$stamp"
             exec ${pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland}/bin/hyprland-share-picker "$@"
           ''}
         }