Non-Steam Shortcut Extension for Playnite
This extension will automatically creates non-Steam shortcuts for the currently selected games in Playnite. Multiple games can be selected to create multiple shortcuts at once. The game in Playnite will be modified to launch the game using Steam.
Re-running this extension is safe, it will update the shortcut with the information from the OtherAction titled "Launch without Steam".
Warning: Any existing non-Steam shortcut with the same name (AppName) as a game in your Playnite library will be replaced with an updated shortcut. This allows updating shortcuts, but may potentially clobber some of your existing non-Steam shortcuts.
This effectively allows using the Steam overlay for any game in Playnite.
Installation
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Note, for best results please ensure the game action of your games in Playnite is "Executable" or "Emulator" and not "URL" or "Managed by library plugin". This allows Steam to launch the game executable directly and inject the Steam Overlay. If the game action is URL, Steam will still launch the game but the overlay will not work.
This extension will modify the default action of your game in Playnite so that launching the game from Playnite will automatically open it with Steam. If you do not want this, a "Launch without Steam" action is also created.
This extension will automatically creates non-Steam shortcuts for the currently selected games in Playnite. Multiple games can be selected to create multiple shortcuts at once. The game in Playnite will be modified to launch the game using Steam.
Re-running this extension is safe, it will update the shortcut with the information from the OtherAction titled "Launch without Steam".
Warning: Any existing non-Steam shortcut with the same name (AppName) as a game in your Playnite library will be replaced with an updated shortcut. This allows updating shortcuts, but may potentially clobber some of your existing non-Steam shortcuts.
This effectively allows using the Steam overlay for any game in Playnite.
Installation
- Download the .pext extension
- Open the .pext file to install it with Playnite
- Select one or more games, then right click and chose "Create non-steam shortcuts"
- The first time the extension is run you will be prompted to select the Steam userdata directory. By default it is at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\12345678 if you have installed Steam onto the C:\ drive
- Relaunch Steam to reload the shortcuts
- Launch the game(s) with Playnite, now the game will be automatically launched using Steam
Issue tracker
Download
Note, for best results please ensure the game action of your games in Playnite is "Executable" or "Emulator" and not "URL" or "Managed by library plugin". This allows Steam to launch the game executable directly and inject the Steam Overlay. If the game action is URL, Steam will still launch the game but the overlay will not work.
This extension will modify the default action of your game in Playnite so that launching the game from Playnite will automatically open it with Steam. If you do not want this, a "Launch without Steam" action is also created.
