Launching GOG games with Pin Steam and Launcher
Hey guys, I had a lot of requests for GoG support in Pin Steam, but I wont be able to do that any time soon because they don’t have an API I can get your list of games from
As a bandaid, I updated the helper tool “Launcher” to handle shortcut files! To launch any shortcut (including those from GOG games) follow these steps:
Step 1:
Download the launcher program: Launcher
Step 2:
Unzip somewhere on your machine.
Step 3:
Double click the launcher.exe, this will register it as the handler of slaunch: urls.
After pressing yes and accept nothing happens! It registered correctly! If you move Launcher exe afterwards, then double click it again to register its new location.
Step 4:
Put the links to your games into the Links subfolder in the Launcher directory. (Or into the launcher folder directly)
Step 5:
Test that it works. Open the run dialog (press WindowsKey + R); Write the URL for your game as such: “slaunch:?gamename” I put my “Master of Orion 2″ link into the folder so my url is “slaunch:?Master of Orion 2”
Step 6:
Create a custom tile with this URL using the guide from: http://jacobkorsgaard.com/?page_id=431 (Pin Steam might require you to replace spaces with %20, which would make my url: “slaunch:?Master%20of%20Orion%202″, this will be fixed in the next update)
Step 7:
Test it out and enjoy!
Hi Jacob, Could u please help me with this launcher things, I try my best to do it, it’s quite complex actually. If you can; please add a feature to pin steam which will allow user to pin any program without URL things.
Hi Prince,
If I could, I would support exe files. :/ I’m sorry, but you’ll have to do with the launcher until the Windows 8 guys change their minds about only launching URLs.
Never mind, I managed to get it work, It’s was difficult at first but now I know how to do it.
Thanks for the Simple launcher exe. It worked.