I have the retail version, is it possible to play it without the disc?

[S0ulBearer]

I don't want to have to rebuy it on Steam just so I can go discless.

[arottweiler]

I read something a few years ago that was about copyright laws being relaxed with no-cd cracks thus allowing users to legally use no-cd cracks that were previously forbidden for use by the EULA or local laws provided the user abided by the existing law of only one personal copy to use as a way of keeping the original stored. I can't find the article but it was from about 8 years ago.

I used to use one for Oblivion so I didn't have to keep getting the disk out but for the last few years I wasn't playing other games so just left it in the drive. Last year when I started modding another game which also needed a disk in the drive I decided to use the co-cd Oblivion.exe again. It works fine on W10 Pro.

DRM over the years has been a pain. Some games like Total War: Medieval II and Company Of Heroes could be a nightmare to load up even with the original disk in the drive because they would randomly decide to fail DRM checks. It's why I prefer games that run on the disk and don't rely on an internet connection for content or security checks. It just adds a level of complexity I don't need when I want to load up a game for an hour.

[Well Butter my Biscuit]

This topic will go down in history.