Why are my non-Steam games refusing to launch?

[Daddy Gibby]

Whenever I try to launch a non-Steam game I've added to my library, the game refuses to launch and will act as if I never clicked anything. Whenever I go to play the game on my desktop, it works just fine. Am I the only one who has noticed this? Is there a fix to it or no?

[Longhaul]

I have 100+ non steam games I launch through steam with no issues.. Must be on your end..

[Daddy Gibby]

Originally posted by Daynox:

I have 100+ non steam games I launch through steam with no issues.. Must be on your end..

Do you have any idea how I can fix it?

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Did you actually target the game .exe?

[Daddy Gibby]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Did you actually target the game .exe?

I've done both the .exe and the shortcut, but neither works. All of my non-Steam games suddenly stopped working, regardless of what one I used.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

What game?
Where the game installed?
Is this installed on an external hard drive?
Can you take a screenshot of the game folder showing all the files in it, if it have multiple .exe files.

[Daddy Gibby]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

What game?
Where the game installed?
Is this installed on an external hard drive?
Can you take a screenshot of the game folder showing all the files in it, if it have multiple .exe files.

Its for all of my [non-Steam] games; they worked perfectly find before but like I said, they just suddenly stopped working. Most are installed in a folder labeled "Games". Its all on the same hard drive as my other Steam games. And I don't know if that last thing will help...

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Could try one of these options if you want, but before that try adding your broswer or something as a non steam game, and see if it open it like firefox, or chrome.

- Run Steam as admin.
- Opt-in/out of Steam beta.
- Reinstall Steam.

[Daddy Gibby]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Could try one of these options if you want, but before that try adding your broswer or something as a non steam game, and see if it open it like firefox, or chrome.

- Run Steam as admin.
- Opt-in/out of Steam beta.
- Reinstall Steam.

Didn't work. I'll try out some of what you suggested then, or just contact Steam support.

[=Axton=]

non steam game screenshots arent showing in friend activity either but they are uploading.

[76561199543161045]

I'm a freaking 10 year trying to launch a non-steam AND WHY ISN'T IT LAUNCHING I'M GONNA DIE!?!?

[Katie]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.