New client exe "-silent" / hidden startup (not autostart)

[ℭycaleo]

Howdy.

Steam made a new client version. Good for them - bad for me.

Older was better and the more older than the older was more better than the better older (website too). Looking forward to the next version. Perhaps they are bored, idk.

There are 2 annoying things I'm looking for a solution (2nd is just for optimization, not so important)

1. I usually run steam with the game I want to play, no autorun at windows startup.
   Now steam starts in foreground, but I like to start steam minimized.
   It seems there is no option for defaulting it in the ui (anymore).
   Parameter "-silent" works fine, but only with a shortcut. I want it by default.
   My idea was a parameter in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Valve\Steam". SteamExe doesn't accept params. But maybe there's key for it? Or a list of possible keys somewhere?
   Or anybody got other solution?
   
   
2. The memory usage of webhelper is under every sow (sorry). I just write this to be said. Even in background it's over 500mb. Maybe I leave chrome and google with steam from now. lol.

[Phi3nix]

Do small troubleshooting for me. We have to be sure that we do not start Steam twice.

1. Go to settings -> Interface and disable -> Run Steam when the computer starts.
2. Restart the computer and check if Steam starts.

3. Create a shortcut, when you right-click on the shortcut in Target you should see: D:\Steam\steam.exe "-silent" -- "%1"
4. Press Run and open -> shell:startup
5. Move your new shiny shortcut to this folder.

if you still have a problem message me on Discord: phi3nix

[MasterBLB]

I don't get that "Press Run and open -> shell:startup" part.

[76561198976225670]

@Steam please add this feature.

[76561198976225670]

https://leo3418.github.io/2023/07/15/minimize-steam-for-game-shortcuts.html

[Syvmar]

MasterBLB a écrit :

I don't get that "Press Run and open -> shell:startup" part.

I know this is old but for those who might stumble upon this and have the same question, just open your start menu and search "Run." Open this, type shell:startup and hit enter. Place your shortcut here. This is just an easy way to find the folder your startup programs are listed in.

C:\Users\(YourUserName)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

[Mike]

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