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Oh, I just tried putting the "steam://rungameid/<SteamAppID>" as the launch path for a game that I don't have installed, and it does show the "Install" button. So what I just said above is not necessary. I was trying to make a game that is installed show up as not installed, Lauchbox won't let me do that. 😁 I guess Launchbox internally knows the each game's expected path for each SteamAppID and looks for the game there or something like that.

"steam://subscriptioninstall/<SteamAppID>" is the command to install the game when it's not currently installed. Once this string is put into the launch field in Launchbox for given game, the blue "Install" button lights up above the description of the game in Launchbox. So I guess I would have to add "steam://rungameid/<SteamAppID>" as an additional program associated with each uninstalled Steam game then for the Steam badge to show in Launchbox? Once the game is installed, I would need to change this "steam://subscriptioninstall/<SteamAppID>" to "steam://rungameid/<SteamAppID>" so that it will instead show the "Play" button instead of "Install"? See, I can't import all of my Steam games all at once using the wizard because I don't have a smartphone, which is required by Steam in order for me to get my Steam API key which Launchbox requires to import all games at once, so I have to import all 2500 games manually, so I am just trying to figure out what Launchbox does (in terms of the launch command parameters) in cases when it can import all games (installed and uninstalled) via the Wizard. Thanks for any additional help.

If a Steam game is not installed, I put "steam://subscriptioninstall/<SteamAppID" in the "Launching -> Application path" field of the game metadata in LaunchBox. But when I do this, the Steam badge does not show up beside the game box in LaunchBox. If I put "steam://rungameid/<SteamAppId>" instead, it shows the Steam badge, but it shows the game as installed because it shows a "Play" green button on the right side of the screen above the game description and forces the "Installed" checkbox to on in the metadata. Even if I uncheck the "installed" box, it adds the checkmark again automatically. Is there a way to have the Steam badge show up whether or not the game is installed?

That fixed it! Thanks!

Thanks for your reply. When I select Help - Check for updates, a progress bar moves briefly across the bottom of the screen and that's all.

Hi, I'm currently using LaunchBox for Windows 13.3. I got the email newsletter letting me know that Launchbox for Windows 13.5 is now available. I'm having trouble however because when I launch Launchbox it doesn't let me know there's a new version and when I go to Help -> Check for updates, it finds none. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

Thanks!

I have tried every wheel configuration in the default theme, but no matter what I do the "Game Image Type" setting under Options --> Images does not change anything.

Hello everyone, I'm running LaunchBox 13.0 on Windows 11, just installed the program for the first time and purchased. When I go into Big Box mode and change the settings in Big Box under Options --> Images --> Game Image Type and change it to let's say carts or screenshots or anything, the games still show whatever they're set to show in Desktop mode instead. If I change the view type in Desktop mode, it will show how I want it in Big Box. Is there something I'm missing? I've looked through the program options in Desktop Mode and in Big Box for hours but couldn't figure this out. I'm using the default theme and I do have carts and screenshots (and boxes and 3D boxes) available for all 3 games I added (just installed for the first time yesterday). @Jason Carr said I should post this question here. Thanks for any help!