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Anyway, I tried following the advice here to force steam to run the executable `AOW4.exe` instead of the stupid launcher. However, steam does not seem to want to do this... I have tried a bunch of subtly different alternatives including the full page from `Z:` (which is where it would be in the windows prefix) but no matter what I do steam either seems to do nothing or use the launcher. What am I doing wrong?
On a related note, why does the command take the form `FULL_PATH %command%`? I would have expected it to be `%command% FULL_PATH` (i.e. so that `%command%` is some steam command and the full path is an argument). Is there a complete description anywhere of the logic for the steam launch string?
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I'm going to start using links to get rid of the launchers even when they are working. Damn launchers, seriously what the hell.