Subj : The Disney+ price hike ha
To   : Nightfox
From : Accession
Date : Sun Oct 12 2025 08:12:18

Hey Nightfox!

On Sun, 12 Oct 2025 01:38:32 -0700, you wrote:

 > I just ran one of my Steam games by directly running its .exe (after
 > clicking Manage > Browse Local Files).

With Steam still running, I'm guessing.

 > It still seems to me like Steam is mainly a mechanism to buy games..
 > I'm not sure it does much (if any) obfuscation to prevent you from
 > running them directly.

Can you can shut down Steam (not even running in the background), and still run the game without it re-launching, or requiring Steam (or whatever other launcher/app the game is originally tied to) to be running?

I just tried this with Resident Evil 4. Shut down steam, ran "re4.exe", Steam opened, and asked if I would allow Valve to access my computer.. and now Steam is again running in my background.

Regards,
Nick

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