A program that disables Steam's CEF/Chromium Embedded Framework.
This program was created with the intent of replacing of Steam's command-line parameter -no-browser
which was recently removed.
- Launch Steam through
NoSteamWebHelper.exe
. - Monitor the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Valve\Steam\Apps
and all of its subkeys. - When an app runs, suspend the window thread and kill any WebHelper processes.
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Download the latest release from GitHub Releases.
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Unzip
NoSteamWebHelper.zip
, placeNoSteamWebHelper.exe
&NoSteamWebHelper.dll
in your Steam installation directory wheresteam.exe
is located. -
Make sure Steam is fully closed and run
NoSteamWebHelper.exe
to launch Steam. -
The WebHelper processes will be terminated when an app runs but means you won't be able to access Steam's UI unless you exit the game.
- Ensure you have a 32 Bit
GCC
installation andUPX
for optional compression. - Use
build.bat
to compile the project, if your 32 bit GCC installation is located somewhere else on your system, you can use specify theGCC
executable to use for compilation like this:
Syntax:build.bat <Path to 32 bit GCC.exe>
Example:build.bat i686-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe