What this does? Launches the respective Battle.net or Steam game its named after directly, without needing to click "Play".
Note: Your games can be elsewhere, they will be launched from the launcher.
Side note: If you use Win10Tile, you can make game tile shortcuts with these files easily.
**If using a steam game, Steam can be installed anywhere.
These executables were created using the generic IExpress Windows tool using Windows 10 x64 with hidden mode enabled; the executables emulate package installers with a dummy bat file:
echo 1
Then runs the command to execute the game, thanks to Ethan-BB's post , implementation like so:
For Battle.Net:
Requirement: Battle.net Launcher Install path must be the default location (below):
C:\Program Files (x86)\Battle.net
// launch overwatch
cmd /s /c ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Battle.net\Battle.net.exe" --exec="launch Pro""
For Steam, it's suffice to do something like
explorer steam://rungameid/2760For EpicGames, here's how you can launch a desktop shortcut from cmd (quotes are neccessary)
explorer "com.epicgames.launcher://apps/Albacore?action=launch&silent=true"
For Ubisoft Connect, it's similar to steam:
explorer uplay://launch/3539/0
The executable does not need to be run as administrator, however, windows may flag it as a potential threat due to unknown source. To prevent windows blocking it, simply right click properties, and there's an unblock button at the bottom right of that dialog prompt.