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The single Proton prefix by default or as option in general

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ValveSoftware/Proton#8486 · opened 2025-02-28 by jebez1 · updated 2025-12-08 · 2 comments · github
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Jjebez1 2025-02-28 github

Feature Request

I confirm:

  • [x] that I haven't found another request for this feature.
  • [x] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available that
    contain this feature already.

Description

On Linux, Proton, whenever a Steam Windows software, a .exe or .msi file is played the 1st time, a new steamapps/compatdata/a_number folder with inside a new Proton prefix is created.

But it's possible to have Windows softwares in a single Proton Prefix, as Wine.
The key is:
LAUNCH OPTIONS: STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH=proton_prefix_path %command%

I wrote a guide https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3378517770 about this.

But this option must be written for each Windows softwares, so to avoid this, the feature request:
the single Proton prefix by default, or as option in general (e.g. in Settings, Compatibility, checkbox Single Proton prefix) with the choice of the Proton prefix path.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2025-02-28 github

Hello @jebez1, this issue is already being tracked at #604. Closing as a duplicate.

Jjebez1 2025-02-28 github

No @kisak-valve

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/604 is "shared wineprefixes" (call it Proton or Wine prefix?), 2 or more Proton prefixes, so the solution is LAUNCH OPTIONS: STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH=proton_prefix_path %command%

me it's "single Proton prefix", only 1.