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[proton] add non-steam game compatibility tab becomes greyed out

steamclosed Steam clientProtonnon-Steam application
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8170 · opened 2021-10-21 by arrowgent · updated 2025-10-01 · 1 comments · github
Aarrowgent 2021-10-21 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): oct 13 2021
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): ubuntu 18.04
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Describe what you expected should happen and what did happen. Please link any large code pastes as a Github Gist

add non-steam game
change compatibility to proton version
run game
after running game cannot change compatibility
have to shut down steam and restart steam to change compatibility
compatibility option greyed out

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this is a fairly long standing issue, im not sure if there is another thread already here...
issue search is difficult when there are hundreds that result from "compatiblity" or "non-steam"

work around...
remove game from library
re add non-steam game to change compatibility setting

Aarrowgent 2025-10-01 github

this is old, and has been fixed for awhile now.
closing to avoid cruft and confusion

Nothing extracted yet.