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Non-Steam Game fails to launch with Steam Play enabled for all Games

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8503 · opened 2022-03-26 by Goodname15 · updated 2023-01-26 · 3 comments · github
GGoodname15 2022-03-26 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version: Mar 14 2022, at 19:49:17
  • Distribution: Fedora 35 (also happens on Pop!_OS 21.10)
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

When launching a non-Steam Game with "Enable Steam Play for all other Titles", Steam tries to Update the non-Steam Game
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Using the Fedora RPM Version, this never completes, while it succeeds in the .deb PopOS Version

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Go to Settings > Steam Play > Advanced > Enable Steam Play for all other titles
  2. add a non-Steam Game
  3. Launch it
Ttmcd35 2022-05-13 github

Your system information
Steam client version: May 12 2022, at 20:36:43
Distribution: Manjaro KDE Plasma 21.2.6
Opted into Steam client beta?: No
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Just had the exact same issue in Manjaro. This was working fine a week ago. But not after a complete system reinstall. I set up non-Steam shortcuts for both Firefox and RetroArch (run as a flatpak) and both failed to launch with the updating dialog. In offline mode they failed to launch entirely.

Turning off "Enable Steam Play for all other Titles" fixed the issue.

It's almost as if Proton isn't distinguishing between a Linux Native application and Windows exe, possibly trying to run the Linux App as a Windows exe.

Ttognee 2022-06-11 github

Your system information
Steam client version: 1654574690
Distribution: Endeavour OS (Arch based)
Opted into Steam client beta?: No
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Issue is still present in the latest version of the client.
Can reproduce on Endeavour OS.

?ghost 2022-08-26 github

Have the same issue with the latest Steam client on Arch.

Steam client version: 1660960119
Distribution: Arch Linux
Opted into Steam client beta?: No
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

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