Adding Non-Steam Games

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Non-Steam Games are saved in the file: <<Steam Installation>>\userdata\<<User ID>>\config\shortcuts.vdf.

The file always starts with ' shortcuts '.

Note:There is a space on either side of the word 'shortcuts'

All shortcuts are separated by two 'NULL' characters.

Typical format is as follows (NewLines added for clarity, '|NULL|' represents a null character):

Note:There should not be any new lines in your actual shortcuts.vdf file.

 shortcuts 
 0 |NULL|
AppName NAME |NULL|
Exe "EXE" |NULL|
StartDir "STARTDIR" |NULL|
icon "ICON" |NULL|
ShortcutPath  |NULL|
LaunchOptions  |NULL|
IsHidden     |NULL|
AllowDesktopConfig |NULL|
   |NULL|
AllowOverlay |NULL|
   |NULL|
OpenVR     |NULL|
Devkit     |NULL|
DevkitGameID  |NULL|
LastPlayTime      tags |NULL|
0 favorite |NULL||NULL|
 1 |NULL|
AppName APPNAME |NULL|
Exe "EXE" |NULL|
StartDir "STARTDIR" |NULL|
icon "ICON" |NULL|
ShortcutPath  |NULL|
LaunchOptions  |NULL|
IsHidden     |NULL|
AllowDesktopConfig |NULL|
   |NULL|
AllowOverlay |NULL|
   |NULL|
OpenVR     |NULL|
Devkit     |NULL|
DevkitGameID  |NULL|
LastPlayTime      tags |NULL|
0 favorite |NULL||NULL|

Note:The spaces before the 'NULL' character - where no Key and no Value are assigned - are necessary to prevent two 'NULL's in a row, which would improperly denote the end of one shortcut and the start of another.

Confirm:The number of spaces after a Key without a value may be important.