Can I change the target directory on a steam game

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He's trying to do exactly what you think he's trying to do, but with an actual Steam game.

The problem is that Steam games aren't launched via .exe, they're launched via a unique type of URL that only Steam understands. I don't actually think you can change it anywhere other than on an actual shortcut on your desktop, and even then if you do it'll stop working entirely.
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You mean move the actual installed location?

This:
To move an already installed game
Games library
Right click the game
Properties
Local Files
Move Install Folder

To create and use other locations for games, this:
Steam games location
In the steam client:
Steam
Settings
Downloads
Steam Library Folders
Add library folder
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What do you mean by "file"?
 
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http://imgur.com/YnbJtic

Here is an example of a non steam game in my steam library. As you can see I can change the target directory easily by changing what it says in the "target" field. In a steam game there is not the option to do this directly. However, is there another way to do it?

Sorry if I'm being patronising but I thought I'd try to be as clear as possible to avoid further confusion
 
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Your example shows the exe, and the folder it lives in.
That exe IS the game. Or at least the starting bits of it.

If you were to change that target directory, I doubt it would actually start.

Still unsure of what you're trying to do.
 
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He's trying to do exactly what you think he's trying to do, but with an actual Steam game.

The problem is that Steam games aren't launched via .exe, they're launched via a unique type of URL that only Steam understands. I don't actually think you can change it anywhere other than on an actual shortcut on your desktop, and even then if you do it'll stop working entirely.
 
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YES! THAT'S what I want to do! Thank you!
 
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No, no, no! Absolutely not! The reason I wanted to do this is because I bought and downloaded a addon for Flight Simulator X and was told it would only work if it was opened via it's own shortcut. I didn't want two separate shortcuts for the same game sitting in my steam library so I wondered if I could change what the original shortcut for FSX opens to.

Of course, I now know this isn't possible. So, I have since hidden the original FSX shortcut from my library (using steam's built in feature for this) and added the new FSX shortcut (the one with the addon) to my library as a non steam game. However, to my surprise this was recognised as a steam game
 
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"was told it would only work if..."

Did you try it without doing that?
Was your information source reliable? Like...Steam itself or where you got this add-on?

Also, within the Steam client, you can create certain startup commands for a particular game.


But info like this is what is needed up front. Rather than "Can I change the target directory on a steam game"
Why you want to do this is also key.
 
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Yes, you're right, I probably ought to have mentioned that at the start, sorry, Anyway, as for the questions -

1. I didn't try it without doing that because, like I said, I was told it wouldn't work & I didn't want to risk anything going wrong
2. This info was from the website where the addon was from
 
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Yes, it works fine now. I put what I did in a message a bit further back in this thread but I'll put it here too -

"I have since hidden the original FSX shortcut from my library (using steam's built in feature for this) and added the new FSX shortcut (the one with the addon) to my library as a non steam game. However, to my surprise this was recognised as a steam game"

It's weird
 
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