https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423630
Emmet O'Neill <emmetoneill....@gmail.com> changed:
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--- Comment #7 from Emmet O'Neill <emmetoneill....@gmail.com> ---
Hey kmi,
Steam kind of plays by its own rules in terms of how it installs things on your
PC. Unlike our non-Steam installer, we basically just give it a depot of files,
all of the installing and even the running is done the way Steam wants it done.
There are a few options:
1.) Like any other game, you can ask Steam to create a desktop shortcut for
Krita. I've heard some people have had success pinning that desktop shortcut to
their menu by prefixing the path with "%windir%\explorer.exe" (i.e.:
"%windir%\explorer.exe steam://rungameid/280680", for Krita). I just tried this
and I couldn't make it work, though... Windows 10 is very fickle about what it
lets you pin.
2.) Another option is to navigate to the folder where Steam installs Krita.
(Right-click Krita in the Library > Manage > Browse local files.) From there
you can find krita.exe in the bin\ folder, and pin that executable to the
Window 10 start menu without issue. The minor downside being that, by doing
this, you'll no longer be running Krita through Steam which will prevent Steam
from seeing that you're running Krita, from what I can tell.
While it might not be the outcome you want, we wont be adding a checkbox like
you've suggested to our settings menu. Krita is distributed through a lot of
different channels on each platform, source code, .exe, .appimage, flatpak,
distro repositories, Steam, Windows Store, etc. Each of these platforms and
delivery methods has minor trade-offs and, while we want to make every one as
nice as possible for our users, ultimately it wouldn't be sustainable to add a
bunch of little workaround to the core of Krita.
As the person who has been managing Steam for a couple of years, there may be
more that I can do to improve the way Krita on Steam integrates with the
desktop, and I'll look into it when I have time. But for now please understand
that Steam kind of sees itself as a package manager and launcher and it likes
things to work a certain way and doesn't integrate very well with Windows or
Linux desktops.
If neither of the above workarounds work for you, send me an email and I can
see if I can help you get a refund on Steam and maybe move to the regular
desktop version of Krita.
- Emmet
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