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A simple Batch script to force install Steam without administrator permissions on Windows
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| cmd /min /C "set __COMPAT_LAYER=RUNASINVOKER && start "" "SteamSetup.exe" |
I am on windows 10 right now if that affects anything.
There's an error saying that steam cannot start from folder path to which has non ascii symbols
Where did you run the script?
@Turbojax07 well he open me the command prompt, what do i do now?
What do you mean by that?
that it send me in the combat prompt and install nothing
for me it just opens another cmd called SteamSetup.exe what do i do?
Okay, so I used the corrected and original prompt as a batch file, but it just opened the terminal window and didn't install anything.
@catonstage222 same i know very little and the admins in my school are really strict one other kid got a force install to work so i found this
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I have both Steam setup and the batch file, but when I double-click the batch file with this code, command setup pops up and closes just as fast as it appears and nothing happens afterward. Does someone know why this is? It doesn't even say that the file type is unsupported.