How to get Steam to launch the available 64 bit versions of games instead of their 32 bit counterparts?

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2 Dec, 2022 @ 5:44am

How to get Steam to launch the available 64 bit versions of games instead of their 32 bit counterparts?

Hi. It would be nice if Steam automatically launched games that have a 64 bit option in 64 bits rather than automatically launching their 32 bit versions. I do not get the pop-up option to play in 32 bit or 64 bit on games in Steam any more (why is that?) and I would like to play Q.U.B.E. in 64 bit directly from the Steam client play button instead of the desktop shortcut that I'm currently using. Please can someone provide info on how to do this? Perhaps a command in the Launch Options bar (btw, writing "-64bit" does not work)? Thanks in advance.

Last edited by cafedifferance; 2 Dec, 2022 @ 9:56pm

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⭕⃤ ᠌ ឵឵ϓØŁØ ֆШΔǤǤΞƝŞ ⭕⃤ has Q.U.B.E.

5 Jul @ 7:41am

To run the 64 bit version automatically from Steam (and keep the overlay and achievements functional) open a CMD window as admin and enter this in the CMD window and press the enter key to run it.

cd /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\QUBE\Binaries"

(If you have it installed on another drive you need to replace the directory that is in quotations with the path location where you have the game installed)

Then copy and paste this into the CMD window and hit enter again (This just backs up the original Win32 folder)

ren Win32 Win32_backup

Then you need to copy and paste this into the CMD window and hit enter again. This just creates a directory junction called Win32 that points to Win64.

mklink /J Win32 Win64

The output in the CMD window should say "Junction created for Win32 <<===>> Win64"

If you want to ever undo the mod then just delete the game and reinstall it.

Keep in mind if the game ever gets updated in the future and it adds or modifies the .dll's in the Win64 folder you need to repeat the process again.

Last edited by ⭕⃤ ᠌ ឵឵ϓØŁØ ֆШΔǤǤΞƝŞ ⭕⃤; 5 Jul @ 7:42am

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