It bugs you that Steam forces a launcher to be used when you want to play Fallout NV or Skyrim? Or that some games are forcibly launched with a buggy version of Anticheat that breaks the game, corrupts saves and game files? You want to launch the game executable directly? Use my little utility, just put a copy in each game directory (still working on one central location, a bit more complicated), create a shortcut to it, and then add the command line argument "Executable.exe:AppID", e.g. "FalloutNV.exe:22380", you can even omit the ".exe" bit, it will be added automatically, and is not even strictly necessary. :-) You can then name the shortcut however you like, give it any icon (e.g. "FALLOUT.ICO") you want, and place it wherever you keep your game shortcuts. :-) The C/C++ source code is in RunSteamApp.cpp, contained in RunSteamAppCPP.zip. :-) 32-bit version now added. Updated versions uploaded, minor mistakes corrected.