Steam – How to prevent steam from starting the game when adding a DLC

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I was adding free DLC's to some games (like HD Texture packs) and each time I clicked the 'Download' button the game would start, which is very annoying! Why does Valve think that Download == Start game?

Can I disable this behaviour?

I already tried turning off 'Allow downloads during gameplay' in the download settings, but didn't work. Since I already have games running while trying to download DLC's for other games (which are not running at that moment).

Best Answer

Your only option is to click the Download button on a Browser instead of Steam. This ends up adding the license to your account instead of directly launching the game.

You get a message similar to "PRODUCT NAME is now registered to your account on Steam.".

Take for example "GRID 2 - Demolition Derby Pack" on the Vivaldi browser:

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