Steam – skip the launcher on Skyrim

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I am executing Skyrim through Steam Big Picture with the controller but when I select Play on Big Picture, the launcher of the game appears and I have to use the mouse to start to play. This is very annoying and I would like to start to play avoiding this step.

I have seen that you can set parameters to the laucher on Big Picture mode.

This question seems to be duplicate, but this problem is slightly different because I need to open the game through the current executable to be able to get new achivements and to accumulate playing hours.

UPDATE: I am using a computer just to play games, so Steam opens at start with Big Picture Mode, so I Boot the computer and I can start to play only using my controller. The problem is that the launcher doesn't work with the controller and I have to use the
mouse just for it.

Best Answer

  1. Go to your Skyrim installation folder. The folder is usually under "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\data" or "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\data" depending on your system. In the folder, there should be two executable files named "SkyrimLauncher" and "TESV".

  2. Rename "SkyrimLauncher" to "Launcher".

  3. Rename "TESV" to "SkyrimLauncher".

Skyrim will now start immediately without entering the launcher.

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