Getting the game to start by double clicking a desktop icon

[mantis2007]

Has anyone gotten the game to start by simply double-clicking a shortcut on the Windows desktop? For me, double-clicking the Civ V icon on my desktop brings up a screen where I have to select either DirectX 9 or DirectX 10/11. I will always select the same thing -- DirectX 10/11. Why do I have to choose every time?

I created the shortcut by right-clicking the DirectX selection window, and asking it to create a shortcut for DirectX 10/11.

Any help or advice is much appreciated.

 

[Welnic]

I have a shortcut of the CivilizationV_DX11.exe, when I double-click that I have to select DirectX 10/11 twice. So you are ahead of the game if you only have to do it once.

 

[Eio]

Yeah, not sure why clicking a specific DX9 or DX10/11 link will cause you to have to re-select the DX version. Perhaps the links aren't creating the correct flag for DX version?

 

[Welnic]

Well, I don't think that there are any flags involved. There are two totally separate executables, CivilizationV_DX11.exe and CivilizationV.exe. Seems to me that there should be a launcher that chooses one of those, but if you run those directly you have made your choice of what you want already.

 

[Eio]

Yeah, upon further inspection there are three apps. One for a launcher, one for Dx9, and one for Dx10. Opening the launcher forces you to choose just as if you launched one of the apps directly.

Perhaps report it as a bug on the 2kforums?

 

[The_J]

There's already a thread here in the bug section, and i guess some of the devs might be following this forum and the bug forum partially.

 

[civiloser]

I've never used steam before. How to I even get an icon on the desktop? I always have to go through steam to play.

 

[Welnic]

You can hunt down the actual executables, which are in Steam\steamapps\common\specificgame and make a link. Or in Civ 5's case you can right click when you see the choice of which version to play and there is a choice there to make a link on the desktop.