Steam Shortcuts Importer v0.2
Highlights
- Visual previews in selection dialogs
- Steam → Playnite shows Steam grid art when available.
- Playnite → Steam shows the game’s cover/icon/background.
- Better picking controls
- Filter by text, “Only new” toggle, “Invert” selection, live Selected X/Y counter.
- Per‑game context menu
- Add/Update in Steam
- Copy Steam Launch URL (steam://rungameid/...)
- Open Steam Grid Folder
- Automatic backups
- Creates timestamped backups of shortcuts.vdf before every write.
- Strong duplicate protections
- Import skips items even if selected when an equivalent game already exists in Playnite.
- Library import (GetGames) skips adding entries if a matching non‑library game exists.
- Clear operation summaries
- Steam → Playnite shows Imported/Skipped counts.
- Playnite → Steam shows Created/Updated/Skipped.
Install
- Download SteamShortcutsImporter-v0.2.pext from the assets below.
- In Playnite: Add‑ons → Install from file… → choose the .pext file. Restart if prompted.
Quick start
- Add‑ons → Extensions → Steam Shortcuts → set your Steam folder (e.g., C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam).
- Main menu → Steam Shortcuts:
- “Sync Steam → Playnite…” to import with previews and filters.
- “Sync Playnite → Steam…” to export/update and copy artwork to Steam grid.
- Optional “Launch via Steam” makes games launch via steam://rungameid when possible.