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Bypass 2K Launcher

By Doxorn

How to launch the game without the 2K launcher

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Solution

1) Open Bioshock Remastered properties on Steam by going to your Steam Library and right click on Bioshock Remastered on the left and click Properties

2) Navigate to the Launch options seen below:

3) Copy the full path to the BioshockHD.exe and paste it there within quote marks then write after that: -anything %command%

Example:
"X:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\BioShock Remastered\Build\Final\BioshockHD.exe" -ihatelaunchers %command%

42 Comments

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UnholyEvangelist 7 May @ 1:24pm

Yeah this requires a little work like I had to change "Bioshock Remastered" to Bioshock 2 Remastered"

Trickshooter 29 Apr @ 11:26am

This doesn't seem to work for me, has something changed in the last year to prevent people doing this or am i just one of those that it doesn't work for?

Mkilbride 12 Apr @ 10:30pm

Does not work for me.

qazxswedcxzqw 28 Feb @ 3:01pm

So I didn't have to create multiple symlinks, did I... Thank you, worked for me!

Rostburken 18 Feb @ 3:29pm

Thanks, cant stand their crap.

DuCLoW 27 Jan @ 7:50am

@Grim ... That worked for me .. I Thank You .. crappy @ss launcher

-DE- Razzet 22 Oct, 2023 @ 1:26pm

Or you simply use the SteamEdit tool for literally every game with third party crap attached to it ;)

Sharkster_00 17 Aug, 2023 @ 9:22pm

Does this work as well for bioshock infinite?

Lord 9 Jun, 2023 @ 1:56am

The original didn't need this when I played last right after this thread was made

Grim 15 May, 2023 @ 12:47am

If you're getting the pathway error, make sure you put quotations around the address. I was having the same issue until I realized.

The method from "Pixel_Muffet" also works; "BioshockHD" -run %command%
This works for all 3 games, just change the name for the respective game; "BioshockHD", "Bioshock2HD", or "BioshockInfinite"

Worst case scenario, making a shortcut to the exe bypasses the launcher too

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