Timeline for How do you force Steam to use a different account for each Windows user account on the same machine?
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| Sep 2, 2021 at 1:20 | comment | added | Sawtaytoes | Does does not ask me "install for every user". When did it show that? | |
| Aug 23, 2016 at 14:57 | comment | added | ekolis | I can't install for a single user either, but what you can do is install in e.g. C:\Users\YourName\Steam, and Windows should handle file permissions so no one else can access your install and log in as you. You can even set up a shared library (check Steam settings -> downloads to set a custom library location; make it the same for all users) if you and the other users have games in common (eg F2P games or family sharing); Steam should handle the permissions on that. | |
| May 11, 2015 at 14:35 | comment | added | pforhan | I tried this, but no luck: at least if I'm an administrator, I'm never asked to create for all users or a single user. Word of warning: uninstalling means any games in the default steam library get uninstalled too. | |
| Apr 21, 2012 at 12:48 | history | edited | Zommuter | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 12, 2011 at 3:29 | history | answered | Scylla | CC BY-SA 3.0 |