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protontricks — A simple wrapper that runs Winetricks commands for Proton enabled games. More information: <https://

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Problem

How to use the protontricks command: A simple wrapper that runs Winetricks commands for Proton enabled games. More information: <https://github.com/Matoking/protontricks#usage>.

Solution

protontricks — A simple wrapper that runs Winetricks commands for Proton enabled games. More information: <https://github.com/Matoking/protontricks#usage>.

Run the protontricks GUI:

protontricks --gui

Run Winetricks for a specific game:

protontricks {{appid}} {{winetricks_args}}

Run a command within a game's installation directory:

protontricks {{[-c|--command]}} {{command}} {{appid}}

List all installed games:

protontricks {{[-l|--list]}}

Search for a game's App ID by name:

protontricks {{[-s|--search]}} {{game_name}}

Run an executable in the proton environment of a specific game:

protontricks-launch --appid {{appid}} {{path/to/executable.exe}}

Display help:

protontricks {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Run the protontricks GUI

protontricks --gui

Run Winetricks for a specific game

protontricks {{appid}} {{winetricks_args}}

Run a command within a game's installation directory

protontricks {{[-c|--command]}} {{command}} {{appid}}

List all installed games

protontricks {{[-l|--list]}}

Search for a game's App ID by name

protontricks {{[-s|--search]}} {{game_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/protontricks

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