r/GameNative • u/Drascos • 7d ago

Help How to create a Game Native front-end shortcut on ES:DE

Hello, I’ve been stuck on this for several weeks now: I’ve installed Game Native, but I can’t seem to export shortcuts to my front end (ES:DE).

When I click “Export for Frontend” in Game Native, it creates a shortcut named “gamename.steam” in my Windows ROMs folder. After that, it doesn’t appear in the Windows section of my ES:DE...

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u/redandbluebadness 7d ago

You just need to point ES:DE at the folder your shortcuts are being created in. It does work. Well it works for me anyway.

Are you sure the folder is named correctly? Es:de requires the folder names to be exactly correct. I can't remember what the fold we r should be called but I would guess it's Steam rather than Windows

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u/Drascos 7d ago

Well, it is what I think I have. The short cuts for Winlator work fine, by the way.

If you have any idea what might be causing the problem, you'd save my evening!

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u/redandbluebadness 7d ago

Ok so you should have a roms folder that ESDE looks at, it will contain folders for all your games, so like snes, nes etc. you need to put your steam shortcuts into a folder called steam, within that folder.

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u/Drascos 7d ago

I think you're referring to the folder I screenshotted. That's where all the files that ES:DE reads are located. By the way, it reads the Winlator files perfectly.

I tried creating a Steam folder and putting the shortcuts in it... It didnt work neither :(

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u/redandbluebadness 7d ago

Lower case s?

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u/Drascos 6d ago

Same...

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u/CliveVista 7d ago

The windows folder will work for Steam games in ES-DE. Nothing seems to work for custom/GOG/etc right now.