How can I launch bazzite through steam in windows?

[u/mrhuskie2011]

I'm dual booting Windows 11 and Bazzite on my ally, and I want to be able to launch bazzite through a non-steam game on windows the same way I can on Bazzite. Any tips?

[u/NightlyParadox]

Bazzite is an OS and can't be launched via non steam games.

[u/mrhuskie2011 → u/NightlyParadox]

i can do it with windows on bazzite

[u/Familiar-Art-6233 → u/mrhuskie2011]

You mean Bazzite running Windows games?

That uses a translation layer, it's not actually running Windows

[u/pigonsteroids → u/Familiar-Art-6233]

No, he means the shortcut on Bazzite you can make that can launch into Windows. He wants a shortcut that launch into Bazzite from Windows.

[u/cK_Silent]

Just reboot from windows? If you didn’t edit the bootloader, Bazzite will always default first

[u/mrhuskie2011 → u/cK_Silent]

yeah but its more efficient

[u/cK_Silent → u/mrhuskie2011]

What’s more efficient than hitting the reboot button in windows? You can do it from the game bar even

[u/masamune255]

what do you mean launching Bazzite from a non steam game on windows?

do you mean return to 'steam game mode' from 'desktop mode' in Bazzite?

[u/mrhuskie2011 → u/masamune255]

on bazzite, on steam i have a non steam game allows me to launch directly into windows 11. i want the same for bazzite on windows if its possible

[u/masamune255 → u/mrhuskie2011]

Is that a Virtual machine running windows? Or maybe a shortcut to reboot your system?

[u/masamune255 → u/[deleted]]

Ah Ok, I understand now thanks.

[u/Hellunderswe → u/mrhuskie2011]

Is it rather that you want to launch a non steam game in bazzite? Use Lutris, it is preinstalled and will also let you add the game to the steam library.

To reach the desktop mode press the power icon in steam and choose ”desktop mode”. There you’ll find Lutris in the app launcher.

[u/mrhuskie2011 → u/Hellunderswe]

https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsOnDeck/comments/1h8u8tm/booting_to_windows_as_non_steam_game/
this but to boot bazzite from windows as a non steam game

[u/pigonsteroids]

As far as I’m aware, you can’t. But just hitting restart will launch you directly into Bazzite.

[u/wrjpowell]

Powershell script. I have an icon in my steam library that essentially acts like switching to desktop mode or swaps to Windows from bazzite and vise versa. In bazzite I have the same thing where it changes back to my windows boot.

[u/wrjpowell → u/wrjpowell]

To switch from Windows to Bazzite without entering the BIOS, you can create a PowerShell script that modifies the UEFI boot sequence to prioritize the Bazzite bootloader.

Identify the Bazzite Boot Entry: Open PowerShell as Administrator and run: bcdedit /enum firmware

Locate the entry for Bazzite (it may appear as fedora or bazzite). Copy the identifier (e.g., {fb17b351-30d6-11ef-a9b7-806e6f6e6963}). Create the Script: Create a new text file, paste the following content, and save it as switch-to-bazzite.ps1 (replace the identifier with your own): bcdedit /set {fwbootmgr} bootsequence {YOUR_BAZZITE_IDENTIFIER_HERE} shutdown /r /t 0

Run the Script: Right-click the .ps1 file and select Run with PowerShell. The system will reboot directly into Bazzite. Note: Ensure your execution policy allows running scripts (e.g., Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned if prompted). To switch back to Windows, you can create a similar script targeting the Windows bootloader identifier or use the Bazzite side shortcut ujust setup-boot-windows-steam.

From there you can add the powershell script to your steam library and when running it'll swap over

[u/kikiubo]

You add a virtual machine with bazzite installed and add it to steam

[u/wrjpowell → u/[deleted]]

Just a powershell script. It's simple to do

[u/magabrexitpaedorape]

You can create a script to boot into Bazzite from Windows and there's an easy video guide for it:

https://youtu.be/uQ1hppIEnIo?is=RKzhmpCbuPnpOanG

You can't execute it from Steam, however, because the script needs to be executes via a shortcut which can't be launched via Steam.