{"id":4671,"date":"2011-12-14T15:29:36","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T20:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/?p=4671"},"modified":"2013-10-09T14:34:15","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T19:34:15","slug":"how-to-make-minecraft-show-in-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/?p=4671","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Minecraft Show in Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/htmmsis_title.png?m=1323897375\" title=\"hey, they&#039;re playing minecraft!\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"557\" \/><br \/>\n<em>UPDATE: This method works both before and after the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minecraftwiki.net\/wiki\/Horse_Update\" target=\"_blank\">1.6 Horse Update<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For at least a year, we&#8217;ve been trying to figure out how to get Minecraft to show up in Steam&#8217;s friend list. The problem was that adding the exe normally as a non-Steam game resulted in a green &#8220;now playing&#8221; for a few seconds before returning the user&#8217;s status back to the blue &#8220;Online&#8221;. We have finally discovered a method, using both the Minecraft exe and jar file, and have documented it below.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"list4\">\n<li>This issue affects users with Java 64-bit installed on their PC.<\/li>\n<li>Do not use this walkthrough if you are running <i>only<\/i> Java 32-bit &#8211; it will actually give you this issue. Add the exe normally as a non-Steam game, i.e. stop at step 2 below.<\/li>\n<li>This is not for getting the in-game overlay to work properly. Steam overlay just does not like Minecraft; it will usually not function at all and may even lock up or crash your game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>1. Downloading the Minecraft exe and jar files<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list4\">\n<li>Go to the Minecraft download page <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minecraft.net\/download\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Download Minecraft.exe in the &#8220;Minecraft for Windows&#8221; section.<\/li>\n<li>Click the small link &#8220;Show all platforms&#8221; under the &#8220;Minecraft for Windows&#8221; section.<\/li>\n<li>Download Minecraft.jar in the &#8220;Minecraft for Linux \/ Other&#8221; section.<\/li>\n<li>Move the two files into the folder you want to run Minecraft from.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. Adding Minecraft to your Steam games library<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list4\">\n<li>Open your Steam library.<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;ADD A GAME&#8230;&#8221; in the bottom left of the window.<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;Add a Non-Steam Game&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;BROWSE&#8230;&#8221; and locate the folder with the two files.<\/li>\n<li>Click on Minecraft.exe and press Open. Minecraft should now be checked in the Add a Game window.<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;ADD SELECTED PROGRAMS&#8221;. Minecraft should now be in your Games list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. Using the jar file to launch Minecraft and fixing the icon<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list4\">\n<li>Scroll down the Games list and locate Minecraft.<\/li>\n<li>Right-click Minecraft and click Properties.<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;CHOOSE ICON&#8230;&#8221; at the top.<\/li>\n<li>Click Minecraft.exe and press OPEN. The icon should now have a shortcut arrow.<\/li>\n<li>Under Target, change &#8220;&#8230;\\Minecraft.exe&#8221; to &#8220;&#8230;\\Minecraft.jar&#8221; and click CLOSE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can now play Minecraft through Steam and show your friends what awesome game you are enjoying.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox-htmmsis\" href=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/Dwm%202011-12-14%2011-14-06-79.png?m=1323893669\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/Dwm%202011-12-14%2011-14-06-79s.png?m=1323893670\" title=\"download files\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"182px\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"lightbox-htmmsis\" href=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/Dwm%202011-12-14%2011-46-11-32.png?m=1323893671\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/Dwm%202011-12-14%2011-46-11-32s.png?m=1323893674\" title=\"add a non-steam game\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"182\"\/><\/a> <a rel=\"lightbox-htmmsis\" href=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/Dwm%202011-12-14%2011-51-58-02.png?m=1323893675\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/Dwm%202011-12-14%2011-51-58-02s.png?m=1323893675\" title=\"change Minecraft.exe...\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"182\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"lightbox-htmmsis\" href=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/Dwm%202011-12-14%2012-05-42-83.png?m=1323893676\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/Dwm%202011-12-14%2012-05-42-83s.png?m=1323893676\" title=\"...to Minecraft.jar\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"182\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"lightbox-htmmsis\" href=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/Dwm%202011-12-14%2012-17-20-53.png?m=1323893677\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/Dwm%202011-12-14%2012-17-20-53s.png?m=1323893679\" title=\"success!\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"182\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Troubleshooting<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list4\">\n<li>If you get stuck at the <a rel=\"lightbox-htmmsism\" href=\"http:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/gallery3\/var\/albums\/post\/javaw%202011-12-15%2010-52-32-78.png?m=1323968069\" title=\"nothing's happening...\">white Mojang screen<\/a>, navigate to &#8220;C:\\Users\\[account name]\\AppData\\Roaming\\.minecraft\\bin&#8221; and delete the jinput.jar file. (AppData is a hidden folder.)<\/li>\n<li>Double-check the Java version you have installed on your PC. Stop at step 2 if you only have Java 32-bit. Follow the entire walkthrough if you have Java 32 AND 64-bit OR if you have only Java 64-bit installed.<\/li>\n<li>Download and install Java 64-bit manually (it&#8217;s called <a href=\"http:\/\/java.com\/en\/download\/manual.jsp\">Windows Offline (64-bit)<\/a>), as we have had issues in the past using versions downloaded with Firefox and Chrome.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure that you have downloaded the files for the correct platforms.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the two files are in the same folder.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure when adding a non-Steam game, to choose the exe and not the jar file.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure to choose the icon first before changing the target.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list4\">\n<li>Internet Explorer 9, 32 and 64-bit, to download Java.<\/li>\n<li>Java, Version 6 Update 30, 32 and 64-bit.<\/li>\n<li>Java 32-bit only, Java 32 and 64-bit concurrently, and Java 64-bit only, with the exe and exe+jar files.<\/li>\n<li>Windows 7 OS, 64-bit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Last updated on July 13, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: This method works both before and after the 1.6 Horse Update. For at least a year, we&#8217;ve been trying to figure out how to get Minecraft to show up in Steam&#8217;s friend list. The problem was that adding the exe normally as a non-Steam game resulted in a green &#8220;now playing&#8221; for a few [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[95,100,16],"class_list":["post-4671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games","tag-guides-tips","tag-minecraft","tag-steam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4671"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6174,"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4671\/revisions\/6174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeekescape.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}