# Create Steam Shortcut

If you were to launch P4G now, Reloaded II would not launch and your mods would not be injected into the game. We need to create a shortcut to launch Reloaded II and have it load the game for us.

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Don't worry—Steam will continue tracking your play time, achievements, and cloud saves.
{% endhint %}

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Some controllers may not work if P4G is launched from a Steam shortcut.\
If this happens, you will need to launch P4G from the Reloaded II application.
{% endhint %}

## Add Reloaded II to Steam

### Open Steam Window

* Open **Steam** and go to your game **Library**.

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* At the top of the window, select **Games** > **Add a Non-Steam Game to My Library...**

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### Add Executable Path

* In the **Add Non-Steam Game** window that appears, select **Browse...** to open a file picker window.

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* Navigate to **Reloaded-II.exe** in your **P4G-Mods\\\_Reloaded-II** folder.

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* Select **Reloaded-II.exe**, then click **Open** in the bottom-right corner.

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Make sure to select **Reloaded-II.exe** and not **Reloaded-II32.exe**.
{% endhint %}

A program called **Reloaded-II** should now be in the **Add Non-Steam Game** menu with a check next to it.

* If you can't see **Reloaded-II** in the menu, scroll down until you do.
* Click the box next to Reloaded-II to check it if it is not checked.

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* Once you've confirmed **Reloaded-II** is present and checked, select **Add Selected Programs**.

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You will now have a new shortcut in Steam for Reloaded II:

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## Configure Shortcut Properties

We don't just want this shortcut to launch Reloaded II, we want it to run P4G with our mods!

* Right-click **Reloaded-II** in your Steam library and select **Properties…**

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### Customize Shortcut

* In the **Shortcut** tab, rename **Reloaded-II.exe** to **Persona 4 Golden (Reloaded)**.
* Click the empty square next to the shortcut name to open the **Choose Icon** file picker.
  * Navigate to your **P4G-Mods\Artwork** folder and select **icon.png**.

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### Adjust Launch Options

This will make Reloaded II launch P4G instead of just launching itself.

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You'll need to know your path to **P4G.exe** for this step.

If you don't remember your path, follow the steps in [**Locate P4G.exe**](https://p4g.cep.one/install/pages/-MfMIn7IJjCzuT-uAp-9#locate-p4g.exe) again.
{% endhint %}

* In the **Launch Options** box, enter the following text, using your own path to **P4G.exe**:

```
--launch "X:\YOUR\OWN\PATH\TO\steamapps\common\Persona 4 Golden\P4G.exe"
```

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Make sure to keep the quotation marks on both sides of the path!
{% endhint %}

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## Add Artwork to Shortcut

We've prepared some custom artwork for your **Persona 4 Golden (Reloaded)** shortcut, so you won't confuse it with the vanilla P4G entry in your library.

* Close the **Properties** window for Persona 4 Golden.
* Make sure you have a **Recent Games** shelf in your Steam library.
  * If you don't, use the dropdown or add a new shelf for **Recent Games**.

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### Apply Header Artwork

* Launch and immediately close **Persona 4 Golden (Relodaed)** in your Steam library.

This will expand the game's **header** art on the **Recent Games** shelf and move it all the way to the left.

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* Right-click the header and select **Manage > Set custom artwork** to open a file picker.

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* In the file picker, navigate to your **P4G-Mods\Artwork** folder and select **header.jpg**.

Your header should immediately update.

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### Apply Poster Artwork

* Launch any game other than **Persona 4 Golden (Reloaded)** in your Steam library.

This will collapse the game into its **poster** art (or lack thereof).

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* Right-click the poster and select **Manage > Set custom artwork** to open a file picker.

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* In the file picker, navigate to your **P4G-Mods\Artwork** folder and select **poster.jpg**.

Your poster should immediately update.

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### Apply Hero Artwork

* Click on **Persona 4 Golden (Reloaded)** in your Steam library to open its details page.

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* Right-click the empty hero at the top and select **Set Custom Background** to open a file picker.

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* In the file picker, navigate to your **P4G-Mods\Artwork** folder and select **hero.jpg**.

Your hero should immediately update.

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### Apply Logo Artwork

* Right-click the hero again and select **Set Custom Logo** to open a file picker.

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* In the file picker, navigate to your **P4G-Mods\Artwork** folder and select **logo.png**.

Your logo should immediately update.

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## Moving On

P4G is now ready to play! Let's go over a few things before our first test run.

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[Final Steps](/install/final-steps.md)
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