Hello,
I'd like to ask the same question, but I am unable to install Steam on the workstation where I want to run the game (business laptop for train ride). Copyed the game (and EU4, so much for 4 hours?) itself works fine, but it doesn't recognize the DLC. Is there really no way to enable them without having to go through Steam? Any help would be appreciated to make my 4 hour train ride more enjoyable.
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Do you have admin rights to the PC?
if so install Steam in an unusual location, then google how to remove the installation registry location, which causes it to no longer appear in "Programs and Features", which is what most reports look at to see what is installed.
For me Steam was in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{048298C9-A4D3-490B-9FF9-AB023A9238F3}
Since it's a 32 bit app it hides in the wow node.
After "hiding Steam" you will want to also do the same for the games that you install as for som unexplained reason Steam creates a reference point for uninstalling the game via Windows even though Steam doesn't use it.
Now if your organization is using standard SCCM reporting they can still run a report to see installed exe's, the way to mitigate this some is to install Steam to something like c:\windows\system32\speech\common\1033. the "1033" will not exist but it's a common OS folder name.
The above location would usually be off most radars as there are so many exes in the system32 folder, most reports are designed to not look in there. What you may run into though is that you may not have authority to that location.
If you remove the registry entries, that will stop 99.9% of people from noticing that you have Steam and games installed, even if you put the install folder in "MyDocs" which I would recommend over "program files" as if they ever have to touch your machine, they are far more likely to be looking in program files than your docs. Just don't use the default folder name on install, name it something like "Pictures of Grandma".
