Click the textbox under Launch Options:.

In the Steam client, right-click on Stardew Valley and choose Properties:.

Your final path should look something like this: 'Your path here' %command% Make sure you copy the entire line, including both quotation marks ' and the %command% part.

Copy the text in the installer window that looks like this ( see how to copy text):.

(If you already closed it, just run it again. (If you don't care about achievements or tracking game time, you can just launch StardewModdingAPI.exe in your game folder to play with mods.) You need to launch SMAPI through Steam if you want the Steam overlay, achievements, and playtime tracking to work. To install manually instead, see instructions in the installer's readme. ¹ This is a batch (bat) file with the full filename of install on Windows.bat, but Windows hides file extensions by default.

Configure your game client: see the instructions for Steam, GOG Galaxy, or Xbox app.

Double-click install on Windows¹, and follow the on-screen instructions.

Run the game without SMAPI at least once (so it can do first-time setup).

5.1 'Oops, couldn't find the game automatically'.

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