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How to Skip the Steam Installation for Modern Warfare 2

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is a video game released on the computer with Steamworks, meaning wherever you purchase the game, you can enter the serial number in Steam to download it through there. If you have a retail disc, however, you can skip the lengthy download and installation times Steam offers and instead install what is already stored on your retail disc. Doing this requires a little extra labor on your end to avoid the otherwise automatic Steam installation.

Instructions

    • 1

      Open your disc tray and insert your retail copy of "Modern Warfare 2." Close the tray.

    • 2

      Right-click the Steam icon in your taskbar. Select "Exit" to fully shut down Steam.

    • 3

      Press the "Start" and "R" keys on your keyboard simultaneously. This brings up a Run window.

    • 4

      Type the following into the text field, with the quotes, replacing "X" with where you chose to install Steam and replacing "Y" with your CD/DVD drive letter: "X\Steam.exe" -install Y:

    • 5

      Press "Enter." Steam will restart and ask for your login information. Type it in, and the installation will continue directly from the disc.


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