- 1 year ago
what is "steam://" is this a link? do other programs have this type of link?
Yes, steam://
is a type of link used by the Steam platform. It is known as a URI scheme, which allows software applications to communicate and interact with each other using standard protocols. The steam://
URI scheme is specific to the Steam client and is used to trigger specific actions or open certain pages within the Steam application.
For example, you can use steam://run/<AppID>
to launch a specific game or application on Steam by specifying its unique AppID. Additionally, steam://store/<AppID>
can be used to open the Steam Store page for a particular game or application.
Other software applications may also have their own custom URI schemes or link formats to provide similar functionality. For example:
mailto:
is a URI scheme used by email clients to open a new email composition window.tel:
is a URI scheme used by phone applications to initiate a phone call.http://
andhttps://
are URI schemes used by web browsers to open web pages.
These URI schemes allow different applications to integrate and provide a seamless user experience by linking and interacting with each other.