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MGO3 - How to open Metal Gear Online directly from a desktop shortcut

METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

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Thanks to TOTO for sharing this guide (link to his YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TOTO3066)

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1. Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager
2.Click the details tab
3. Right click the headers
4. Select Select Columns
5. Enable Command Line
6. Launch MGSV
7. Launch Metal Gear Online.
8. Wait for the game to fully load to the Press Enter Key screen.
9. Alt-Tab to Task Manager
10. Right click the mgsvmgo.exe process
11. Click Open File Location and Windows Explorer will open
12. Right click mgsvmgo.exe
13. Click Send To
14. Click Desktop
15. Alt+Tab ↹ to Task Manager
16. Ctrl+C the mgsvmgo.exe row. Paste it into Notepad and then copy the line that looks like /AppData 99c85cdbf2c837d50d37c82af2c85874f6x4987c837d5f2c837d5f2c837d5f2

17. Win+D to get to the Desktop
18. Right click the desktop shortcut to mgsvmgo.exe
19. Click Properties
20. At the end of the Target field, paste the data you copied from the Command Line field in Process Explorer. The Target field should look something like "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\MGS_TPP\mgsvmgo.exe" /AppData 99c85cdbf2c837d50d37c82af2c85874f6x4987c837d5f2c837d5f2c837d5f2

21. Click OK
22. Right click the shortcut
23. Click rename
24. Rename the shortcut to MGO or whatever

(ref. link: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid_V:_The_Phantom_Pain#How_to_open_Metal_Gear_Online_directly_from_a_desktop_shortcut)

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