how can i start counter strike source without the shortcut?

so lastly i faced some problem in my windows causing to act like if i just reinstalled it although i didnot all my shortcuts were away plus history and everything that didnot rlly matter coz i just made new shortcuts to everything but what rlly piss me off is that counter strike source shortcut was deleted too and now i cannot start the game and it is not found in the all programs too this is rlly stupid coz i dont want to reinstall the game coz i dont want to lose my mods and gun skins so if anyone out there whyoo know how to start it without shortcut please help and oh 1 more thing if u have counter strike source installed on ur computer please just see the path from the shortcut and post it back here thanks alot

 

My Computer > C: > Program files > CSS > CSS.exe

You should also be able to re create a shortcut from here.

 

this may sound stupid but there is only hl2.exe and when i launch it do nothing

 

Are you using Steam?

 

no i dont even have an idea whats steam

 

Steam is Valves on line distributer and server.

Anyway so you installed from CD?

HL2.exe is the source engine for half life 2 as well as CSS.

What other files and or folders are under C:\Program Files\CSS ?

 

mine is :C/program files/ valve/counter strike source if that made any difference and by the way i am wondering , when u said css.exe did u guess it? coz all of the games i have ever played got .exe in it except counter strike source in fact not only source the whole series i have condition zero as well and i am facing the exact same problem
rather than that some of the files in there are :
(folders) bin / cstrike / hl2 / platform / resislts
(files) game ( just a picture) / hl2 / alot of steam then some numbers after it / uninst

 

ok, Lets try to fix your other thing first then we can come back here.

 

yeah i was gonna say the same thing

 

If you open steam and login, then go to your games list, right click Counterstrike Source and create desktop shortcut

this was what i found on other counter strike only forums ... but sadly no one replied to me back there how do i open steam? where do i even get steam? u said its Valves on line distributer and server
so how do i get that?

 

okay i fixed this , it may sound illegal but i dont think it is here is what i did :
i searched for my cd and it didnot work for some reason i think its broke
so i took my friend's css cd and installed it on my computer also installing the shortcut
then i unistalled everything from his cd and left only the shortcut
then i read the path and changed it for the css that i have from my own cd and it worked

is this illegal? i deleted everything from his cd

 

You can get Steam here but it is not your issue:

Welcome to Steam

Steam is free but CSS would only be associated with it if you buy it from Steam and download it.

It has nothing to do with your retail copy CD.

If you cannot find an .exe in C/program files/ valve/counter strike source

I would suggest reinstalling it. Sorry

 

oops ... did not see your last post

 

I see nothing wrong with what you did.

Glad you fixed it.

 

cool FIXED
thanks again

 

Steam. You must have an account and have bought the game through them for it to be of any use to you.

Opps didn't see all of those posts.:hammer:

 

I had this problem once. all i did was made a shortcut from hl2.exe in css directory, then I put in an extension to the shortcut by right clicking and selecting properties. it looked something like "C:\Program Files\Counter-Strike Source\hl2.exe" -(extension goes here). It worked very well until i accidentally deleted the shortcut. now i forgot what the extension was and have absolutely no way of remembering it. it would be great if someone would remind me.

 

Heres the extension:
"C:\Program Files\Counter-Strike Source\hl2.exe" -game cstrike -nojoy

Pretty late though