I picked up the steam version of this game when it was on sale and the only way I can launch it is directly thew hitting "play game" in steam. I tried using steam's "create desktop shortcut" but all it does is make a notepad file. I cant seem to make any kind of shortcut work properly to run the steam version no-mater what I point it to. Was wondering if anyone knew how to make a desktop shortcut to work with the steam version. So Far I have tried the following
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Zenimax Online\zosSteamStarter.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Zenimax Online\The Elder Scrolls Online\game\client\eso64.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Zenimax Online\Launcher\Bethesda.net_Launcher.exe