How do you use the '-login' parameter in Steam's launch options? It only shows me the username, not the password

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I have one PC, one Windows user, two Steam accounts and want to change between them without having to enter the password each time. They don't have authenticator so that's a win-win.

I saw in another post that there was a command-line parameter to put in Steam's shortcut properties: -login %u %p, but here is the fun part, when I do -login %username %password, it opens Steam with %username in the text box and nothing on the password text box. So I remove the % and only the username appears in the Steam text box but nothing on the password. That has been my struggle, and I was wondering if anyone knows how to fix this.

user237333 · Answer

I've just found out that the password can't contain spaces or else it will bug the whole thing.

Cyberience · Answer

I have a solution for you all. you can create a steam shortcut on your desktop. and right click, go to Properties, and where it says Target, add at the end of the line after the Quotes,  -login yourUserName YourPassword
so it should look like this...
"C:Program Files (x86)Steam.exe" -login GameCuunt itsAsecret
You can create a short cut for each account on your system, so if you have multiple accounts, or you share a computer with family, then create one for each account. remember to hit the logout when you exit, all done. Ill take my bow now. thanks.

How do you use the '-login' parameter in Steam's launch options? It only shows me the username, not the password

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