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Take a look at this thread here: https://itch.io/t/694459/please-allow-installing-windows-versions-under-linux

Specifically, this reply from Fahrstuhl:

Put your Steam Deck into Desktop mode by pressing the Steam button, clicking Power and select Switch to Desktop. Open Firefox, download itch for Linux from https://itch.io/app and run the installer (double click itch-setup in the Downloads directory). Then right click on the itch icon that was created on your desktop and open with Kate, a text editor. There you replace the line that says:

Exec=/home/deck/.itch/itch %U

with a line that says:

Exec=env PATH="/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/files/bin/":$PATH /home/deck/.itch/itch %U

On the next start of the itch client in desktop mode, you can download and install Windows games.

That allowed me to install Windows games through the app.

Mickey32 days ago

My EXEC line is different since I’ve installed the app via the Software Center (flatpak). Do you think I should still substitute it with the same line or it wouldn’t work? The last bit has to definitely be different since that looks like the original EXEC.