Sup guys
This is a short tutorial on how to run a copy from Steam if you already play through Bnet

went through some trouble shooting today trying to run both simultaneously
I wish it would have been as simple as clicking play but it wasn't

- first you need Process Explorer
- make sure you run Process Explorer as admin
- now you can click play on one of em (doesn't matter if you launch from Bnet or Steam)
- once the game is launch you need to select D2R and be able to see the handles like so :


- then the only thing left to do is to close Event \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\DiabloII Check For Other Instances
- Run the other game

hope this helps someone
peace!

Couldn’t I just run them both through bnet?

Edit: nevermind forgot steam deck is a thing.

This post was edited by chickypoo on Feb 16 2026 01:17am

This is new information thank you

Ok, I am trying to do the same thing and have downloaded the process explorer. I run as admin and then launch one of the games i find where it says d2r on process explorer and highlight or click it but nothing shows under it as handles all I can do is double click and see threads. What am I doing wrong that I can not see anyting (like check for other instances)?

Then it’s another issue, because PE looks exactly like the OP screenshot.

Are you looking in the bottom window?

Yes there is nothing in the bottom at all

Try using search

got banned doing this. can't recommend

just use linux with different wineprefixes

for what u got banned lol