Can't open editor? Read this.

Started by Novkine · 7 months ago · 3 replies · 394 views

Novkine
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JoinedApr 2026 Posts5 Score160
Hi

I've seen a couple of posts from people being unable to open the editor from Steam so I decided to make this post.

I too was facing issues, until I realized that the .exe is inside the game folder, not the editor folder.

So, don't click "Browse local files" by right-clicking the s&box Editor in Steam. Instead, go to where you installed your main s&box game and you should find sbox-dev.exe.
Hope this helps someone. 
Kekmaster
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JoinedApr 2026 Posts1 Score10
Right click in steam library on s&box editor -> properties -> in General find Launch Options and type/edit following -> "E:\Program FIles\Steam\steamapps\common\sbox\sbox-dev.exe" %COMMAND% 
Close the window, enjoy
Daryl Winters
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JoinedMay 2021 Posts38 Score2,175
Another workaround found on discord:

1) Make sure you installed sbox before sbox-editor

2) Close steam

3) go to your \Steam\steamapps folder

4) edit appmanifest_2129370.acf and change installdir to "sbox"

kirkkaf13
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JoinedApr 2026 Posts11 Score65
This was helpful.
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