Share one config across every CS2 account

Counter-Strike 2 stores your settings per Steam account, tucked away inside Steam's userdata folder. That's fine until you add a second account or move to a new PC and suddenly none of your binds, crosshair, or sensitivity are there.

There's a built-in override most people never mention: a single environment variable that tells CS2 to read and write its config from a folder you choose. Set it once and every account on that machine shares the same cfg — including your autoexec.cfg.

The short version

Create a system environment variable named USRLOCALCSGO and point it at your CS2 cfg directory. Reboot. That's the whole trick.

Set it up on Windows

1. Open the Start menu and search for "Edit the system environment variables", then open the result.
2. In the System Properties window, click Environment Variables…
3. Under System variables — the lower box, not "User variables" — click New.
4. Set the Variable name to USRLOCALCSGO.
5. Set the Variable value to your CS2 cfg folder, e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\game\csgo\cfg.
6. Click OK on every dialog to save.
7. Restart your PC so the variable is applied everywhere.

What happens next

The first launch after the change, CS2 will look "fresh" — set your video options and keybinds once. From then on, every account that logs in on this PC loads that same config automatically.

Make your autoexec stick

Since the game now reads from a folder you control, an autoexec.cfg placed there loads on every launch, on every account — no more re-applying it after updates. If you don't have one yet, build it with the autoexec composer and save the file into that exact folder.

Point the variable at the cfg directory itself, not its parent. If CS2 seems to ignore it, double-check the path and confirm you created it under System variables, then reboot once more.