will i pass the 7-days restriction after uninstall if i do not unistall the steam directory?

wat.

Wut?

You can´t pass any account, trade or other restrictions of valve by installing, not installing, reinstalling or doing whatever on your PC

okay seems like no one understood me, Im planning on uninstalling my pc, but i'll only uninstall the drive C,steam is in drive D,once i unistall it with clean windows,will i receive a 7 day cooldown for trading?

i gess you mean after reinstalling windows?

1. copy your steam folder (back it up)
2. install windows
3. install steam and run it (for registry entries)- no need to log in just run it
4. exit steam
5. copy all file from old steam (backup you made) to new steam location
6. have fun :)

Far as I understand the FAQ, the answer is that you'll be restricted. Even though you've kept the Steam directory your PC will be considered a new device.

I'm not trading, so have no idea if you can trade over a browser, but if you can then there's a chance you'll be able to copy a browser profile over to the new installation and Steam will consider it the same browser.

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coughipassedmy7daysblockbytradingdirectlyfromthesteamoverlaywebbrowsercough

thanks for skyrim?

Ah well, yes. You can. I have a Steam Folder that I keep in my external HDD. I take it everywhere. No trading restrictions, easily open 4 packs and stuff. I've been using my same Steam folder for past few formats and it works.

I've reinstalled Steam multiple times, and Windows too. I've never had the 7 day restriction. By my understanding, the restriction is only applied if your IP changes. So you should be fine.