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Steam stuck on "Scanning for Steam Games Updates"

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Skylark

Hey,

So I've been having this problem since this morning I think... more 6 hours.
Every time I run a game (Any game) a window popup that says, "Scanning for Steam game updates" and it does that forever...!

I've tried restarting Steam, my router and my pc! Nothing worked... I deleted the .Blob file and steam created a new one (which is only 3KB?! lol) and I still have the same problem... o.O

Anybody had this problem recently? Any solutions?

EDIT: I opted into Beta and I'm still having problems... this is getting ridiculous!
EDIT2: Reinstalling Steam right now... Let's see what happens...
EDIT3: Now I can't even login! --
**EDIT4: Even after reinstalling steam, the problem still persists!! --
EDIT5:** Problem got fixed after a Steam update!

11 years ago*

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Dokkar

I have it for a week or so :( I can't even 'Activate a product'.

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Skylark

Yeah, It's really annoying? Have you tried deleting your .Blob file? cause it has worked for some people.

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mikbhoy

delete clientregistry.blob file has fixed every problem ive ever had with steam.

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Skylark

I've done that already as you can see... no changes.

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TheDopefish

General solution (Steam support would probably tell you the same):

1) Delete everything in your Steam folder except steam.exe and the steamapps folder.
2) Run steam.exe
3) Wait till all missing files are generated again
4) If problem still persists, you need professional help (so don't even bother to contact Steam support)

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Skylark

Yeah, I was thinking of doing that, but it takes forever for steam to get up and running again... I'll save this one as a last resort. thanks :)

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Mully

Did you try the beta client?

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Skylark

You mean as a solution? No, I might do that. thanks :)

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Skylark

Beta didn't work either... :-/

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Ateszmadman

I Had this problem, but restarting steam fixed it for me, can't help, I'm sorry!

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Skylark

It's alright, thanks :)

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RanTH

Had this problem a while ago...simple restart of Steam or PC always worked for me. Dunno why it's stuck on you...

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Skylark

Yeah, A lot of people fixed this by a simple restart but mine is... ugh... :-/

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RanTH

Possible fix, try to add -tcp on Steam shortcut parameters. Or launch Run dialogue (Win+R) then type <path to your steam folder>/Steam.exe -tcp then ok

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Methallica

Still have this problem, but restarting Steam solves it for some time.

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Skylark

Yep, I'm still having this problem... restarting and thousand other things didn't help.

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RanchMeAmadeus

just restart your steam a couple times it works for me

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Skylark

Oh restart? yep, I've done that 100 times until now! lol

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crone66

a week ago i had the same problem... right click on steam.exe -> Properties -> tick the option -> run program as Administrator (I'm not sure if the name is right, because my OS use another langauge)

If you run Steam as Admin you will get a warning that there is no need to run as admin but this solve my problem :)

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Skylark

Yeah, tried that before too, didn't make any difference. thanks anyway :)

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LadySky89

Had this problem once, especially when I created custom categories... After reloading computer and steam it was solved by itself...

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Skylark

Yeah, done that like 100 times...

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Skylark

Now I can't even login! -_-

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Closed 11 years ago by Skylark.