Not yet. If I uninstall steam, don't I need to reinstall all my games?
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If i remember correctly i once too had similiar issue i reinstalled steam, but i think if u rename folder were games are steam/steamapps/common i think, then you can uninstal and inmstall again rename it back and all games shouls be there. You can find more accurate info google there is plenty of it.
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Example i think there they say how to NOT LOSE GAMES: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2251720
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No. Steam is a program that helps you download and run games. You only reinstall Steam, but the games will stay just where they were :)
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Last time I reinstalled steam I lost all my screenshots (those that weren't uploaded), some game settings and possibly some saves too. I have no idea why on earth steam decided to delete those files, but it did.
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:\ I think they are stored in Steam's central folder, not in the games' folders. But that's still a stupid thing, even games ask about deleting saved games/settings, and Steam just bulldozers the screenshots? meh..
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Well, that worked well. Now I can't even access steam anymore.
Sorry, just tired and upset.
Edit- I can't even access offline mode.
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:( idk why but i have same problem, yesterday everything was perfect, just tried launch and can't, i don't think i had steam beta. Could not connect to steam network.
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O.o how odd but I highly doubt it has anything to do with the game. Best of luck in your technical troubles. Sorry I cannot be of help :(
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My guess is that it's a problem with your ISP. The game itself shouldn't affect Steam at all.
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It's not. My father's Steam account works on his PC but my account doesn't work on my PC. We both have PC's connected to the same ISP, same IP, same cable. So it's not an ISP issue. It's Valve's issue. That they have a shitty client.
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try deleting the steam exe and download/reinstall it again from steam's site. maybe the beta isn't working as expected.
just don't delete random files in the steam directory, or you might need to wait 7 days to use the market.
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have that game, no issues, ive had the same steam problem before though but it wasnt anywhere near the time i activatedd a new game so like everyone else said, it was because of something else, if you get the problem fixed, give the game a try, i love it
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never heard about a game that affects steam access.. it's definetely something else
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I'm almost certain it has nothing to do with the game, and everything to do with 'I got a steam beta update', As others have stated, follow a guide to preserve your installed games (I never install to steams program files for this reason, you can put your steam library anywhere), and reinstall. Good luck!!!
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Do you run a software firewall or internet security suite? If so I would reboot your computer and run steam again and see if it prompts you to add the new version to the inclusion list.
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Bought the game a while back. Great game for Coop. Um, i got a beta version of the new release i didn't install yet, but the original is frigging epic. No issue with it at all. Best of luck with the issue, though i gotta say, i have had the similar problem with the new Steam update. When you start your PC, double click on steam and showed me the error. Quit and start steam again, it works perfectly.
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BUMP. not only u have this problem now.
http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/648817377813547032/#p19
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAXTv3zFwsk try it worked for me :)
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Well, looks like this is it. Nothing works, not even reinstalling nor the -tcp shortcut line. My steam account is well and truly fucked. And that pisses me off to no ends. As if this hasn't been a shitty enough past 2 weeks with work and all.
Fuck you very much, universe. Fuck you very much.
Edit- Well, at least I can finally access steam in offline mode so I can still play my games offline. Starting to REALLY hate steam.
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Here's a kitten that feels you. Sorry, can't help much. :( At least you could activate your game, imagine if you couldn't and were suspended. Now THAT would totally suck.
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Well, off to another craptastic day of work. Lets hope this can fix itself while I'm out. If not, well then I might have to give up on ever using steam again,
Thanks, whoever decided that I should never have anything good happen to me...... Sorry, that's something else I won't talk about.
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I had the same problem in the morning. Someone told me to run the Steam.exe shortcut with -tcp parameter. It worked. But I quit Steam a few minutes ago and wanted to log in again - wouldn't let me in. "Could not connect to Steam network". Even with the parameter on, it doesn't work. Valve messed something up as more and more people are having this problem. I'm so annoyed at this.
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Why not? OP could have done it already and it will mostly fix any problem the pc had, taking in account it's not the hardware. Unless he can't back up his files I don't see why this wouldn't be a valid solution.
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Because it's not an issue with his PC. Today a lot of people are having this issue and two solutions suggest that it's a problem on Steam's end. One solution is adding "-tcp" as a run parameter for Steam.exe shortcut. The second one I posted a few posts below - deleting "config" folder from userdata folder. Also, logging on web browser works - it all comes down to one thing - it's an issue with the client.
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Your solution....makes me think of this. I figure the OP is better off using the other advice already given in this thread.
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I got this issue today, booted up my PC this morning I can't access Steam at all. Tried everything I founds via Google and nothing works.
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I found a temporary solution. Go to Steam > userdata > (number you have here) > config folder. Move this folder or delete it and then you'll be able to log into Steam. However, if you quit Steam and will want to log in again it won't let you so you'll have to do this again. It's better than nothing until they fix it lol. So it's a problem of some configuration on some profiles but I still can't find the source of the issue. I'll keep at it and I'll let you know once I find out. I have a feeling it has to do with some settings being turned on/off. As when it logs and creates new "config" it somehow remembers my initial settings in options menu. I think once you leave Steam after that it remembers them during log-in too, something that was impossible before because there was no "config" folder hence new settings were created. It has to do with some settings we (users who have this problem) use. I'm gonna try and find out what is it.
Edit: Okay, I change almost all settings I had on/off to reverse and it's still the same. I have no idea what's up with that. But it's all about that config file that's created in config folder since if you delete it you can log in.
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Didn't work for me. Getting this error everytime I try to login.
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Really? It works for me every time I delete the folder.
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Well, I have my Steam Folder on a separate drive. Is it Steam -> Config?
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Steam > userdata > (number you have here) > config folder.
It's all in the folder where you have Steam installed.
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I don't have a folder called userdata.
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Wow, weird. Are you using Windows? Here's what my Steam folder looks like.
The file that's probably causing this is named: "localconfig.vdf" - do search of your Steam folder for it and if it doesn't find it then do search of all your disks for this file, maybe your Steam settings are somewhere else than mine (for whatever reason). If you do find this file just move it (don't delete it so you can always put it back) and see for yourself that it'll work.
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Windows 7 professional.
Tried searching my entire PC for that and it didn't come up.
Also searched for a userdata folder and nothing associated with Steam came up.
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That's just weird man, I don't know what to tell you :D
Wait. Do you by any chance have "don't save account credentials on this computer" unchecked? If that's the case then you don't have those folders because of that and it all saves your stuff on Cloud I think.
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I had "Remember my password" checked before.
It's not now since I was trying all the possible solutions posted that I found via Google, which included reinstalling Steam ><
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Ahh, so that's why you don't have config folder. It's weird though, if you wiped whole Steam folder it should work too lol.
This is such a mess. I guess we have to wait for an official fix.
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Maybe but I've had this problem for over 9 hours now. We'll see.
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And this is what I have inside that one config folder.
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My cousin can't connect to Steam all this day, I tried suggest him deleting Steam folder and stuff like that, deactivating Antivirus, firewall, but nothing helped.
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My two cents: in steam settings(working, logged) there is option to opt out of Steam Beta Updates
Not sure if helped
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So an hour ago I won a copy of Skullgirls. I activated it fine and all but as I started to download I got a steam beta update and now I can't get back onto steam at all. I tried everything said on their site, even disconecting my wired router.
Is it possible that the game was bad and I got flagged for something?
I keep getting the connection error screen and asking me if I want to sign in in offline mode. I tried that, no problem and even opted out of the beta but nothing.
Could it be the game?
Edit- renamed the topic.
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