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== Official Links ==
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[https://support.steampowered.com/ Official Support]
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[http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/ Official Forums]
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It will take around 10> minutes to detect the bad files and replace them
 
It will take around 10> minutes to detect the bad files and replace them
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== Steam gets stuck on update ==
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Steam updates sometimes get stuck at a certain ammount of percent, however, you can usually fix it by doing this:
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'''C:\>Program>Steam and delete "clientregistry.blob"'''
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'''C:\>Program (x86)>Steam and delete "clientregistry.blob"'''
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This will delete your saved password for steam, and force it to re-download the Steam client update. This method usually always fix other problems with Steam, so it is usually a good idea to delete this whenever steam enocunters an error.
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== Steam will not launch at all ==
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If Steam will not launch on a Windows 7 system (64 bit) you can try this trick.
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Delete the appcache directory found here:  '''C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\appcache'''
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Restart stream it will then re-download and launch successfully.
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[[Category:Hack]]
 
[[Category:Hack]]

Revision as of 19:47, 10 February 2012

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Steam game not starting

Sometimes a game on steam may not start up, so you may be able to get it working by:

Library>(Game that isn't loading)>Right click>Properties>Local files>Verify Integrity of Game Cache

It will take around 10> minutes to detect the bad files and replace them

Steam gets stuck on update

Steam updates sometimes get stuck at a certain ammount of percent, however, you can usually fix it by doing this:

C:\>Program>Steam and delete "clientregistry.blob"

or

C:\>Program (x86)>Steam and delete "clientregistry.blob"

This will delete your saved password for steam, and force it to re-download the Steam client update. This method usually always fix other problems with Steam, so it is usually a good idea to delete this whenever steam enocunters an error.

Steam will not launch at all

If Steam will not launch on a Windows 7 system (64 bit) you can try this trick. Delete the appcache directory found here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\appcache Restart stream it will then re-download and launch successfully.