I might as well document this seeing as it has been annoying as shit in the past occasionaly http://web.archive.org/web/20141206130010/http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1892201 http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=79678 http://web.archive.org/web/20141206125955/http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2614056
running steam once as an admin fixes it