Anyone else having issues with game updates being stuck in UNSCHEDULED?

[ima420r]

There have been tons of little updates for lots of games lately and I am having an issue. Most of the updates download fine, but there will always be a couple games that stay in "unscheduled". If I quit and restart Steam, one of the games will update. I have to keep quitting and restarting until all of them are updated.

I have tried moving the games into the UP NEXT section but they don't move there.

Anyone else having this issue? I'm trying to see if there is a fix for it.

[Iceira]

Switch account could be part of the problem, took aged to ID it from another Steam user, and sense most only have 1 steam account, and dont have a game update problem.

ps.
I have no clue if that matter at all, but it could be exatly that, in hes case.

[Junior]

Did you click the button that says download now?

[ima420r]

Originally posted by Andy:

Did you click the button that says download now?

Yeah. Nothing will get them to download until I quit Steam and restart it.

Also to reply to others who commented, I only have 1 accountt and I don't want to turn off the updates, I just want them to work right. Sometimes it's a big (real) update, not just one of the small ones.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

Same issue, ever since the new downloads menu launched with a Steam update. All downloads will complete, and clicking Clear All will leave a single game listing marked "Unscheduled." Clicking "Download now" does nothing. The screen refreshes, and it remains "Unscheduled." Happens every few days and it's always only a single game. Which game it is differs.

[ZoxsRoxs]

Same issue. I went to Settings > Downloads and clicked "clear download cache", that fixed it.

[ima420r]

Originally posted by ZoxsRoxs:

Same issue. I went to Settings > Downloads and clicked "clear download cache", that fixed it.

I tried it. I will see if it works for me as well. Thanks!

Didn't work. After clearing the cache Steam restarted and I still had a game not updating just like before. I appreciate the suggestion, though.

[Snoopster777]

HAve you tried verifying the game files , sometimes it thinks tthere is an update when there is not , I have that issue with a few games and it seems to solve the issue for me

[ima420r]

Originally posted by Snoopy - Blind FGC:

HAve you tried verifying the game files , sometimes it thinks tthere is an update when there is not , I have that issue with a few games and it seems to solve the issue for me

No I haven't. But of I restart Steam the games always update. I may try that next time it happens, though, just to see if there is something to it. Thanks for the suggestion.

edit: just tried this now and the game validated fine and then showed up as completed for any updates. Not sure if it updated when it validated or if it just didn't need an update in the first place. I'll keep a closer eye on it next time, but that may be the issue.

edit2: looks like the game I validated the files of still needed an update after restarting Steam, so that's not the issue.

[crunchyfrog]

First thing to try is to restart Steam, and DO NOT ever use sleep mode on your PC as that can cause issues like this. ALWAYS shut your PC down properly when you've finished.

Next you can try clearing your download cache under steam settings. That often fixes stuck or wonky download issues galore.

If things still perists, there's a couple of other things you can try, and I'll explain them then.

[ima420r]

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

First thing to try is to restart Steam, and DO NOT ever use sleep mode on your PC as that can cause issues like this. ALWAYS shut your PC down properly when you've finished.

Next you can try clearing your download cache under steam settings. That often fixes stuck or wonky download issues galore.

If things still perists, there's a couple of other things you can try, and I'll explain them then.

I never use sleep mode, and I have cleared cache before. What else do you suggest trying?

[Snoopster777]

I know this is a dumb question but have you tried running the game that is stuck in the unscheduled updates, maybe it just requires you to start it

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by ima420r:

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

First thing to try is to restart Steam, and DO NOT ever use sleep mode on your PC as that can cause issues like this. ALWAYS shut your PC down properly when you've finished.

Next you can try clearing your download cache under steam settings. That often fixes stuck or wonky download issues galore.

If things still perists, there's a couple of other things you can try, and I'll explain them then.

I never use sleep mode, and I have cleared cache before. What else do you suggest trying?

Just to be clear, you've cleared the DOWNLOAD cache and not just the web cache?

If those aren't working still, then there is one major fix all you can try. Go to your steam install folder and delete everything except steam.exe and steamapps folder (where your games live). Then run that steam.exe and it will reacquire all the needed files.

If that doesn't fix it then it's possible you're simply running out of drive space.

It's quite common for people to misunderstand how Steam works. You should NEVER go above 90% usage on your install drive, and when you donwload a game, you must allow up to THREE TIMES the total file size for it to unpack and decrypt.

In other words, if you have say a 1TB drive and you've used 850GB, you've got another 50GB left to play with. But if you want to download a 50GB game, you won't have enough space, because you'd need to allow up to 150GB which runs you up to 100%.


So make sure you have plenty of space, and if you're using Windows pre-10 you have defragged recently.

[ima420r]

I did that and I have plenty of hd space.

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by ima420r:

I did that and I have plenty of hd space.

Long shot, but you could try going to your steam settings, sleecting downloads, and adding another folder to your list of chosen places to download to. Then remove the original one, and add it back.

See if that fixes anything.

[Darren Evans]

This occasionally happens to me and it's usually with a game that has a separate launcher, like Elite Dangerous. I clicked on Elite Dangerous, the launcher loaded and there was an option to apply an update for Odyssey in there. I did that and Elite Dangerous no longer showed as Unscheduled.