reupload screenshot

[Branden]

so, i'm pretty aggravated right now. i just deleted my screenshot from the cloud, but i still have my copy on disk. reason being was because i kept giving the screenshot caption the wrong name. so figured, i'll delete it and re-upload. so i guess i f*cked myself over and can' reupload the screenshot because it still has the "cloud" symbol on it. then after that i realized you can actually edit the caption online. which i'm stupid and DIDNT KNOW!. god so aggravating. if steam has the abilty to re-upload a screenshot, then i would like to know where. otherwise, this is complete sh*t. and my screenshots were in order of progress!

[Dreakon13]

Something to keep in mind, you can edit the caption after uploading the screenshot.

Maybe try exiting Steam and re-opening it? Or give it a day or two to process?

[fallstreak]

Need help regarding the same.

[FreedomGeass]

same here also how do you change the description after you have uploaded the image?

[Branden]

can't believe someone found this -_-

[JMTAotP]

Steam cloud is tied to the file name so no matter what the screenshot is, once it is uploaded, the same file name cannot be used again. Changing the file name is all that is required to re-upload a screenshot.

This is how you re-upload a screenshot that has the steam cloud label on it.

-Open the game screenshot library on disk
-Find the matching screenshot
-Rename it. Example: 2014-07-14_00001.jpg I renamed to 2014-07-14_00002.jpg (again keep in mind you cannot change the file name to a file name that was already uploaded or you will still see the steam cloud on the screenshot.

Steam cloud is no longer on the screenshot and I am able to re-upload the screenshot.


@Freedomgeass this is how to change the description after uploading the image:

-At the top of Steam you will see "Store, Library, Community, and Your Account"
-Click Your Account
-Click Activity
-On the right side of the screen you will see "Screenshots" click that
-Click the screenshot you want to change the discription for
-Click View Comments & Details
-To the right of the comments you will see a green box that says owner controls, you will also see "Edit Caption" click that
-You can now edit the description of the screenshot

You can also have duplicate screenshots uploaded with different descriptions:
You can upload multiples of the same screenshot each with a different description by using the Re-Uploading method I described above. You will simple just copy the screenshot, rename it, and put it into the screenshot library. When you turn on steam it will be in your Upload Manager as if you took the screenshot in game and be ready to be uploaded.


@Branden in theory you can re-upload all screenshots in your library in the order you wanted them uploaded. Even if they are not taken in that order.

[Laurlen]

Hi =) I changed all my screenshots' file names on my computer & now I can't upload them to Steam. I've gone to my Screenshots under View & it shows blank screenshots with the original names. I can't get access my new name screenshots via Steam. Is there a way to upload the new named screenshots, or did I just make them unusable by changing their names?

Any guidance is appreciated! ♥

[999999999]

Change it back.

[AYAYA]

Hellow , I renamed the pics and now i can`t even see them anymore , the problem is just as Lauren`s , so , by any chance , can I fix this? ( P.S. I have changed the names back but didnt work )

[JMTAotP]

I didn't have notifications on. I only necro this thread because a few had issues that seem to have gone unresolved.

Sorry to hear that you may have lost some screenshots. Unfortunately I do not know why this has happened to you. I know it has been a long time but if you still have issues with your screenshots then feel free to add me and we will see if we can restore them.

Due to the missing screenshot reports I would now recommend always making a copy and renaming the copy instead of renaming the original to avoid ruining any original screenshots.

[Emmer]

I'm having this EXACT issue right now and I'm sooooo confused considering I have deleted & reuploaded screenshots before... it's very frustrating and I can't seem to find anything that helps me :-/ I know this thread is from 2013 but I legit can't find anything else describing this problem... pls...

[JMTAotP]

If you ruined one of your screenshots then you must restore it's original name to fix it.

Here are the updated steps:

-Open the game's screenshot library on disk
-Find the screenshot you want to re-upload
-Copy that screenshot and paste it in the same folder
-Rename the copied screenshot. Example: 2021-07-14_00001.jpg I renamed to 2021-07-14_00002.jpg (keep in mind you cannot rename it to a name that was already used to upload to the cloud with)
-Restart Steam, open the screenshot uploader, and you should now see the original screenshot and a duplicate
-Re-upload the duplicate and take the original off the cloud

[Emmer]

Ohh my God THANK YOU JMTAotP, it worked!!!

[Paulera]

Originally posted by JMTAotP:

If you ruined one of your screenshots then you must restore it's original name to fix it.

Here are the updated steps:

-Open the game's screenshot library on disk
-Find the screenshot you want to re-upload
-Copy that screenshot and paste it in the same folder
-Rename the copied screenshot. Example: 2021-07-14_00001.jpg I renamed to 2021-07-14_00002.jpg (keep in mind you cannot rename it to a name that was already used to upload to the cloud with)
-Restart Steam, open the screenshot uploader, and you should now see the original screenshot and a duplicate
-Re-upload the duplicate and take the original off the cloud

[orange]

Originally posted by JMTAotP:

If you ruined one of your screenshots then you must restore it's original name to fix it.

Here are the updated steps:

-Open the game's screenshot library on disk
-Find the screenshot you want to re-upload
-Copy that screenshot and paste it in the same folder
-Rename the copied screenshot. Example: 2021-07-14_00001.jpg I renamed to 2021-07-14_00002.jpg (keep in mind you cannot rename it to a name that was already used to upload to the cloud with)
-Restart Steam, open the screenshot uploader, and you should now see the original screenshot and a duplicate
-Re-upload the duplicate and take the original off the cloud

Thank you

[Hoshi Buraito]

so there is no way to reupload steam screenshots huh.. sad