Steam plays notification sound, but no message/announcement/event/anything is displayed?

[Niiro]

Recently there have been several occasions where I am simply using my computer, and I will hear the Steam notification sound as if I have received a message from one of my friends, but nothing will appear on my screen. It happened once while watching a YouTube video and I actually went back to watch the same part of the video to see if it really did come from my computer or the video itself. (Obviously it was not from the video...)

Out of mild concern, I scanned my computer using Malwarebytes to ensure there was nothing malicious perhaps causing this, but the scan came up clean (as I expected it to be).

Has this happened to anyone else? What possible explanation could there be for this?

[DirtyFishy]

Do you have games running in the background when these beeps are heard?

[Niiro]

Originally posted by DirtyFishy:

Do you have games running in the background when these beeps are heard?

Often times I do not; I'm always just doing random things such as browsing forums, watching videos, maybe doing work on my Google Drive

[lizard280]

I'm having the exact same problem, it's been happening for weeks, every now and again I hear the sound, but no notification. I don't have any games running in the background and from what I can see it's not just a case of the popup not appearing, there just seems to be no reason for it at all.

[Militonius]

Steam > Settings > Friends - Make sure you turn off "Play a sound" [gyazo.com] under "For Group events and announcements"

[ATOMIIIIIIIIIIIC]

Same problem, trying the last post solution

[VoltaicFeline]

m getting the same problem, hoping for an alternative solution rather than turning off alerts cause i talk to pals alot on steam and well, when gaming, youre not gona be eagle eyeing the chat box lol

[听寒]

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[lizard280]

I just realised that I've not had this problem in a while, I think the solution given above worked, you still get the popup for group events, but you just don't get the sound. It only changes the group settings, so all other sounds come through like normal, I'd also make sure "When any friend joins a game" play a sound is turned off too.

[xxbananahunterxx]

same problem VALVE PLS FIX im gonna try reinstalling steam

[It's Not Parkinsons It's Aimbot]

i have same problem.. have anyone got fix it

[Bronson]

Militonius, ty so much. i was about to lose my mind.

[IRememberYou......]

It's happened like 7 times.

[itscol]

for anyone who still has this problem: when you shift + tab, open the settings menu in ur friendslist (the little gear icon under your profile). go to notifications, then make sure that "play a sound" is disabled for 'Group events and announcements'. This fixed the issue for me :) .

[N00bslayHer]

its happening for me to but the thing is am i missing messages?

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