How can I backup Steam settings?

[creep]

I want to reinstall OS so Steam app will be reinstalled aswell. How can I save my current Steam setting.
I guess I can overwrite "settings file" after reinstall. So can I?
THESE SETTINGS: A LOT OF TABS: http://i.imgur.com/MVZGeJL.png?2

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Why would you need to back up the settings?

[creep]

Originally posted by Mommy:

Why would you need to back up the settings?

The most re_tar/ded question the one can ask.
Every time I reinstall steam I have to spend about 30-60 mins to check every settings tab.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You backup the whole Steam folder, simple.
If the Steamapps part is too large, part that out of the equation.
Once its on the new PC or OS; go to the folder right click Steam.exe > run as admin, done.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Steam doesn't have settings other than your password and username put them onto a notepad and save. Steam knows you no matter where you go, just log in and it will say we need to confirm/verify it's you and send you an email you just click on that email copy the number in the email, it will open back to Steam and then insert the key ,and presto you're back in with all your games intact.
I get this even when I change browsers.
If you move to a new PC or install a clean system just re-install Steam, google steam download, then log in again. All your stuff back intact.
http://store.steampowered.com/about/

I think you mean all your games.
To backup all your games I have to a 4 terrabyte drive.
Just open Steam on the left is you library with a list of your games rightclick in there and backup game files.
Tick all the games you wish to back up, note the size of each game at the bottom as you will have to manually insert that in megs to your designated directory USB drive.
Otherwise it will create a cazillion small zip files. and try to save to a DVD or CD disc.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Jaunitta:

Steam doesn't have settings other than your password and username put them onto a notepad and save. Steam knows you no matter where you go, just log in and it will say we need to confirm/verify it's you and send you an email you just click on that email copy the number in the email, it will open back to Steam and then insert the key ,and presto you're back in with all your games intact.
I get this even when I change browsers.
If you move to a new PC or install a clean system just re-install Steam, google steam download, then log in again. All your stuff back intact.
http://store.steampowered.com/about/

I think you mean all your games.
To backup all your games I have to a 4 terrabyte drive.
Just open Steam on the left is you library with a list of your games rightclick in there and backup game files.
Tick all the games you wish to back up, note the size of each game at the bottom as you will have to manually insert that in megs to your designated directory USB drive.
Otherwise it will create a cazillion small zip files. and try to save to a DVD or CD disc.

Store users/pws in a local text file? Hmm no, never do that.

Yes there are settings, your client settings, this is on a per machine basis.

[creep]

Originally posted by Jaunitta:

Steam doesn't have settings

what is this then? http://i.imgur.com/MVZGeJL.png?2

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by spectraldemon:

Originally posted by Jaunitta:

Steam doesn't have settings

what is this then? http://i.imgur.com/MVZGeJL.png?2

Exactly; those Client settings are per-system basis. This is not Cloud data that goes with you.

All you do is backup your Steam folder and tranfer it over where you want it, then run Steam.exe and login on the new machine.

Steam is one of the few apps that work like this, where it does not need any installers for the client, period. Steam.exe when ran from a different location, will then modify the OS registry to then tell it "Hey this is my new location, look for me here from now on"

Your Client based settings are stored in your Steam folder.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Seven7:

this settings stored in 3 places: in registry, in userdata\%your steam ID3%\7\ and config\config.vdf
all sync with cloud

Since when does Client settings go to Cloud?
This never has happened for me in all my years on Steam.

If I actually go onto a PC and install Steam fresh, I always have to redo all settings for Client and BPM; so where is this happening?

I got over that BS though cause I just move my Steam folder as needed. It's as simple as that, why the heck wouldn't people be doing it that way?

Client setting are hardware specifc, so that doesn't even make any sense.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Bad Motha, Yes you have been here many years and know just about all the ins and outs of Steam by now I bet.
When I formatted from windows 10 and went back to windows 7 prof x64 just last year
all I had to do was install steam and there was everything. all my settings .Games saves??
I even switch PC and just get an email to confirm who I am.
All my settings yes even these http://i.imgur.com/MVZGeJL.png?2 are there.
admittedly I do backup my entire games to an external 5 terrabyte expansion drive but so far any computer I have upgraded replaced Steam was back on really easy.
When I bought Salt not long ago march 17th 2017
it mentioned that it was going to move our saves to cloud.
I wanted to find the saves files so I could grab them when I wanted to modify them for personal saves and couldnt. So after some research and questiosn here on steam it's never going to happen for me to modify the saves or the any of the files with Salt.
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Save data for Salt is currently in a placeholder state.
Data from the map and the journal are saved within your Salt installation directory, while everything else is stored within the registry.
Eventually, we will be moving the data to the Steam Cloud, but for now, here are instructions for how to back-up or move your Salt save data to another computer.
https://saltthegame.com/pages/SaltSaveFiles/

[Bad 💀 Motha]

If you want to modify saved-game files, you disable cloud sync for that game, and mod the local save games. You not going to mod the ones Steam saves separately for cloud backup.

[creep]

oh well...
I just want to notice that dota2's settings are spread in 9 files in 3 different directories.
it was 2017 I had to screenshot settings. worst soft developer ever. sad story

[Bad 💀 Motha]

For Games that is separate from the Client stuff; unless the game has option for/supports Steam Cloud Save Sync and that feature has been enabled before, since that is allowed to be toggled on a per-game basis (for games that support it)

But DOTA2 is MMO type right? So even if you didn't save anything for that game, all you'd be losing I think is the in-game settings for a game such as that.

If you finding game saves trouble-some cause of multiple locations or they don't support Cloud Save Sync; try GameSave-Manager for saved game backups/restores.

[isopropyl-alco]

wow, everyone trying to help on this old thread were really useless..

[MrK]

@creep since all of the guys are too dumb to understand your question, I think I found the file. It's located here:

...\Steam\userdata\393147307\config\localconfig.vdf

[GoodWorkGoblin]

Originally posted by MrK:

@creep since all of the guys are too dumb to understand your question, I think I found the file. It's located here:

...\Steam\userdata\393147307\config\localconfig.vdf

Finally a good answer. This is the right settings file.
Unfortunately it did not contain the setting I was looking for, but this is useful knowledge none-the-less.