Steam refuses to see my internet connection

[Ribannah]

Obviously I am connected to the internet but as of today Steam refuses to recognize this fact. Nothing has changed on my end. It keeps telling me to check my connection and won't launch.

[mimizukari]

your firewall is blocking steam.

[Ribannah]

It didn't yesterday. What can I do?

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by Ribannah:

It didn't yesterday. What can I do?

you can check to make sure you don't have a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ antivirus, think bitdefender, mcafee, anything that isn't kaspersky or avast pretty much, and https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8571-GLVN-8711 enable the required ports/enable uPnP.

[Ribannah]

I found the list of allowed apps. It includes Steam, so the firewall is not blocking.

[mimizukari]

did you try rebooting?

[Ribannah]

I have no antivirus software.

[Ribannah]

Yes, I rebooted. I have also reinstalled Steam.

Windows 10, MSI gaming series notebook.

[Darren]

Have you tried temprarily disabling your anti virus entirely see if that makes Steam work?

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by Darren:

Have you tried temprarily disabling your anti virus entirely see if that makes Steam work?

Originally posted by Ribannah:

I have no antivirus software.

[mimizukari]

I'd recommend seeking help on the https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/ forums.

although it looks like you're logged in now?

[HEART]

Reset your modem/router

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by Silversun ✴ Moon 0430:

Reset your modem/router

only reason I didn't suggest this is because they already had net capability, if anything ipconfig /flushdns would be more useful.

[HEART]

Originally posted by Shiki Ryougi:

Originally posted by Silversun ✴ Moon 0430:

Reset your modem/router

only reason I didn't suggest this is because they already had net capability, if anything ipconfig /flushdns would be more useful.

or release / renew perhaps

[Ribannah]

None of your replies were in any way useful.

I was eventually able to bypass the problem by installing a second, identical version of Steam in another folder. Now I have to figure out how to delete the old folder.