Steam won't stop taking screenshots

[Miellv1k]

As soon as I enter a game steam keeps screenshotting or it starts randomly and wont stop. Unplugging your keyboard doesn't work. Anyone know how to fix this?

[ΛeveΛ]

First make sure you don't have a controller plugged into your pc as controllers have been known to cause screenshots randomly.

Next lets fully restart steam, you can do this by opening the task manager and ending the task "Steam Client Bootstrapper". Then open steam again and try.

Next reassign the screenshot button to a different key (the default is F12, so rebind it to something like F8, or \ ).

Let me know if any of this helps,

- AeveA

[Miellv1k]

A controller is not plugged in. I unbound the screenshot keys it still happens I just have to restart steam a cpouple times until it stops it happens rarely now though thanks.

[ΛeveΛ]

Originally posted by babychicken:

A controller is not plugged in. I unbound the screenshot keys it still happens I just have to restart steam a cpouple times until it stops it happens rarely now though thanks.

No problem, hopefully it stops completely. You could always copy your steam saves folder and reinstall steam, that may fix it. But make sure to backup your games folder so you don't have to reinstall everything.

[48482917]

Originally posted by ΛeveΛ:

Originally posted by babychicken:

A controller is not plugged in. I unbound the screenshot keys it still happens I just have to restart steam a cpouple times until it stops it happens rarely now though thanks.

No problem, hopefully it stops completely. You could always copy your steam saves folder and reinstall steam, that may fix it. But make sure to backup your games folder so you don't have to reinstall everything.

[Lord_Shadow]

I ran into this problem too. I guess it crashed while taking a screenshot so some value didn't get reset. I get thousands of pictures being added to the library after even a few seconds, even when not in game. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to actually be creating new images.

I haven't found a solution yet, but it's definitely not from any kind of faulty input or controller or something. Already tried resetting the screenshot button etc.

[Lord_Shadow]

It managed to stop on its own in the time it took me to type my last message. I'm not sure why it decided to stop, but the other people that ran into this problem also eventually had theirs stop on its own as well, so I guess there is some kind of safeguard in place, which is good.

[SeveQ]

I've been experiencing exactly this lately. I don't know what it is. It started with Diablo 3 which I added as a third party game to my library. And it takes screenshots of the Blizzard launcher instead of the game. Are there any news about this? A bug description? A workaround? A fix?

[THE SOS RESPONDER]

its possibly about steam cloud though, because when this problem occurs it doesn't take new screenshots, Its just the past screenshots you took being re-configured

[hkitago]

I could fix this thing to make the function key setting without pressing fn key.

[SignalRaptor]

Mine started after downloading, installing, and launching code vein. Now every time i enter a game window, a screenshot is taken. Which means every time i hit the menu button in vr, and then go back into the game, it takes a screenshot. if it's in windowed mode, and i click out and back in, screenshot. no idea what is causing this.

[you are a king gg]

I am writing for those who also encountered this problem. Try to pull the "screenshots" folder out from Steam directory. For my example, i try this with Witcher 3: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\[steamuser]\292030. Or found folder in "Screenshot Uploader"

[Nami]

I had the same issue today. I was casually in the csgo lobby and suddenly steam started making hundrets of screenshots. In the end I found out that steam wasnt making new ones. it just took the ones i had again, but didnt saved them if this sound logical. so for every screenshot i have ever made it made a screenshot sound. in total i have 1600 screenshots, so it made 1600 screenshot sounds. but then it stopped. so maybe steam somehow lost the path to my screenshots folder and re-connected or anything. so maybe let it finish the screenshots if you know how many you have in total. if it make more then you have not the problem i have and i hope you find another fix for it :/

[mastervovan]

any solutions? -.- my screenshot key is unbound

[DualityWolfie]

Fixed! (Sorta..?)
My friend was having the same problem. Random screenshots at random intervals. Long story short, he had a GameCube adapter thing hooked up to his pc that was causing inputs (apparently the same inputs that takes screenshots on a Gamecube controller..?). Anyway, simply unhooking, and plugging it back up fixed the issue.
For some reason, the pc was detecting it as a "Pokken" controller upon starting up his pc. Unplugging and plugging it back up fixed the error, and now it's showing as the adapter it's supposed to be.

[ego117]

Just had this happen to me after Steam crashed one night. When I reopened steam, it would start copying the screenshots I already had (made 4K copies).

Solution: Hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete and click task manager. Look for processes named “Steam” and start ending those tasks (right click, select end task). For me it was the Steam Web Helper that was stuck running non stop. It had high CPU and Power usage, so it was highlighted in red.