Steam crashed and now it won't start up again

[BananaJane]

How do I fix this?
Clienregistry blob and restarting steam and deleting the whole folder didn't do anything

[76561198218426745]

Can you explain what exactly happens when you attempt to launch Steam?

[BananaJane]

Two steam task bars pop up every time, with the 2nd one saying not responding with some empty box

[76561198218426745]

I see. Best I can suggest is to look over the Steam fails to start support article.

[The BACH]

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/0/154643085275245769/

Unplug Controller
Launch Steam

It's working now ? Fine.
But if you put back the controller Steam freezes again, right ?

Go to Steam install location in your PC
open "package" folder
found "beta" file and delete it

(Keep unplugged your Controller just in case)
Launch Steam
It's going to update to latest stable version

Problem solved, and you can plug in your controller again.

We are in Beta, ♥♥♥♥ is supposed to happen ;)

[76561198218426745]

Originally posted by The BACH:

Go to Steam install location in your PC
open "package" folder
found "beta" file and delete

The OP suggests they have already deleted the entire Steam folder, which should have removed the beta files.

[BananaJane]

Originally posted by The BACH:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/0/154643085275245769/

Unplug Controller
Launch Steam

It's working now ? Fine.
But if you put back the controller Steam freezes again, right ?

Go to Steam install location in your PC
open "package" folder
found "beta" file and delete it

(Keep unplugged your Controller just in case)
Launch Steam
It's going to update to latest stable version

Problem solved, and you can plug in your controller again.

We are in Beta, ♥♥♥♥ is supposed to happen ;)

I don't think it was in beta either

[The BACH]

I know it's sounds silly, but do you unpluged the controller ?

[kuku]

unplugged controller - steam opened
plugged controller back in - steam crashed
deleted beta file - steam opened
plugged controller back in - steam crashed again
unplugged controller - steam won't open anymore

any advice?

Now it opens... so I shouldn't plug my controller in right?

[The BACH]

Originally posted by Kuku:

unplugged controller - steam opened
plugged controller back in - steam crashed
deleted beta file - steam opened
plugged controller back in - steam crashed again
unplugged controller - steam won't open anymore

any advice?

Now it opens... so I shouldn't plug my controller in right?

Now cancel the beta file and esc from the beta service

[76561198350438415]

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[kuku]

Originally posted by The BACH:

Originally posted by Kuku:

unplugged controller - steam opened
plugged controller back in - steam crashed
deleted beta file - steam opened
plugged controller back in - steam crashed again
unplugged controller - steam won't open anymore

any advice?

Now it opens... so I shouldn't plug my controller in right?

Now cancel the beta file and esc from the beta service

Deleting the Beta file automatically takes you out of beta participation... I'm just going to play some overwatch lol

[Gorgon]

Have the same issue. Controller causes steam to crash.

[MiniEngineer]

Originally posted by The BACH:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/0/154643085275245769/

Unplug Controller
Launch Steam

It's working now ? Fine.
But if you put back the controller Steam freezes again, right ?

Go to Steam install location in your PC
open "package" folder
found "beta" file and delete it

(Keep unplugged your Controller just in case)
Launch Steam
It's going to update to latest stable version

Problem solved, and you can plug in your controller again.

We are in Beta, ♥♥♥♥ is supposed to happen ;)

Cheers mate!

[Billis Ellish]

Originally posted by The BACH:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/0/154643085275245769/

Unplug Controller
Launch Steam

It's working now ? Fine.
But if you put back the controller Steam freezes again, right ?

Go to Steam install location in your PC
open "package" folder
found "beta" file and delete it

(Keep unplugged your Controller just in case)
Launch Steam
It's going to update to latest stable version

Problem solved, and you can plug in your controller again.

We are in Beta, ♥♥♥♥ is supposed to happen ;)

To anyone using Virtual Desktop having this issue after SteamVR crash, this worked perfectly for me.
Go to the VD input settings and uncheck "Emulate gamepad on PC" then restart steam. It should start right up. Thanks @The Bach !