Help, Preparing to launch Loop -- No games will start.

[PunkyRoo]

None of my games will start suddenly. Most appear to be some form of "Preparing to Launch" Loop... but some don't even get that far. I'm at wits end. I have 14 games on Steam, none of which I can play anymore.

From forum searches I have discovered that most people run into this at some point. But most it seems to be a simple restart or other to fix. Nothing has worked for me. At this point, if I can't get it to work, I'm going to have to be done with Steam because it has become useless. :\

Would appreciate any fresh insight into the issue:



I've tried:
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Restarting Steam
Restarting my computer
Shutting down my computer
Reinstalling Steam
Reinstalling Game
Removing all mods / DLC for Game
Removing all save files for Game
Deleting clientregistry.blob (which doesn't exist for me)
Deleting /appcache (which does exist for me)
Trying to play offline
Unchecking the Steam Cloud syncing
Unchecking the Steam overlay
Disabling my Anti-Virus
Removing my Anti-virus
Removing all programs on the List of Programs that Might Interere with Steam
Adding -SteamSkip(whatever it was) to the launch options
Verifying Game File Cache
Tried changing compatibility settings for executable
Tried launching Steam as Adminstrator
Updating Windows
Updating all drivers
Individually installing third-party dependencies (DirectX, etc)
Shutdown every background application and removed them from Startup via msconfig

[Baum]

Seems like you already tried a lot.
Maybe try this: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8043-EUJN-5239

[PunkyRoo]

Thank you, Baum.

I literally just tried this after posting. Every background application (not essential to windows) closed / and removed from Startup via msconfig.

[Baum]

Originally posted by lemurgoddess:

Thank you, Baum.

I literally just tried this after posting. Every background application (not essential to windows) closed / and removed from Startup via msconfig.

So you can run all your games now?

[PunkyRoo]

No I cannot. Still the same issue. I added this to the list of what I have tried in my original post.

[Baum]

Originally posted by lemurgoddess:

No I cannot. Still the same issue. I added this to the list of what I have tried in my original post.

Since you've really tried a lot, I would suggest to submit a Steam Support ticket.

[Baum]

Oh, and just to be very sure, try this again: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6218-USFX-5568

[PunkyRoo]

How do I submit a ticket? And yes, I've tried everything on that list multiple times already. There is something substantially broken.

[Baum]

Originally posted by lemurgoddess:

How do I submit a ticket? And yes, I've tried everything on that list multiple times already. There is something substantially broken.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1223-QROC-4460

[PunkyRoo]

I don't actually have an option to submit a ticket when I go to that page. All it does is redirect to a page with an endless menu of topics to select from. I don't have an option to directly contact support. And that is what really bothers me about this and makes me feel like I need to give up on Steam. :(

[Baum]

Originally posted by lemurgoddess:

I don't actually have an option to submit a ticket when I go to that page. All it does is redirect to a page with an endless menu of topics to select from. I don't have an option to directly contact support. And that is what really bothers me about this and makes me feel like I need to give up on Steam. :(

Just open Steam through the browser and you should see the option 'Support' on the top of the screen.