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geekspeak Dec 24, 2017 @ 9:55am
App Manifests
My issue is that I accidentally deleted about 170 of my app manifests and so steam no longer updates 98% of my games. If I install/verify my games, the game is deleted and is reinstalled. Is there a Steam supported solution? Is there any solution that doesn't include me going through every single game's manifest?

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Cathulhu Dec 24, 2017 @ 9:56am 
No. You aren't supposed to touch those files in the first place.
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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Dec 24, 2017 @ 9:57am 
Steam needs those files. Deleting them triggers a full download again.

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geekspeak Dec 24, 2017 @ 9:57am 
@Cathulhu
I deleted them because Steam wouldn't allow me to update the games at all due to a "Disk write error". Some solutions I found said to do that but I trusted the wrong forums.
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Cathulhu Dec 24, 2017 @ 9:58am 
Can't you restore them from the recycle bin?
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geekspeak Dec 24, 2017 @ 10:01am 
I emptied it.
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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Dec 24, 2017 @ 10:01am 
You are SOL then.

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geekspeak Dec 24, 2017 @ 10:05am 
Hey man, I know I’m dumb, I just want to get around downloading everything again.
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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Dec 24, 2017 @ 10:06am 
You can no longer do that now. Once you emptied your bin, that was it.

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Cathulhu Dec 24, 2017 @ 10:24am 
Originally posted by Loosra:
Hey man, I know I’m dumb, I just want to get around downloading everything again.
And there is no such way now. You removed every possibility in doing so.
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geekspeak Dec 24, 2017 @ 10:26am 
Alright, thanks for the help, it is at least closure.
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geekspeak Dec 24, 2017 @ 11:41am 
Well in case anyone every comes back to this, wondering what actually happened, I managed to fix this by following the instructions here. It didn't give me all of my programs, no, but it turned me from having 7 of 192 to 163 of 192. I hope this helps anyone that needs it.
https://github.com/ChiefIntegrator/Steam-GetOnTop
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cat ears heroinspoon Oct 17, 2024 @ 4:45am 
Originally posted by geekspeak:
Well in case anyone every comes back to this, wondering what actually happened, I managed to fix this by following the instructions here. It didn't give me all of my programs, no, but it turned me from having 7 of 192 to 163 of 192. I hope this helps anyone that needs it.
https://github.com/ChiefIntegrator/Steam-GetOnTop
thanks, the other people were a bit unhinged but thanks a lot for saving my life with this!
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