How do I get my categories back?

[shak59]

The new steam update hard crashed my PC and now all the steam categories on the Library are from 2 years ago (old games long deleted in favorites etc).

How do I get all my carefully crafted categories back?!?!

HELP!

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Restart Steam or reboot PC.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Kill Steam in the task manager and hope your config file didn't get corrupted.

Restart Steam.

[shak59]

Nothing is working :(

Would uninstalling and reinstalling steam fix my categories?

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Have you tried this
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1903523970

[shak59]

Originally posted by Jaunitta 🌸:

Have you tried this
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1903523970

Thanks but that shows installed games, what I've lost is the categories on the left of the Library section.

Luckily I've found a backup but now don't know how to make steam see it because steam is just overwriting it everytime.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

configuration file, sorry I'm no expert on that wait till cSg|mc-Hotsauce comes back I'm sure he can guide you . Glad to hear you have a backup.
Try this
Exit Steam. dont just close it, use the Steam very top left and exit.
Click Start > Run (Windows Key + R).
Type the following command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\bin\SteamService.exe" /repair.<< press enter
Launch Steam and test the issue again.

What causes these afaik is when Steam is incorrectly exited .
You had a crash.
All mine are intact
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1903635094

[Fokey]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjN6-e3nlPE this here would give you back the old library what is even better than just the solution for you problem allone, at least in my eyes

[shak59]

I tried the steam service repair, didn't work. I think by now steam has overwritten my cloud saved categories (if that exists) with the old version they loaded onto my computer.

I think my only solution is to make steam recognise this backup of my 7 folder somehow...

[Jaunitta 🌸]

That would be the configuration files I'd say.
Copy that to a new folder as a backup.
then paste your old backup let it over ride while Steam is exited.

[shak59]

Actual wtf.

Previously, when you deleted a game that was free (like a free weekend) it would delete from your hard drive, AND your library AND the category (if you put it into a category).

It looks like this steam update has readded those "free" games to the library permanently so they are still visible. This has then readded their category.

Therefore, it looked like steam categories was screwed because I saw categories from 2 years ago in my list. Categories I only made to hold a free game like "test then delete".

I checked my old backup steam categories file from 5 months ago, it had the removed free games in it, but they were hidden in the library view when on the old steam client (from my memory). This new client has readded them.

Probably a bug.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Wow that's unreal.

[Fokey]

Originally posted by Fokey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjN6-e3nlPE this here would give you back the old library what is even better than just the solution for you problem allone, at least in my eyes

i am just gonna requote this for the people who havent taken a look at it, IT WILL REVERT STEAM TO ITS OLD STATE AND IT WORKS, i even tried it out

[Raging Panda]

Originally posted by Fokey:

Originally posted by Fokey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjN6-e3nlPE this here would give you back the old library what is even better than just the solution for you problem allone, at least in my eyes

i am just gonna requote this for the people who havent taken a look at it, IT WILL REVERT STEAM TO ITS OLD STATE AND IT WORKS, i even tried it out

Want to UPLOAD A WORKING VIDEO!?!

[Nanami]

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