Steam is uninstalling my games!

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psychadillow May 22, 2018 @ 6:59am

Steam is uninstalling my games!

Yesterday, my friend was playing Garry's Mod and I wanted to join him, but then I noticed that GMod was missing from my library. When I went to my desktop to open it from there, Steam acted like I had never even downloaded the game that I have over 2,000 hours in. And just this mroning, it uninstalled Elder Scrolls Online, which took me 2 days to download. People have said that the files are still in my computer, but steam had a problem with syncing or something. Does anyone know a solution to this other than just redownloading the game?

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Originally posted by ReBoot:

The solution is to fix the root cause so Steam wont lose track of tue games in the first place https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8379-RYIP-2998

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Cathulhu May 22, 2018 @ 7:00am

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8379-RYIP-2998&l=

Phantom May 22, 2018 @ 7:00am

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8379-RYIP-2998

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ReBoot May 22, 2018 @ 7:01am

The solution is to fix the root cause so Steam wont lose track of tue games in the first place https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8379-RYIP-2998

psychadillow May 22, 2018 @ 7:07am

Thanks. Can I expect this to happen again, since it's happened twice within a day? I looked, and I can't imagine any of the listed programs that would be interfering with Steam.

Cathulhu May 22, 2018 @ 7:08am

Depends on what caused it in the first place. Fix the cause and it won't happen again.

ReBoot May 22, 2018 @ 7:09am

Originally posted by Sethra:
Thanks. Can I expect this to happen again, since it's happened twice within a day? I looked, and I can't imagine any of the listed programs that would be interfering with Steam.

If you dont solve the root cause, it will keep on happening forever.
Hint: Conflicting programs arent the only possible cause and the list isnt exactly compoete anyway.

psychadillow May 22, 2018 @ 7:13am

Oh well, then. I'll just have to live with launching games from my file explorer.

ReBoot May 22, 2018 @ 7:16am

You could also troubleshoot the problem. Were in the help & tips forum and we can offer that.

psychadillow May 22, 2018 @ 8:03am

Update: Now I'm having to wait 16 hours to redownload ESO because I followed the directions listed in the link. Even though I could launch the game just fine through my file explorer before. fml

psychadillow May 22, 2018 @ 8:12am

Originally posted by ReBoot:
You could also troubleshoot the problem. Were in the help & tips forum and we can offer that.

I guess I'll try that. I really don't want to spend another year trying to figure out what the "root cause" is.

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ReBoot May 22, 2018 @ 8:24am

Originally posted by Sethra:
Update: Now I'm having to wait 16 hours to redownload ESO because I followed the directions listed in the link. Even though I could launch the game just fine through my file explorer before. fml

So, shall we start troubleshooting?

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Muppet among Puppets May 22, 2018 @ 8:27am

When did it start to happen?

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psychadillow May 22, 2018 @ 8:42am

Originally posted by ReBoot:
Originally posted by Sethra:
Update: Now I'm having to wait 16 hours to redownload ESO because I followed the directions listed in the link. Even though I could launch the game just fine through my file explorer before. fml
So, shall we start troubleshooting?

Sure.