Steam Will not Display main window

[Turtle15]

When i open steam i can access friends list and other windows but when i attempt to bring up the main window ie library store ect. it gives me just 2 blue outlines on desktop like something wants to open and a blurred bottom bar. ive restarted steam/ computer multiple times but it still shows up. any idea on how to fix this? running windows 10

[The Giving One]

Try this first, please.

http://i.imgur.com/T48EoWF.gifv

Now, you need to wait after clicking on the delete then "ok" button, and allow the page to refresh.
It may seem to hang and not be working, but don't click on anything until you see the main page refresh and flash.
This may actually take several seconds and seem to not be working. It is. Don't click on anything.
When you see the main page refresh, click "ok" on the settings window and try again to see if it resolved the problem.

[Turtle15]

that did not work :/ i had to access settings through application icon cause i dont see the main screen when i try to bring it up. literally i just see 2 think blue line borders and a blurred bottom bar. no other visual display at all. it is just my desktop with those characteristics.

[The Giving One]

Originally posted by Turtle15:

that did not work :/ i had to access settings through application icon cause i dont see the main screen when i try to bring it up. literally i just see 2 think blue line borders and a blurred bottom bar. no other visual display at all. it is just my desktop with those characteristics.

Sorry that did not seem to help, but it's usually a good idea to keep things simple at first, then move on to more complex troubleshooting, as needed.

Do you mean this, for example ?

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/2906376154317034994/#c2906376154320215755

Others were having that issue a while back, and as far as I know, I have not seen a common cause of it just yet. Steam runs fine, and the icon can be seen when set in Windows in the desktop tray, and various Steam pages selected from clicking on that icon.

If that is the same issue you are talking about, I am not sure how to suggest a fix for it, except to maybe test Steam in safe mode with networking, perhaps. The strange graphical lines you mention above (blue lines) are news to me on this issue, however.

You can also try this below, but I would save this for a last option as needed :

Reinstall Steam

The Steam installer can be downloaded here: http://store.steampowered.com/about/ and reinstalled to the same location where it is already installed.

This may fix potential issues with Steam client and service files. Installing into same location will preserve all installed games.

WARNING! Uninstalling Steam will delete all game content.

[Onikuma]

so... do we have a solution now? i got the same problem here... and just to tell u guys..reinstall steam doesn't work, it only happen to steam

the problem i have rn

when i open steam : https://imgur.com/a/a4rgc9g

when i try to move the steam client : https://imgur.com/a/MBCMqQH

[Meeba]

I found this thread from a google search after I experienced a similar problem. I was able to work around it by changing the desktop scaling settings to 100% (from my previous setting of 125%) and back.

To change the desktop scale:
- Right click on your desktop
- Choose "Display settings"
- Choose the 100% option from the drop-down menu labeled "Change the size of text, apps, and other items"

[Mixx]

Originally posted by Meeba:

I found this thread from a google search after I experienced a similar problem. I was able to work around it by changing the desktop scaling settings to 100% (from my previous setting of 125%) and back.

To change the desktop scale:
- Right click on your desktop
- Choose "Display settings"
- Choose the 100% option from the drop-down menu labeled "Change the size of text, apps, and other items"

Yep, this worked perfectly.

[76561198055500416]

Originally posted by Meeba:

I found this thread from a google search after I experienced a similar problem. I was able to work around it by changing the desktop scaling settings to 100% (from my previous setting of 125%) and back.

To change the desktop scale:
- Right click on your desktop
- Choose "Display settings"
- Choose the 100% option from the drop-down menu labeled "Change the size of text, apps, and other items"

thx a lot man, you saved me

[Pdguru]

Having this [problem today. None of the above work. Steam is running but window will not show. Any other ideas?