FIXED!: Please Help Steam Only Loads Library

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Heresmaxers Apr 7, 2019 @ 7:32pm

My steam only loads library and downloads games. i cant open my friends, my profile, store or community. everytime i try loading anything its just a black screen. i have reinstalled steam and restarted it but nothing works. this has been an issue for months for me. please only respond with solutions to avoid cluttering the discussion thanks.

Last edited by Heresmaxers; Apr 11, 2019 @ 2:04am

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ReBoot Apr 7, 2019 @ 10:38pm

Delete Steam's web cache.

Heresmaxers Apr 7, 2019 @ 11:36pm

Originally posted by ReBoot:
Delete Steam's web cache.

Already did that

ReBoot Apr 8, 2019 @ 12:59am

Did you, for some "tuning" reasons, disable Windows' certificate updates? Some people are dumb that and that really screwed up Steam.

AmsterdamHeavy Apr 8, 2019 @ 4:46am

Did you add this: " -no-browser " to Steam launch options? 'Cause that will do it for sure.

Heresmaxers Apr 8, 2019 @ 5:38am

Originally posted by AmsterdamHeavy:
Did you add this: " -no-browser " to Steam launch options? 'Cause that will do it for sure.

Every time I try doing that it give me an error

Heresmaxers Apr 8, 2019 @ 11:16am

Originally posted by ReBoot:
Did you, for some "tuning" reasons, disable Windows' certificate updates? Some people are dumb that and that really screwed up Steam.

im not even sure what that is

ReBoot Apr 8, 2019 @ 1:37pm

Start your system in safe mode (for obvious reasons with networking). Does it work then?

The Giving One Apr 8, 2019 @ 1:39pm

Follow what the good ReBoot suggested above of course, but when you deleted the cache, did you make sure to allow plenty of time for it to work ?

It might take a bit of time, after you click the "delete" button for it to do it, and seem to just be hanging without working, while in fact, it is.

So if you did not see the page refresh after clicking the "delete" button from the Delete Web Cache feature, I would also suggest you try that again, making sure to allow plenty of time.

Usually, unless there is another issue that Reboot is covering with that suggestion he made, that fixes the problem.

Heresmaxers Apr 9, 2019 @ 1:55pm

Originally posted by ReBoot:
Start your system in safe mode (for obvious reasons with networking). Does it work then?

no it doesnt

Heresmaxers Apr 9, 2019 @ 1:56pm

Originally posted by The Giving One:
Follow what the good ReBoot suggested above of course, but when you deleted the cache, did you make sure to allow plenty of time for it to work ?

It might take a bit of time, after you click the "delete" button for it to do it, and seem to just be hanging without working, while in fact, it is.

So if you did not see the page refresh after clicking the "delete" button from the Delete Web Cache feature, I would also suggest you try that again, making sure to allow plenty of time.

Usually, unless there is another issue that Reboot is covering with that suggestion he made, that fixes the problem.

I've tried letting it load for over a half hour. still black screen

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The Giving One Apr 9, 2019 @ 7:15pm

Originally posted by Heresmaxers:
I've tried letting it load for over a half hour. still black screen

Just so I understand what you meant here, are you saying you tried to load pages other than the library for that long and it just showed a black screen...

OR

are you saying that you allowed the Delete Web Cache function to run for that long, after clicking the "delete" button and waiting ?

Because I was talking about the second, not the first.

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Heresmaxers Apr 9, 2019 @ 8:20pm

Originally posted by The Giving One:
Originally posted by Heresmaxers:
I've tried letting it load for over a half hour. still black screen
Just so I understand what you meant here, are you saying you tried to load pages other than the library for that long and it just showed a black screen...

OR

are you saying that you allowed the Delete Web Cache function to run for that long, after clicking the "delete" button and waiting ?

Because I was talking about the second, not the first.

ive done both

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