Games uninstalled themselves

[Jordan]

(my h key is broken so if there arent all the h's please ignore thank you)
I've seen people having the same problem but not quite. The reason im making tis is because my games install themselves and take up space even thoug te game files are where theyre supposed to be? I'll do a 5th check of my installations after i post tis. But i really need help, i don't have a lot of space left.

EDIT: i've figured out the problem but i'm unsure what to do, steam is now installing in 'steam/steamapps/common' but not in the folder i want 'steamlibrary2/steamapps/common' so i have no clue wat to do.

[nullable]

Are you running games on an external harddrive?

[crunchyfrog]

Games do not uninstall themselves unless there's something wrong your end.

Typically this can be either your hard drive packing up, or even failing to run Steam correctly.

It is recommeneded you use no more than 90^ of the drive space for where you installed Steam. If you go over that and run the drive to its hilt, then you can get all sorts of weird actions.

Your best bet is to first find an intensive disk checking utility (don't use the inbuilt Windows one as it's not thorough enough). If it comes back you have drive issues, start getting as much important data off ASAP.

If it's however you running the drive to capacity then you need to fix that.

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Use this this works on any brand of HDD's. If any of the tests fail then your hard drive is going bad and you need to move it to a new hdd. If you don't got one i suggest you unplug it and then only plug it back in when you get a new HDD to transfer the files.

Read all warnings when you do a test some tests like short read or long read are data safe.

https://www.seagate.com/files/www-content/support-content/downloads/seatools/_shared/downloads/SeaTools-windows-installer.exe

[crunchyfrog]

Oh also, I forgot to mention this. Are you putting your PC into sleep mode regularly and not shutting windows down?

If so, that can cause issues like this. You should ALWAYS shut your PC down properly. Steam HATES sleep mode.

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oh yes

[John_Crichton]

I've not fully resolved my own issue like this yet, however I can share a decently effective workaround for the moment that I've discovered.
Go to that particular game's Steam directory, find the .exe icon for the game (or its game launcher if it has one), right-click on it and 'create shortcut' - then (optimally drag the shortcut to the desktop - if you already have a Steam-game installation-shortcut there, either manually deposit the new shortcut to a visible spot on the desktop or pre-recycle/move the Steam-created game shortcut there so as not to mistake the one that isn't going to work for the one that will, then ) make sure that Steam shows in your taskbar after moving the cursor over it(it lingers when it's not up sometimes) (in Online Mode to get the overlay & be able to take screenshots and newly-log Achievements earned while offline - they'll have earned/unlocked as the Online Mode date&time though - I'm not sure if you can still get Achievement unlock pop-ups real-time this way, but it stands to reason - you should also be able to Launch the game this way in Offline Mode, without Steam running or Offline even though you might get a dialogue the principle launch that says that Steam must in Online mode to install games successive launches should not show this but be advised some even expected features/tools may not function until restarting the game with Steam in Online Mode such as locally saved Editor Terrain Maps). The game may still be grayed out in the Library list and the "Play" button under its Library page will still be the 'Install' button, even while the game is launched and running in the same monitor.
Hope this gives ya some relief (I could've had 3 extra months with my game if I had just thought of this sooner)!

[Jordan]

Messaggio originale di Jordan:

(my h key is broken so if there arent all the h's please ignore thank you)
I've seen people having the same problem but not quite. The reason im making tis is because my games install themselves and take up space even thoug te game files are where theyre supposed to be? I'll do a 5th check of my installations after i post tis. But i really need help, i don't have a lot of space left.

EDIT: i've figured out the problem but i'm unsure what to do, steam is now installing in 'steam/steamapps/common' but not in the folder i want 'steamlibrary2/steamapps/common' so i have no clue wat to do.

I just wanted to say i fixed it by just deleting all my games off the old library and just reinstalling them. I dont know if i couldve fixed it otherwise