Steam window keeps opening by itself

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Murray Nov 18, 2019 @ 3:12am

Steam window keeps opening by itself

I usually leave Steam running in the background minimised to the system tray and until recently it would stay out of my way when I'm not using it. Now the window keeps irritatingly re-opening itself seemingly at random.

I've taken to just exiting completely to stop this happening but I would like a solution to this as I'd prefer to keep it running for game updates.

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daylight Jan 25, 2020 @ 11:29am

Originally posted by Murray:
I usually leave Steam running in the background minimised to the system tray and until recently it would stay out of my way when I'm not using it. Now the window keeps irritatingly re-opening itself seemingly at random.

I've taken to just exiting completely to stop this happening but I would like a solution to this as I'd prefer to keep it running for game updates.

Did you ever find a solution for this problem?

Murray Jan 25, 2020 @ 3:08pm

Originally posted by daylightFGC:
Originally posted by Murray:
I usually leave Steam running in the background minimised to the system tray and until recently it would stay out of my way when I'm not using it. Now the window keeps irritatingly re-opening itself seemingly at random.

I've taken to just exiting completely to stop this happening but I would like a solution to this as I'd prefer to keep it running for game updates.

Did you ever find a solution for this problem?

No, it's still happening. I can't find anything on this anywhere.

daylight Jan 25, 2020 @ 8:44pm

Damn. Thanks for letting me know. If I figure anything out, I'll post back.

SayneX Feb 26, 2020 @ 3:21am

This also just started with me today... its weird... I have closed it 4 times to come back with it open again. Least I know I ain't alone.

snaks z polski Feb 26, 2020 @ 3:30am

RalphRoberts Mar 9, 2020 @ 2:23pm

Any of you guys ever figure this out?

SayneX Mar 9, 2020 @ 2:51pm

Originally posted by RalphRoberts:
Any of you guys ever figure this out?

nope... solved itself after restart.

kmuhanna Mar 9, 2020 @ 3:03pm

hello

ugli Mar 16, 2020 @ 5:22am

same problem. keeps happening daily.

Bluucat Mar 28, 2020 @ 9:41am

something like this kept happening to me, do you guys have any steam skins? i disabled mine (metro) and everything works fine for me now

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daylight Mar 28, 2020 @ 9:42am

Originally posted by BluucaT:
something like this kept happening to me, do you guys have any steam skins? i disabled mine (metro) and everything works fine for me now

Nope. I actually thought of that before so I disabled the custom skin I had but it's not had any effect.

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Jenna in May Apr 2, 2020 @ 1:50pm

Just started happening to me yesterday. Considering yesterday was April 1st, I thought it might be some kind of April Fools gag. But it's continued to occur today, three times now.

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