Can i restore a game without a steambackup.exe?

[dahox™ ;x]

I just simply copied all the files and put them on USB.Now can i restore it without steambackup.exe?

[Cathulhu]

If you just copied the files, just copy them back. Close Steam (if not already closed) before you copy the files and restart it after the copying is finished.

[dahox™ ;x]

Bro i tried everything i dont know what to do i put the files in steamapps>Common and still nothing :( Please help me

[The Giving One]

Originally posted by Dahox™:

Bro i tried everything i dont know what to do i put the files in steamapps>Common and still nothing :( Please help me

Tell us exactly what files you put into the common folder. You "should" only be putting game folders inside the common folder. "Files" are in the steamapps folder.

[dahox™ ;x]

Originally posted by The Giving One:

Originally posted by Dahox™:

Bro i tried everything i dont know what to do i put the files in steamapps>Common and still nothing :( Please help me

Tell us exactly what files you put into the common folder. You "should" only be putting game folders inside the common folder. "Files" are in the steamapps folder.

Ye bro,i put the Grand Theft Auto 5 folder in it and still nothing..

[The Giving One]

Originally posted by Dahox™:

Originally posted by The Giving One:

Tell us exactly what files you put into the common folder. You "should" only be putting game folders inside the common folder. "Files" are in the steamapps folder.

Ye bro,i put the Grand Theft Auto 5 folder in it and still nothing..

What is the exact issue ? The game is appearing as uninstalled in your library ?

If so, you must have the .acf file for GTA 5 in your steamapps folder. If you don't, then Steam cannot "see" your game as installed.

The .acf number is the same as the number on the store page URL for GTA 5. Where is the .acf file ?

It should be 271590

Do you have any .acf files in your steamapps folder at all ?

[dahox™ ;x]

Originally posted by The Giving One:

Originally posted by Dahox™:

Ye bro,i put the Grand Theft Auto 5 folder in it and still nothing..

What is the exact issue ? The game is appearing as uninstalled in your library ?

If so, you must have the .acf file for GTA 5 in your steamapps folder. If you don't, then Steam cannot "see" your game as installed.

The .acf number is the same as the number on the store page URL for GTA 5. Where is the .acf file ?

It should be 271590

Do you have any .acf files in your steamapps folder at all ?

I have appmanifest_730.apf And then common,downloading etc..

[The Giving One]

That seems to be the .acf for CSGO.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/730

But again, where are the old .acf files or where is the old steamapps folder ? I assume that you did not back that up ?

The entire steamapps folder is the key. If you don't have the .acf for GTA 5, I can only suggest one thing, unless you have formatted your drives to install a new OS, for example.

Right click the steamapps folder, then go to properties and then select the tab "previous versions". If you have a previous version of that folder from a restore point, you "may" be able to restore the .acf files from a restore point that way. That would restore the entire steamapps folder from that previous version.

Otherwise, all I can suggest is that you have to download that game and any games you don't have the .acf file for all over again.

[dahox™ ;x]

the old steamapps folder ?

[The Giving One]

Originally posted by Dahox™:

the old steamapps folder ?

Not sure what you are asking...please make complete sentences and I am not trying to be a wise guy..it is simply that I don't understand the question.

Where is the old steamapps folder ? Yes, that would be good to know if you can find out.

Where are the files from the old steamapps folder ? Yes, this would also be good to know if you can find out.

Do you now have a the GTA5 game folder inside the common folder, which is inside the steamapps folder ? Yes, this would also be good to know about if you can confirm, please.

Steam/steamapps/common/Grand Theft Auto 5 (or GTA5 as I don't have that game so don't know the exact way the path appears in Windows)

Again, you need the .acf files that are normally located in that steamapps folder. If you don't have them, and you cannot restore a previous version of the steamapps folder using Windows and the method that I described above, then I can only suggest redownloading the game(s) all over again.

Again, the .acf file is the file that makes Steam "see" your games are installed. If you don't have them, Steam "sees" the games as uninstalled.

[dahox™ ;x]

I did it,thankss !!! <3

[The Giving One]

Originally posted by Dahox™:

I did it,thankss !!! <3

Did "what", please ?

Posting exactly what you did can help others out if they have the same or similar problem. That would be greatly appreciated. Thank you also.