Steam Moved the common Files to downloading and Steam started downloading again

[BLACKLIGHT]

Hi ,
I am facing a problem which i never faced before , I changed the Laptop and i copied the game to the laptop like i used to do with dota but this time the steam started unnecessary update.
Let make it clear what i did.
1.I installed Steam.
2.I copied the Steam Apps content and pasted it in the new steam which i installed.
3.I pressed the installed option in library to install the dota , it started looking for existing files and after that it started downloading 7.3 gb of which 3.1 gb was recognized in a minute but the rest of it keeps downloading i thought it might download few mbs and then it would recognize the rest files but it seems it wont.
4. then i checked the common ->dota 2 beta ->game -> bin ->win64/win32 folder it has few files in it and also the size of it is now 300mb.
5.then i checked the downloading has all the 21GB files that what i actually copied.
6.temp also has 7.98GB files of game dont know what to do.

Actually my internet is slow so cant downlaod all files all over again.
Please help Me

[Tev]

Exit Steam, also copy the appmanifest_570.acf from under the previous laptop's steamapps\ -folder.

Restart Steam.

If the appmanifest -file was present, it shouldn't require you to install the game again to begin with.

[BLACKLIGHT]

I copied the game with appmanifest_570.acf

[Tev]

Originally posted by BLACKLIGHT:

I copied the game with appmanifest_570.acf

It's interesting how it would display as uninstalled then.

How are the paths?

[BLACKLIGHT]

E:\Steam\steamapps\common
this is the path to common folder.

[Tev]

Originally posted by BLACKLIGHT:

E:\Steam\steamapps\common
this is the path to common folder.

That's not particularly what I was after though.

Is your appmanifest_570.acf -file placed under steamapps\ -folder; and not the steamapps\common\ -folder?

[BLACKLIGHT]

Its under the steamapps folder, not in common,
When i copied the game it was 21 gb and now that 21 gb data is in download and temp also has 7 gb .

[BLACKLIGHT]

Originally posted by Teutep:

Originally posted by BLACKLIGHT:

E:\Steam\steamapps\common
this is the path to common folder.

That's not particularly what I was after though.

Is your appmanifest_570.acf -file placed under steamapps\ -folder; and not the steamapps\common\ -folder?

Its under the steamapps folder, not in common,
When i copied the game it was 21 gb and now that 21 gb data is in download and temp also has 7 gb .

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he will still get notify even you dont reply his post btw did you copy all steam apps folder in new steam directory?or only dota 2 folder? if you copy only dota 2 folder that appmanifest_570.acf maybe just got created new since you try to install it.if you have copy it all with steam apps and that appmanifest you dont have to click install steam should have detect that game already.

[BLACKLIGHT]

Originally posted by ♤ FeArSoFLoVE ♤:

he will still get notify even you dont reply his post btw did you copy all steam apps folder in new steam directory?or only dota 2 folder? if you copy only dota 2 folder that appmanifest_570.acf maybe just got created new since you try to install it.

i copied all steamapps folder content .

[Tev]

Originally posted by BLACKLIGHT:

Originally posted by ♤ FeArSoFLoVE ♤:

he will still get notify even you dont reply his post btw did you copy all steam apps folder in new steam directory?or only dota 2 folder? if you copy only dota 2 folder that appmanifest_570.acf maybe just got created new since you try to install it.

i copied all steamapps folder content .

Got anything here then?
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9828-SFLZ-9289

You could alternatively consider this,
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8794-yphv-2033

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Originally posted by BLACKLIGHT:

Originally posted by ♤ FeArSoFLoVE ♤:

he will still get notify even you dont reply his post btw did you copy all steam apps folder in new steam directory?or only dota 2 folder? if you copy only dota 2 folder that appmanifest_570.acf maybe just got created new since you try to install it.

i copied all steamapps folder content .

including those appmanifest? if yes did you restart your steam after doing that so it detect those games?

[BLACKLIGHT]

Originally posted by ♤ FeArSoFLoVE ♤:

Originally posted by BLACKLIGHT:

i copied all steamapps folder content .

including those appmanifest? if yes did you restart your steam after doing that so it detect those games?

no i did not restart but i pressed the install button in library.

[BLACKLIGHT]

Originally posted by Teutep:

Originally posted by BLACKLIGHT:

i copied all steamapps folder content .

Got anything here then?
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9828-SFLZ-9289

You could alternatively consider this,
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8794-yphv-2033

ok let me check if there is any solution , i have been searching for solutions, i dont think i might not have crossed this one :)

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thats where you failed you should have restart so it detect those games and you dont have to click install
since when you click install it only try to discover old files and steam failing in doing that properly in dota 2 and cs:go

[Tev]

Originally posted by BLACKLIGHT:

Originally posted by ♤ FeArSoFLoVE ♤:

including those appmanifest? if yes did you restart your steam after doing that so it detect those games?

no i did not restart but i pressed the install button in library.

It would be wise to place the folder and the appmanifest -file in those corresponding locations while the Steam client is OFF.

Kind of like how it is with most configuration file changes for example, don't do those while the application is STILL running.