Steam In-Game Overlay Will Not Appear

[Melvin Eugene Punymier]

I've deleted the gameoverlayui.exe as that was suggested, but Steam won't reinstall it.

Sat Apr 16 12:36:44 2016 UTC - GameOverlay process started: pid: 4864
Sat Apr 16 12:36:44 2016 UTC - GameOverlay exiting due to missing PID argument


Things I have tried:
Verify game cache. That's for the games you idiot.
Turn off fraps. That is not even on my computer.
Check your anti-virus software isn't blocking anything. Excluded Steam since I got anti-virus software.
Refresh Steam files https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638

Things that have worked:

Suggest any others you can think of. Dobut they would work, but it's worth a try.

I need to get the overlay to work in order to take screenshots, talk to friends and accept game invites without having to alt+tab.

[ReBoot]

First of all, refresh Steam files https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638

[Melvin Eugene Punymier]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

First of all, refresh Steam files https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638

I still get the same error.
Sat Apr 16 12:36:44 2016 UTC - GameOverlay process started: pid: 4864
Sat Apr 16 12:36:44 2016 UTC - GameOverlay exiting due to missing PID argument

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by {{TFAZE}} Aurora:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

First of all, refresh Steam files https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638

I still get the same error.
Sat Apr 16 12:36:44 2016 UTC - GameOverlay process started: pid: 4864
Sat Apr 16 12:36:44 2016 UTC - GameOverlay exiting due to missing PID argument

Wait. You said earlier you've deleted the overlay binary. Was it restored?

[You Degenerate]

:)

[Melvin Eugene Punymier]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by {{TFAZE}} Aurora:

I still get the same error.
Sat Apr 16 12:36:44 2016 UTC - GameOverlay process started: pid: 4864
Sat Apr 16 12:36:44 2016 UTC - GameOverlay exiting due to missing PID argument

Wait. You said earlier you've deleted the overlay binary. Was it restored?

Yep. It restored itself after doing the flushconfig.

[average aimware user]

u got a eror?

[ReBoot]

Next. What AV are you using?

[Melvin Eugene Punymier]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Next. What AV are you using?

What does AV stand for?

[ReBoot]

AntiVirus

[Melvin Eugene Punymier]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

AntiVirus

Avast Free AntiVirus.
Steam is already excluded.

[ReBoot]

Steam or the Steam overlay? Anway, Avast is well-known for screwing up Steam. This is listed on the support page which you'll find when you look for the overlay problem in the Steam support portal and I for myself have spent an hour debugging a weird problem at a friend's which ended up as Avast thinking that Saints Row 4 is malware.
Deactivate Avast. If that doesn't help, uninstall, reboot and see if that helps. If it doesn't, the problem will be elsewhere. If it does, then Avast is simply evil.

[Melvin Eugene Punymier]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Steam or the Steam overlay? Anway, Avast is well-known for screwing up Steam. This is listed on the support page which you'll find when you look for the overlay problem in the Steam support portal and I for myself have spent an hour debugging a weird problem at a friend's which ended up as Avast thinking that Saints Row 4 is malware.
Deactivate Avast. If that doesn't help, uninstall, reboot and see if that helps. If it doesn't, the problem will be elsewhere. If it does, then Avast is simply evil.

Okay? But what free antivirus software do you recommend I use, because I can't expose myself to any kind of attacks, and I do download frequently.

[ReBoot]

First of all, do the steps and see if it helps. If not, then the problem lies elsewhere anyway.

[Melvin Eugene Punymier]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

First of all, do the steps and see if it helps. If not, then the problem lies elsewhere anyway.

Nope. Still the same issue. No overlay. No AV.