Steam client loads really slow. Steam game shortcuts are also very slow

[wolfish426]

Clicking on the steam shortcut on start menu or double clicking directly, loads the client very slowly. It takes about 20-30 seconds before even the "Connecting Steam Account: xxxx" popup shows.

The client itself is fine and very responsive, once its up.

Also, once the client has loaded and I close it so it goes into the background, clicking on the start menu shortcut, it takes the same 20-30 seconds to load. However, if i right click on the Steam icon in the taskbar and click on Store or Library, it loads up really fast.

The same thing happens to all the steam game shortcuts on the desktop. They take 20-30 seconds to load, but if i click on them through the Steam icon in the task bar or through the Library, they load up instantly.

This started happening about 2-3 days ago, as far as i can remember. I've googled and done all the suggested recommendations. I've done all of the following to no avail.

- Restarted my computer
- Cleared Web Browser data and Downloads cache from Steam settings.
- Made sure there is no proxy settings
- Unselected network auto detect settings in my network settings
- Reinstalled Steam
- Used DDU to uninstall video drivers and reinstalled the drivers
- Tried running Steam in compatibility mode, with Full screen optimization disabled, as admin

None of these have worked. Also, windows has not updated in the last few days. I've not installed anything in the last few days. And the video drivers were reinstalled after the issue.

My specs are:
AMD 7900x
Asus X670E motherboard
32GB RAM
NVidia 2080Ti Graphics Card
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe

Ohh, and I'm on Windows 11 Pro. Anyone got any suggestions?

Edit: I thought I'd add some videos to show what I'm talking about.
Here[imgur.com] is the video of when I click on Steam through Start Menu.
Here[imgur.com] is the video of when I click on Steam through Taskbar.

In both cases, Steam is already running in the background. Notice how long the Start Menu stays open after I click on the link. It feels as if the click isn't even register. This behaviour doesn't happen for any other software I've installed.

Edit 2: for anyone who comes to this post in the future, disabling the iGPU in the Device Manager fixed the issue for me

[Lysol]

holy damn thank you. was getting mega confused on why my new 7800x3d build was slower than my 9900k.

[RedBatman]

But what if you don;t have an IGPU like with the 5800X???
I also updated the bios last night due to an issue I was having with the PC

TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) BIOS 5003
Version 5003
16.19 MB
2023/10/23
"1. Update AGESA version to ComboV2PI 1.2.0.B

[RedBatman]

Update: I was able to fix it by restarting AMD External Events Utility in services on Windows 10.

[The Macchio]

Автор сообщения: Lysol

holy damn thank you. was getting mega confused on why my new 7800x3d build was slower than my 9900k.

Same. Just got the same CPU and this bug was driving me crazy. Now everything is blazing fast to start.

[『lavavex』]

When the frick will valve or amd fix this issue... its been a fricken year, and "disable the igpu you paid for" is not a proper solution, its a workaround... Valve or AMD please fix your cr*p software please for the love of god

[RedBatman]

Автор сообщения: 『lavavex』

When the frick will valve or amd fix this issue... its been a fricken year, and "disable the igpu you paid for" is not a proper solution, its a workaround... Valve or AMD please fix your cr*p software please for the love of god

Did you try restarting AMD External Events Utility in services?

[memang cun melecun]

I think its probably NVIDIA's Optimus thats causing this issue.

I am on a legion 5 laptop ryzen7 6800h + rtx3060, Hybrid mode in lenovo vantage, only have this problem when im connected to an external monitor.

[Le Spiff]

I've been having this issue unresolved for almost half a year.

Reinstalled Steam completely, disabled iGPU in Device Manager, disabled iGPU in BIOS, restarted AMD External Services thingy, Steam Client Service is NOT disabled,.. nothing works.

Symptoms: whenever I start or restart Steam, it takes 30 seconds, during which the program shows up in the taskbar, then dissapears, then shows up again with the curretn sale suggestion, then dissapears, then glitches a bit more and then is active and works perfectly fine.

It's not PC-breaking, but ridiculously infuriating :p

Specs:
Win 11, AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, AMD RX660XT, 32GB RAM

Any help or tips are welcome, I am out of ideas on how to fix this.

[5% Tint]

Thank goodness for this thread. I disabled the igpu and steam works as intended now.

[Juan Anderez]

Disabling windows service ASUS AURA SYNC lighting service or setting Aura sync profile to Static in Armoury Crate solved it for me. AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D with ASUS TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI and Radeon RX 7800 XT

[VBshow]

Автор сообщения: wolfish426

Well, small mode didn't help either. But I did manage to fix the issue. Your rant about AMD made me think that it might be the AMD iGPU causing conflict or something like that. So, I went into the Device Manager and disabled the iGPU from the Display adapters. And now the problem is fixed and Steam loads quickly.

I'm guessing in the background, I've got some AMD software running and it updated the driver or something on that iGPU, which caused this issue to start happening in the last few days. I'll have to figure that out and disable that auto update. But at least for now, its fixed.

Thanks for all the help and ideas, guys :)

TLDR: for anyone who comes to this post in the future, disabling the iGPU in the Device Manager fixed the issue for me

You are the best!
Just turned of the igpu and everything seems alright
Have the 7900x as well

[pleasebegentle]

Disabled igpu and everything is way better thx for this post<3

[Muyfa666]

Автор сообщения: Juan Anderez

Disabling windows service ASUS AURA SYNC lighting service or setting Aura sync profile to Static in Armoury Crate solved it for me. AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D with ASUS TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI and Radeon RX 7800 XT

Wow! How did you come up with this? The iGPU fix did not work for me, but the Static Aura worked great!

Thanks alot mate! :-)

[Karasu]

Автор сообщения: wolfish426

Well, small mode didn't help either. But I did manage to fix the issue. Your rant about AMD made me think that it might be the AMD iGPU causing conflict or something like that. So, I went into the Device Manager and disabled the iGPU from the Display adapters. And now the problem is fixed and Steam loads quickly.

I'm guessing in the background, I've got some AMD software running and it updated the driver or something on that iGPU, which caused this issue to start happening in the last few days. I'll have to figure that out and disable that auto update. But at least for now, its fixed.

Thanks for all the help and ideas, guys :)

TLDR: for anyone who comes to this post in the future, disabling the iGPU in the Device Manager fixed the issue for me

It worked like magic, thanks a lot dude, I thought it was my Steam that have some corrupt files, I tried reinstalling and stuff but none of them works, saving lot of my wasted time

[YGN]

Автор сообщения: RedBatman

Update: I was able to fix it by restarting AMD External Events Utility in services on Windows 10.

THANK YOU!