Can't re-upload screenshots

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DarkReaper Jun 23, 2023 @ 2:58am

Can't re-upload screenshots

In general, I uploaded screenshots to Steam Cloud, then deleted them from there. Now I want to re-upload them, but the screenshot manager for some reason does not recognize them. Please note that they are present on the computer in the screenshots folder of the game. Please help to deal with this problem.

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Originally posted by AustrAlien2010:

You might be able to work your way around this. You can try this at your own risk. (It worked for me.)

Go to this folder on your hard drive:
:\Steam\userdata\[some number]\760.

Search for a file named: screenshots.vdf, copy and paste this file, and then delete the original screenshots.vdf, and then restart Steam. (You make a copy of screenshots.vdf, just in case I screwed up.)
After Steam is restarted, start a game (and make a new screenshot.)

That should re-populate screenshots.vdf, and fix the issue.
If you have 8000 screenshots, re-populating may take some time...
After re-population is complete, restart Steam a second time.

If all is well, you should now have your deleted screenshots back in the client.

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DataLine Jun 23, 2023 @ 1:39pm

The new screenshot manager is full of bugs. Lets hope it gets patched next update.
Many people are experiencing the same problems with it.

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AustrAlien2010 Jun 23, 2023 @ 1:52pm

Last edited by AustrAlien2010; Jun 23, 2023 @ 3:12pm

Jack Schitt Jun 23, 2023 @ 1:54pm

I don't know anything about uploading screenshots to the cloud or whether the old UI's screenshot dialog accesses the cloud but I do know that the old UI's screenshot dialog works. If you'd like to use the old UI follow these instructions to use the old UI and disable automatic updates.

Hopefully they'll have the new UI working soon.

DarkReaper Jun 23, 2023 @ 5:00pm

Originally posted by AustrAlien2010:
You might be able to work your way around this. You can try this at your own risk. (It worked for me.)

Go to this folder on your hard drive:
:\Steam\userdata\[some number]\760.

Search for a file named: screenshots.vdf, copy and paste this file, and then delete the original screenshots.vdf, and then restart Steam. (You make a copy of screenshots.vdf, just in case I screwed up.)
After Steam is restarted, start a game (and make a new screenshot.)

That should re-populate screenshots.vdf, and fix the issue.
If you have 8000 screenshots, re-populating may take some time...
After re-population is complete, restart Steam a second time.

If all is well, you should now have your deleted screenshots back in the client.

Thank you very much, your method helped. After deleting the file and turning off Steam, when it was started, this file was created again and the screenshot manager re-read all the screenshots on the computer.

ThisOLman Oct 19, 2023 @ 10:44pm

AustrAlien2010: Copy and Paste this screenshots.vdf, where ?

Insanity Oct 23, 2023 @ 8:55pm

Originally posted by ThisOLman:
AustrAlien2010: Copy and Paste this screenshots.vdf, where ?

The OP means copy it and paste it anywhere to make a backup.

Insanity Oct 23, 2023 @ 8:55pm

10/23/23, same issue. The pinned answer fixed it for me.

Last edited by Insanity; Oct 23, 2023 @ 8:57pm

Fate/zero Jan 29, 2024 @ 5:22pm

Originally posted by AustrAlien2010:
You might be able to work your way around this. You can try this at your own risk. (It worked for me.)

Go to this folder on your hard drive:
:\Steam\userdata\[some number]\760.

Search for a file named: screenshots.vdf, copy and paste this file, and then delete the original screenshots.vdf, and then restart Steam. (You make a copy of screenshots.vdf, just in case I screwed up.)
After Steam is restarted, start a game (and make a new screenshot.)

That should re-populate screenshots.vdf, and fix the issue.
If you have 8000 screenshots, re-populating may take some time...
After re-population is complete, restart Steam a second time.

If all is well, you should now have your deleted screenshots back in the client.

that's of great help.thank u so much!!!

⭕⃤ BIPPO Feb 26, 2024 @ 1:31am

Originally posted by AustrAlien2010:
You might be able to work your way around this. You can try this at your own risk. (It worked for me.)

Go to this folder on your hard drive:
:\Steam\userdata\[some number]\760.

Search for a file named: screenshots.vdf, copy and paste this file, and then delete the original screenshots.vdf, and then restart Steam. (You make a copy of screenshots.vdf, just in case I screwed up.)
After Steam is restarted, start a game (and make a new screenshot.)

That should re-populate screenshots.vdf, and fix the issue.
If you have 8000 screenshots, re-populating may take some time...
After re-population is complete, restart Steam a second time.

If all is well, you should now have your deleted screenshots back in the client.

THANKS!

vSoulreaver Mar 22, 2024 @ 5:47am

Originally posted by AustrAlien2010:
You might be able to work your way around this. You can try this at your own risk. (It worked for me.)

Go to this folder on your hard drive:
:\Steam\userdata\[some number]\760.

Search for a file named: screenshots.vdf, copy and paste this file, and then delete the original screenshots.vdf, and then restart Steam. (You make a copy of screenshots.vdf, just in case I screwed up.)
After Steam is restarted, start a game (and make a new screenshot.)

That should re-populate screenshots.vdf, and fix the issue.
If you have 8000 screenshots, re-populating may take some time...
After re-population is complete, restart Steam a second time.

If all is well, you should now have your deleted screenshots back in the client.

Thank you so much, just had to delete it and every screenshot got reloaded.

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Prometheus Mar 22, 2024 @ 12:58pm

Originally posted by AustrAlien2010:
You might be able to work your way around this. You can try this at your own risk. (It worked for me.)

Go to this folder on your hard drive:
:\Steam\userdata\[some number]\760.

Search for a file named: screenshots.vdf, copy and paste this file, and then delete the original screenshots.vdf, and then restart Steam. (You make a copy of screenshots.vdf, just in case I screwed up.)
After Steam is restarted, start a game (and make a new screenshot.)

That should re-populate screenshots.vdf, and fix the issue.
If you have 8000 screenshots, re-populating may take some time...
After re-population is complete, restart Steam a second time.

If all is well, you should now have your deleted screenshots back in the client.

Thank you for this, your guide worked flawlessly and solved the issues I had with the screenshots not loading in the manager. I now finally see my screenshots on every game page in the Steam client.

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WreckWren Mar 27, 2024 @ 7:59am

Originally posted by AustrAlien2010:
You might be able to work your way around this. You can try this at your own risk. (It worked for me.)

Go to this folder on your hard drive:
:\Steam\userdata\[some number]\760.

Search for a file named: screenshots.vdf, copy and paste this file, and then delete the original screenshots.vdf, and then restart Steam. (You make a copy of screenshots.vdf, just in case I screwed up.)
After Steam is restarted, start a game (and make a new screenshot.)

That should re-populate screenshots.vdf, and fix the issue.
If you have 8000 screenshots, re-populating may take some time...
After re-population is complete, restart Steam a second time.

If all is well, you should now have your deleted screenshots back in the client.

Nearly a year later this is still helping. Amazing Valve hasn't fixed this. Well, at the rate things (don't) get fixed on Steam, not amazing at all.

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