Youtube autoplays when I open a game, help wanted

[Dutchgamer1982]

-> I had a house flipper open in full window mode
-> I had used the command prompt to minimise it
-> I was on steam forum.
-> I clicked this youtube link, somebody posted
-> normally it gives a popup of bringing you to an external site.. this time it did not.. the audio started playing but nothing opened. even worse when I clicked it again.. it started to play it again.. on top of the other one...
-> I copied the link and pasted it in my browser, that worked fine
-> I closed the game, the noice stopped
-> but now each time when i open that game, it starts playing the audio of that youtube video twice on top of eachother.. shouting any ingame audio out completely.

how to fix this? removing savegames did not work
verefying game file integrity did not work.

[Dutchgamer1982]

>> by now fixed.. but only by uninstalling and reinstalling the game fully.. the nuclear solution..
quite bad.

not sure if this is was a steam or a game thing.

[Dutchgamer1982]

problem was back... but now found permanent fix.

need to press shift+tab while ingame...

only THAN it shows all the youtube tabs that are open... and only there you can close them.
-> finally my ears have rest.

[13ushwacker]

Suggest doing a thorough virus check

[=Axton=]

If a www.youtube.com link was open in the steam overlay in a previous game session but the video stopped, the current (non-beta) client will auto play that video as soon as a game starts and the overlay loads in the background. This is a bug for a while and still needs fixing or a toggle in the steam browser to not autoplay videos.

[KentChua]

Originally posted by Dutchgamer1982:

problem was back... but now found permanent fix.

need to press shift+tab while ingame...

only THAN it shows all the youtube tabs that are open... and only there you can close them.
-> finally my ears have rest.

can i know how did you fix this problem? i currently have the same issue? , a random youtube video will popup on my screen occasionally while I'm playing some specific game , this is really troubling me ....

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by KentChua:

Originally posted by Dutchgamer1982:

problem was back... but now found permanent fix.

need to press shift+tab while ingame...

only THAN it shows all the youtube tabs that are open... and only there you can close them.
-> finally my ears have rest.

can i know how did you fix this problem? i currently have the same issue? , a random youtube video will popup on my screen occasionally while I'm playing some specific game , this is really troubling me ....

Try clearing your browser cache in the settings.

Steam > Settings > In Game >>> Delete Web Browser Data

You can also delete the browser cache in the properties menu of the game itself.

RMB click on a game in Library > Properties > General > In-Game Overlay Data >>> Delete

[Amelia]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion