Steam app stuck in reboot loop

[+Hoody]

I try to run steam and it does a update check, verifies user login and then looks like it's booting up, the app is full screen with the steam logo and the circle moving around it like it's loading up but after about 15-20 seconds it just closes and comes back up. Tried restarting my computer, I can stop the process from task manager which I have to do sometimes since whenever it closes and reloads it always pops up over everything else.

[+Hoody]

Left it for like 2 hours and it eventually just stopped

[Half-lidded Bruiser]

I've been having the same problem since this morning.

[Compi]

Same here on the linux client, it's stuck on the steam logo with the circle spinning.

[Iceira]

Does run as admin on steam.exe help. ?

it look like a update that cant update with lost rights. but we have seen other post that delete steam userdata in windows user profile.

[Moth Master]

I started to have the same problem last night, and it seems that it is related to the library. If you're on Windows and have the starting page set to library, I have a temporary solution:

1. Hold windows key and hit R.
2. Paste this command: steam://open/console
3. Hit enter.

This will load the console page for Steam. The catch is that you can't click on library or you risk starting the loop again. When Steam loads, go to Steam > Settings > Interface, then change start up location to something other than library. This way, you won't have to do this trick every time you open Steam.

Other solutions such as running Steam as administrator, deleting Steam folders, or reinstalling didn't work.

[Half-lidded Bruiser]

Originally posted by Iceira:

Does run as admin on steam.exe help. ?

Not in my case.

Originally posted by Moth Master:

I have a temporary solution:

1. Hold windows key and hit R.
2. Paste this command: steam://open/console
3. Hit enter.

Same loop.

[Moth Master]

Originally posted by Half-lidded Bruiser:

Same loop.

I think that when I did it, it did the loop and came up with a box with several choices, and I chose to restart with GPU acceleration disabled. I already had this disabled in the options and had tried this choice before; the only difference this time was using the run command.

[+Hoody]

I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling which fixed my issue, it's just annoying that I have to redownload some large games now.

[Iceira]

Read the other post from 1-3 days ago about loop, some other steam user mentions a collections issue.


Do not have low disk space, steam is not going to fix user runout of disk space. anything lesser then last 200gb on a 2tb disk can be seen as low disk space if game is 100gb full dl patch from game devs.

you might say last 500gh free space, the bigger the game are. ( we are past 25gb or 50gb as big games ) and we dont controll game devs full final DL patch here. )

example fallout4 is 93gb.

[Half-lidded Bruiser]

Originally posted by +Hoody:

I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling which fixed my issue, it's just annoying that I have to redownload some large games now.

You could have just deleted everything except steamapps, userdata, and the steam executable to avoid this.
Which I tried. Still nothing.

Originally posted by Iceira:

Do not have low disk space

I have just under a TB free.

[Half-lidded Bruiser]

I finally found a method that worked.
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/4299321616498817990/#c4299321616499414201
tl;dr Delete achievement_progress.json in userdata\account number\config\librarycache.

[Yewbacca]

Originally posted by Half-lidded Bruiser:

I finally found a method that worked.
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/4299321616498817990/#c4299321616499414201
tl;dr Delete achievement_progress.json in userdata\account number\config\librarycache.

This is the real solution. Worked like a charm for me.

[Moth Master]

I've since deleted the file and it worked for me.

[Unkrass]

Originally posted by Half-lidded Bruiser:

I finally found a method that worked.
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/4299321616498817990/#c4299321616499414201
tl;dr Delete achievement_progress.json in userdata\account number\config\librarycache.

This helped me fix it. Thank you so much!

[DarkFriend]

I'M here to update this if anyone encounters this. That trick won't work anymore here's the new trick. Just go to go to drive letter:\your user name\AppData\Local and delete steam folder. Upon opening steam again you will be prompt to LOG IN again. Done simple as that! Cheers!