Steam (presumably?) keeps remaking a folder I don't use anymore....

[Eon]

So I used to have 3 HDDs, where as now I run 5. I've gone through a few various OS installs over the years, so I've reinstalled/moved my various steam installations (and the secondary 'Steam Library' folders) a few times over the years. Yet for some reason, without fail, a G:/games/steam/steamapps/common/ folder is consistently remade within minutes/days of deleting it.

More frustratingly...it always seems to redirect a range of like anywhere from 5-15 games, every time I notice this issue popping up, to that folder. Games that USED to be directed there but aren't installed there get sent there (I just now had to delete two copies of L4D from both S: and this 'old location' in G for example) and even games that were uninstalled up to this point.. .And even after deleting them in steam, the files often seem to remain behind. I'm at a loss as to cause/suggestions to check/how to fix. Oh and it DOESN'T show up on the "Steam Library" folders list. Only (S)team:/Steam and (G)games:/Steam are listed, as it should be.

*TL;DR* I have a range of a few dozen games that seem to regularly get installed/doubled up in an old steam folder that's long since ceased being used and is no longer listed as recognized by steam. I've deleted it countless times, it always returns. What gives?

[BakedonAcid]

Its because your steamapp folder is used to saving things at a certain locations

in order to fix you need to show steam where to install, its tedious but the only way.

Setting>Downloads>Steam library folder then configure to your liking

[Eon]

"Oh and it DOESN'T show up on the "Steam Library" folders list. Only (S)team:/Steam and (G)games:/Steam are listed, as it should be."

Please read the post before you respond.

[The Giving One]

Messaggio originale di LT3 Eon:

Only (S)team:/Steam and (G)games:/Steam are listed, as it should be.

Please forgive me for this possibly silly question, but can you please elaborate on this statement ? Please post exactly what you see in the library folders options in your Steam settings. Please don't post them all together like this but seperately, if you will.

How many library folders are you wanting to have ? If you have more than one, have you tried to limit Steam to just one library folder ?

[Eon]

I don't see how it can get much more simple....I *want* two directories, and I have at least those two, located at
G:\Steam
S:\Steam
The **problem** is that there's a 3rd directory that steam keeps remaking that isn't listed anywhere in steam's "Steam Library Folder" listing, and its path is
G:\games\steam\steamapps\common.

But there's nothing in there. And I've deleted it three times.

[The Giving One]

Messaggio originale di LT3 Eon:

I don't see how it can get much more simple....I *want* two directories, and I have at least those two, located at
G:\Steam
S:\Steam
The **problem** is that there's a 3rd directory that steam keeps remaking that isn't listed anywhere in steam's "Steam Library Folder" listing, and its path is
G:\games\steam\steamapps\common.

With all due respect, it "gets more simple" when you post it just like this above compared to the last post (post number 2) where you put it all together and mistyped a bit and that is why I was asking nicely here as to try to help more. So thanks for that.

Have you tried to move your games folders or steamapps folders from the locations where you want to have libraries and fully uninstalled Steam like this....

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9609-OBMP-2526

afterwards, going through your entire system and manually deleting any leftover folders that may be remaining from this uninstallation, reboot your PC and install a fresh copy of the client ?

http://store.steampowered.com/about/

It may be a good idea to delete empty registry keys after you do this to make sure everything is clean, but that is up to you. I would suggest that you do delete empty keys before you reinstall Steam.

After all that, create your library folders like you want them and move your game folders to those newly created libraries. You may have to start a download of the games to make the paths and folders before you actually move the ones that you kept to those new locations, you see. I never try to do what you are trying to do, so forgive me if this is not helpful.