HELP! Can't download games anymore (Download Queue)

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🅵🆁🅴🅳🅴🆁🅸🅺 Jun 5, 2014 @ 10:26am

I have had a problem with Steam since the queue was introduced. And as I understand several people also have this particular problem and it's getting frustrating. The problem lies in the Steam queue function. Steam pauses downloads at random; resulting in games getting stuck and not being downloaded. I have over 930GB free on my HDD, and my download speeds are showing good.

Right now I have two games I want downloaded. They are both paused and refuse to start downloading. If I right click on any of the games and then click Manage Downloads they are not downloading at all. The games are in the category "Update Required (Not Queued)". If I click on Move to First in the Queue on one of the games it will start downloading for a couple of seconds before it again just pauses. I can't download any games at all because whatever game I add to the queue it just remains there paused. I tried to force the game to download by clicking Launch Game. It downloaded for a couple of seconds and returned with the Error: "An error occurred during the update of Napoleon: Total War ()".

What I have done to repair the problem without success:

Allowing Steam Services in my Firewall
Portforwarding Steam
Changing Download Region
Re-installing my Steam client
Re-Installing Windows
Tried downloading only one game at once
Deleting the ClientRegistry.blob
Tried the steam://flushconfig trick
Contacting Steam Support to no avail

Last edited by 🅵🆁🅴🅳🅴🆁🅸🅺; Jun 9, 2014 @ 9:03am

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A4tech Jun 5, 2014 @ 10:27am

Maybe you have some viruses in your pc.....try to reinstall windows and this problem should be fixed

🅵🆁🅴🅳🅴🆁🅸🅺 Jun 5, 2014 @ 10:27am

Originally posted by A4tech:
Maybe you have some viruses in your pc.....try to reinstall windows and this problem should be fixed

If only that was the cause. My computer is brand new.

A4tech Jun 5, 2014 @ 10:28am

how about if you reinstall your steam?

🅵🆁🅴🅳🅴🆁🅸🅺 Jun 5, 2014 @ 10:29am

Originally posted by A4tech:
how about if you reinstall your steam?

"...today I tried completely re-installing Steam and now I can't install one single game - Steam keep pausing the downloads every nanosecond."

Tauviel Jun 5, 2014 @ 10:31am

Have u tried changing ur download region?

🅵🆁🅴🅳🅴🆁🅸🅺 Jun 5, 2014 @ 10:31am

Originally posted by Tauviel:
Have u tried changing ur download region?

More than twice with no difference. But right now I'm following Valve's guide and have it put to the region closest to me, which is Sweden.

Last edited by 🅵🆁🅴🅳🅴🆁🅸🅺; Jun 5, 2014 @ 10:32am

DovahFox Jun 5, 2014 @ 10:34am

Hi. I'm haveing the same issue. I've tried changeing my download region and queueing several games at once to trick it into downloading the game I wanted to install and neither of those worked. PC World says that this is a code bug that forces the download servers into a neverending loop, this never finishing the download. I'm completely at my wits end as I've even checked Window firewall and my virus protection settings- nothing wrong there. I know it isn't a virus or malware because I've scanned my computer several times. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is this a problem with Steam/Valve?

🅵🆁🅴🅳🅴🆁🅸🅺 Jun 5, 2014 @ 10:35am

I tried to make contact with Valve about this matter before but like usual they only sent me to one of their worthless guides resulting in nothing. Valve need to give us an option to DISABLE download queues like we can disable the Cloud.

Last edited by 🅵🆁🅴🅳🅴🆁🅸🅺; Jun 5, 2014 @ 10:40am

DovahFox Jun 5, 2014 @ 10:48am

I noticed something when attempting to download a game this moning: When it pauses the download it says download queued update required. Yet when I go to settings and tell it to check for updates it says steam client fully updated. By the Nine this is frustrating!

🅵🆁🅴🅳🅴🆁🅸🅺 Jun 5, 2014 @ 10:55am

Originally posted by Davidic SSJ4:
I noticed something when attempting to download a game this moning: When it pauses the download it says download queued update required. Yet when I go to settings and tell it to check for updates it says steam client fully updated. By the Nine this is frustrating!

By the Divines help us.

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DovahFox Jun 5, 2014 @ 10:59am

By the Divines help us. [/quote]
How am I supposed to help if I'm having the same problem and also asking for help?

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DovahFox Jun 5, 2014 @ 11:03am

Originally posted by †he ƒestive πackerel:
If your problem is your not fully updated, https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638

Sorry, forgot to mention,I also tried that. I found that exact page on another forum and followed it exactly. Thanks for the suggestion though.

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