SteamService.exe is not running, solutions?

[cute dog]

So, whenever someone makes a post about their computers blocking vac they're told to verify steamservice.exe is running but to be fair I've never noticed this running on my computer when supposedly it's meant to run as soon as you load steam.

It isn't running during updates, game downloads or when I'm in-game, it's just not there and everything functions quite well. Sure, once a week I get some message sayin' my computer is blocking vac but hey, it functions all well for a week.

So either steamservice.exe starts and stops whenever it pleases and I shouldn't worry about it or there's an error I have no idea how to fix.

Right now steamservice.exe runs as admin, both the file under steam/bin and in common files. I did try /repair, /install as well as deleting all files except SteapApps and Steam.exe trick to refresh the files.

In fact, I'm pretty sure I tried to repair steam service over 40 or so times by now. Once per possible change such as removing my anti virus, repairing steam, doing something else then repairing it again. It's sort of tiring, I'd really really appreciate some more insight.

[ReBoot]

Open the services overview and set the start type to automatic

[cute dog]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Open the services overview and set the start type to automatic

It shouldn't be set to automatic.

Steam starts and stops the service as it pleases, I just caught Steamservice.exe running as it does first time setups, it's all working fine. I was simply paranoid because I didn't find an instance that it is running, now that I did find that instance, I'm confident it's all fine.

If you ran /repair it should be all fine, there's not that much into it. I believe me and everyone else who experiences this issue probably tries to grasp at straws just to find any solution while it's very unlikely we'll find one on our own.

On a positive note, steam support replied and asked me for msinfo32 so now I'm gonna wait for another 2 weeks for a solution, which is ok because I have to wait anyway for cooldown tiers to go down, I wouldn't want to get a tier 5 cooldown.

[ReBoot]

Of course it should be set to automatic. But it shouldn't quit working either. I have offered you a workaround.

[cute dog]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Of course it should be set to automatic. But it shouldn't quit working either. I have offered you a workaround.

While it may seem like starting the service manually is a solution or setting it to automatic to ensure it runs, it isn't.

The way it behaves indicates it requires steam to call it, perhaps with a certain parameter, there has to be a way for steam and steamservice to communicate with each other and just starting it manually doesn't mean the steamservice you run will actually behave the way it's supposed to.

I actually think quite a few people attempted this sort of solutions not understanding it solved nothing and may have done more harm than good, while steamservice.exe may appear in task manager, I assure you that manually starting it is even worse.

You don't want to mess around with services or manually start things Steam is meant to, you don't want to set services to things they aren't initially, it can disturb the intended functionality.

Of course all of this is guesswork, I don't have insider information but since Valve provided us only with the /repair solution I have to assume it's enough.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Apple:

I actually think quite a few people attempted this sort of solutions not understanding it solved nothing and may have done more harm than good, while steamservice.exe may appear in task manager, I assure you that manually starting it is even worse.

Not really. It eats ressources while not needed if started automatically. Otherwise, what's the problem with this solution? Ok, it treast the symptoms, not the cause. But for people who are unable or unwilling to treat the cause, this is a solution.

[cute dog]

No, it doesn't solve anything, at all.
It literally doesn't help, it only harms you because you think something is working but it's really not.

I'll explain how I see it, when steam starts steamservice, it calls for it, it somehow transfers information of what act it wishes to perform. It'll tell the service, download this, install this, do that. Steam Client Service will do as requested then end, it won't run after it's done what it should.

HOWEVER, when you call that service manually it probably just sits there doing nothing despite the fact it's running.

Without understanding how the communication between steam and steamservice is, we can't possibly manually start steamservice, if it was that simple this solution would be written in their FAQs & Guides.

[Seven7]

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2117-ILZV-2837

first paragraph
note:
if you install steam on other disk, than system, it install service here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Steam\

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Apple:

HOWEVER, when you call that service manually it probably just sits there doing nothing despite the fact it's running.

Probably or really? The thing about services is, when they run, they can be used. Doesn't really matter how they're started.
Starting a service and using it are two different actions.

[c money]

Same Problem

[cute dog]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

The thing about services is, when they run, they can be used. Doesn't really matter how they're started.
Starting a service and using it are two different actions.

To test your theory I started the service manually and looked in task manager.

Then I went and reset a game and ran it, as it did first time setups in task manager /a second/ instance of steamservice.exe appeared, it was used /twice/. Once by me running it manually and a second time by steam itself.

Conclusion: the service I started manually did nothing.

We lack the techincal information to safely make assumptions about how steam operates. We just can't assume that starting the service manually solves anything at all.

[-=Lethal=- [MSU] Spartan]

My SteamService.exe does not run as a service, it runs as a process in Task Manager.
I have Windows 10 Pro, v21H2.The SteamService.exe /repair runs for a long time, I kill it after about 10 minutes) and the disc activity light is on constantly, with an occasional flicker.

[Elucidator]

This is .. overkill on necroposting.
2015... its 2022.
please make your own thread and explain the issue omg.

[-=Lethal=- [MSU] Spartan]

I also run addins PodBot, AMX mod X, with jump module, parachutes and throwing knives, and none of those show up. I also have $0 to buy things. I did verify the integrity of local files, it said 1 file (the second one) was corrupt and will be reacquired, which it was, according to the downloads screen.

[Elucidator]

Half-Life: Black Mesa issues belong in their own thread as well. Its no longer just a necro, its a thread hijack.
https://help.steampowered.com/faqs/view/6862-8119-C23E-EA7B
might want to double check the rules.
(You should try to keep things on topic. That second mentioned issue can cause the discussion to go way off topic, and will go on about you and your issues instead of OP's issue.)

Here: half-life: black mesa discussions. You can ask there about mods.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/362890/discussions/

The issues you mentioned are two entirely distinct ones. Again, I advise you to make your own thread.
Also give more details.
edit: To explain:
Like, why are you even running steamservice.exe /repair, etc.
and what is the problem you're experiencing? why should it even matter that the disk flickers, etc.

Also I think Steam Client Service is running both as a process and as a service in windows. Double check that. (look through process explorer to confirm)