Steam thinks none of my games are downloaded on my PC, and steam wont launch correctly.

[TheKing]

If i click on the steam icon on my desktop it says can't launch steamui.dll, the only way to get past this is to attempt to launch a game (which somehow gets steam to open fine), but then when you look in the library, steam thinks that most if the games that i own haven't been downloaded to my PC even though they have, and the files are still there and everything. I can still play the game if i go to the directory and actually open the .exe, but if i try to launch from my steam library it acts like i gotta download the game.

[TheKing]

Any help would be VERY apprectaited, i have no damn clue why this started happening.

[Falro the Great]

There is a fix for this in one of the other threads. I think you have to reinstall or refresh Steam, but you can search to find out more.

[WhereIsBusmin]

Originally posted by TheKing:

If i click on the steam icon on my desktop it says can't launch steamui.dll, the only way to get past this is to attempt to launch a game (which somehow gets steam to open fine), but then when you look in the library, steam thinks that most if the games that i own haven't been downloaded to my PC even though they have, and the files are still there and everything. I can still play the game if i go to the directory and actually open the .exe, but if i try to launch from my steam library it acts like i gotta download the game.

As Falro the Great mentioned, see if refreshing your Steam files allows Steam to run normally: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638

You can also try deleting everying in your Steam folder except for your SteamApps folder and Steam.exe file.

Regarding your uninstalled games: If, after you eventually regain access to Steam, your games still appear uninstalled, check and make sure that your Steam library folder(s) are tied to Steam: In the top left corner of the Steam client, click "Steam" > "Settings" > "Downloads" tab > "Steam Library Folders" button. Add any and all Steam libraries across all your hard drives (i.e. C:\Program Files\Steam\, D:\Steam\).

[TheKing]

I would like to thank you guys for the help, what happened was steam decided to make a second steam folder within it's own directory and install the new update in it. So it was kinda like a steamception (steam folder within a steam folder). The issue has been fixed now and everything is back to normal. Thanks for the help WhereIsBusmin and Falro, I really appreciate it =)