HELP ME PLEASE!! STEAM.EXE IS CORRUPTED! (ALSO THE STEAM FILES ARE CORRUPTED/UNREADABLE)

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MIGHTY BONER LORD Dec 27, 2014 @ 11:16pm

HELP ME PLEASE!! STEAM.EXE IS CORRUPTED! (ALSO THE STEAM FILES ARE CORRUPTED/UNREADABLE)

I tried launching steam through the desktop shortcut, and an error pops out at the bottom saying " Steam.exe - Corrupt file " and theres a pop out saying " steam needs to be online to be update. Please confirm your network connection and try again ". The program files is not accessible for me due to it being " corrupted or unreadable ".

Is there any way to get my steam up and running back without reinstalling all of my games? I am clueless now on what to do, please help me!

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HLCinSC Dec 27, 2014 @ 11:19pm

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9828-SFLZ-9289&l=english

MIGHTY BONER LORD Dec 27, 2014 @ 11:32pm

Originally posted by Hayden:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9828-SFLZ-9289&l=english

Both of these links don't work. I could not refresh my steam files because i cant even open the program file itself cause its corrupted. I have tried disabling all the starting programs and disabled my anti virus and the same fatal error still pops out. cmon man

LastHopeTM Dec 27, 2014 @ 11:51pm

you can copy your common folder to a different place on your HDD then uninstall/re-install steam. Then bring the common folder you saved back. Then all you have to do is install the games on steam, it will then see that you already have the game downloaded and youre good to go.

MIGHTY BONER LORD Dec 27, 2014 @ 11:52pm

UPDATE: I tried to uninstalled steam and tried reinstalling it and it gave me and error: saying steambootstrapper:brazilian something i cant even reinstall steam

MIGHTY BONER LORD Dec 27, 2014 @ 11:55pm

Originally posted by LastHopeTM:
you can copy your common folder to a different place on your HDD then uninstall/re-install steam. Then bring the common folder you saved back. Then all you have to do is install the games on steam, it will then see that you already have the game downloaded and youre good to go.

I could not open my steam files from the Program files (x86)/Steam
and i tried to reinstall my steam and it gave me and error " C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\public\steambootstrapper_brazilian.txt"