SOLVED: Steam, let us disable the Friends autostart!

[Mr. McGoohan]

I don't use it. I don't need it popping up automatically every time I start the damned client. We used to be able to kill it - that's gone now, it seems - but I want that back.

UPDATE: THANK YOU DESMOND

Originally posted by Desmond:

Originally posted by Madox_Zero:

looks like my solution only works for some of you. The only thing I can think of now is to make sure you do a complete exit with steam, not just by clicking the "x" on the top right corner, after making any changes.

If it doesn't work then let's hope valve comes up with a better update next time.

I fixed it by enabling the option, click sign in, close the window, exit Steam, reopen Steam, you should be online and the window doesn't pop up. Then disable the option, go offline, close the window, restart Steam and it should stay closed.

One addition: go back online from the steam menu after last restart

This arcane ritual has somehow exorcised the autostarting friends/chat client. Can I get an amen?

[SpookySpirits]

Originally posted by vukica:

Originally posted by Madox_Zero:

Try this - enable (yes ENABLE) the auto sign-in first, exit steam, then open steam to disable it again. I encountered this issue after the update too, doing this did the trick for me. Hope this helps.

works!
enable
restart steam
disable
close, but not sign out of chat.
restart steam

shutup steam I have friends....

This did not work for me. I do not sign in, but the window is still opened.

[Madox_Zero]

looks like my solution only works for some of you. The only thing I can think of now is to make sure you do a complete exit with steam, not just by clicking the "x" on the top right corner, after making any changes.

If it doesn't work then let's hope valve comes up with a better update next time.

[Desmond]

Also Steam signs you in even when you stay offline, just like the old Steam app. You can see "Last online" resetting each time you open Steam.

Welcome to the real Steam public beta.

[Mr. McGoohan]

Originally posted by Madox_Zero:

Try this - enable (yes ENABLE) the auto sign-in first, exit steam, then open steam to disable it again. I encountered this issue after the update too, doing this did the trick for me. Hope this helps.

Thanks - already tried this, no luck.

[Desmond]

Originally posted by Madox_Zero:

looks like my solution only works for some of you. The only thing I can think of now is to make sure you do a complete exit with steam, not just by clicking the "x" on the top right corner, after making any changes.

If it doesn't work then let's hope valve comes up with a better update next time.

I fixed it by enabling the option, click sign in, close the window, exit Steam, reopen Steam, you should be online and the window doesn't pop up. Then disable the option, go offline, close the window, restart Steam and it should stay closed.

edit:
It just came back after a few days. I did the same steps but no dice. What works this time is simply disabling the option while I'm online. Restart Steam you should be good (or at least until it breaks again lol. Steam fix your crap fr).

[Mr. McGoohan]

Originally posted by Desmond:

Originally posted by Madox_Zero:

looks like my solution only works for some of you. The only thing I can think of now is to make sure you do a complete exit with steam, not just by clicking the "x" on the top right corner, after making any changes.

If it doesn't work then let's hope valve comes up with a better update next time.

I fixed it by enabling the option, click sign in, close the window, exit Steam, reopen Steam, you should be online and the window doesn't pop up. Then disable the option, go offline, close the window, restart Steam and it should stay closed.

YES! This seems to have done the trick! Thanks a million.

Now maybe someone at Steam can get off his butt and put the option back where it used to be so we don't have to do the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Macarena of enabling, disabling and restarting fifty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ times just to have it the way it was!

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by Desmond:

Originally posted by Madox_Zero:

looks like my solution only works for some of you. The only thing I can think of now is to make sure you do a complete exit with steam, not just by clicking the "x" on the top right corner, after making any changes.

If it doesn't work then let's hope valve comes up with a better update next time.

I fixed it by enabling the option, click sign in, close the window, exit Steam, reopen Steam, you should be online and the window doesn't pop up. Then disable the option, go offline, close the window, restart Steam and it should stay closed.

This seems to have done it. Thanks.

[SpookySpirits]

Can we clarify? I am able to fix auto-login. I am NOT able to fix the window popping up that says "signed out of friends & chat." Is this fix only for preventing the login?

[Mr. McGoohan]

Originally posted by SpookySpirits:

Can we clarify? I am able to fix auto-login. I am NOT able to fix the window popping up that says "signed out of friends & chat." Is this fix only for preventing the login?

I did exactly as Desmond suggested and the Friends/Chat window no longer autolaunches with Steam.

When I manually open it, it shows me as offline.

Just checked it again and it's still working. Hopefully the geniuses at Steam won't patch it out.

[Madox_Zero]

glad to know that Desmond's solution worked out in the end. Now time for me to search the discussions again and deal with the second issue that I don't like

[💖⎛⎝Silver Knight⎠⎞💂☢☣]

Friends uses steam chrome which is a resource hog

[Mr. McGoohan]

Originally posted by 💖⎛⎝Silver Knight⎠⎞:

Friends uses steam chrome which is a resource hog

Yeah well datamining is hard work

[Marshall]

This work for me! Thanks a bunch Madox_Zero, Desmond, and everyone in general.

[lazy_bt]

Originally posted by Desmond:

Originally posted by Madox_Zero:

looks like my solution only works for some of you. The only thing I can think of now is to make sure you do a complete exit with steam, not just by clicking the "x" on the top right corner, after making any changes.

If it doesn't work then let's hope valve comes up with a better update next time.

I fixed it by enabling the option, click sign in, close the window, exit Steam, reopen Steam, you should be online and the window doesn't pop up. Then disable the option, go offline, close the window, restart Steam and it should stay closed.

I have just tried this method twice and unfortunately it's not working for me... Could reverting Steam back to the old UI fix this entirely? It would especially be useful if it wouldn't secretly sign you in like new Steam does... ("Last online just now" or whatever, very creepy!)

[liosalpha]

It did work for me.
Make sure you close steam off completely, ether by the system tray icon (normaly a steam icon in the botem right near the clock on the dektop) or with the stask manager (Ctrl Alt Delete)

The X in the top of steam it self does just kill the window but it still runs in the back ground.