STEAM WONT OPEN FOR DAYS

[HOG_RYDER-2906]

Tried everything cleared cache removed my vpn and av as well as disscord re-installed 4 times done the end end task thing asked steam for help got one reply in 3days and now nothing!!!!!

[madmarkymark]

I did a system restore to before I had a problem. Made no difference :(

Gotta go - for now. Thanks again .... Win11 - get ready for the dark side!

I will be back ...

[madmarkymark]

BIOS time is correct

[Kiyowo]

today got new update on steam.

STILL NOT LOADING just stuck on Task Manager. Showing up and down : steamerrorreport.exe and steamwebhelper.exe

even in tray icon not loading.

OMG. When it doen'st broke DON'T FIX IT.

[PikaMug]

Hello, I appear to be on the same client version as OP ( 1718305227, based on their comment in https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/6725643788915522918/ ) which appears to be the cause. Tried reinstalling Steam, sfc /scannow, various shortcut args, antivirus exclusion, reinstall gfx drivers... nothing helped. Windows 10 with AMD card, so I doubt it's an Nvidia issue.

[Smart]

^^And these issues are only the beginning...I told you. Ticktack... your time is slowly running up.
240 + 10 days left until crash of whole systems.

i find it funny some of you though it was a Windows 11 issue. hehe..no?
It can happen with any Windows 7/8/10/11 (and future). And it will affect Linux as well. And iOS and Android.

[bidulless]

Smart lähetti viestin:

^^And these issues are only the beginning...I told you. Ticktack... your time is slowly running up.
240 + 10 days left until crash of whole systems.

i find it funny some of you though it was a Windows 11 issue. hehe..no?
It can happen with any Windows 7/8/10/11 (and future). And it will affect Linux as well. And iOS and Android.

hello
what are you talking about ?

[bidulless]

PikaMug lähetti viestin:

Hello, I appear to be on the same client version as OP ( 1718305227, based on their comment in https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/6725643788915522918/ ) which appears to be the cause. Tried reinstalling Steam, sfc /scannow, various shortcut args, antivirus exclusion, reinstall gfx drivers... nothing helped. Windows 10 with AMD card, so I doubt it's an Nvidia issue.

hello
i do not think op of this thread have an issue with steam

[bidulless]

madmarkymark lähetti viestin:

BIOS time is correct

hello

Have you put the full steam folder on white list from you AV ?
And do not forget the steam service folder too located at \Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Steam

[bidulless]

bidulless lähetti viestin:

madmarkymark lähetti viestin:

BIOS time is correct

hello

Have you put the full steam folder on white list from you AV ?
And do not forget the steam service folder too located at \Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Steam

like you have av , i guess it's on auto run because it use a service and also have a client part ,but do you have other stuff running on auto run that you forget to talk about like some razer stuff program or rgb led tools ?
this tools autorun can help you to see if you have something on auto run
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns
verify both location by clicking on the everything tab
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
most common user auto run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
you should fin you av on this one and audiodlg

[Jasung]

Happened to come across this thread (and while I didn't read through it all), I noted the discussion and the attempts at clearing cache, reinstalling, checking one's antivirus, and all that jazz. Thus, I wanted to offer a simpler solution that has helped others in the past (including myself) that may not have already been brought up in this discussion thus far.

Sometimes Steam gets hung up due to a problem with a specific file in its directory called "achievement_progress.json". This file can cause problems by eating up too much memory causing Steam to crash if it is unusually large. It should nominally be only a few kilobytes. Try removing this file and see if Steam will once again work for you.

The file can be found in your Steam directory. Once there, go to userdata/[a bunch of numbers]/config/librarycache. It's just a summary file so you shouldn't lose anything with its removal and Steam will simply rebuild a newer, smaller one in its place when you relaunch.

If you're able to launch Steam afterwards (or even if just momentarily) make sure to take that opportunity to disable both "smooth scrolling in web views" and "GPU accelerated rendering in web views" under Interface section in settings when you can. This will help Steam to be more stable.

Hope that helps. Good luck!

[bidulless]

Jasung lähetti viestin:

Happened to come across this thread (and while I didn't read through it all), I noted the discussion and the attempts at clearing cache, reinstalling, checking one's antivirus, and all that jazz. Thus, I wanted to offer a simpler solution that has helped others in the past (including myself) that may not have already been brought up in this discussion thus far.

Sometimes Steam gets hung up due to a problem with a specific file in its directory called "achievement_progress.json". This file can cause problems by eating up too much memory causing Steam to crash if it is unusually large. It should nominally be only a few kilobytes. Try removing this file and see if Steam will once again work for you.

The file can be found in your Steam directory. Once there, go to userdata/[a bunch of numbers]/config/librarycache. It's just a summary file so you shouldn't lose anything with its removal and Steam will simply rebuild a newer, smaller one in its place when you relaunch.

If you're able to launch Steam afterwards (or even if just momentarily) make sure to take that opportunity to disable both "smooth scrolling in web views" and "GPU accelerated rendering in web views" under Interface section in settings when you can. This will help Steam to be more stable.

Hope that helps. Good luck!

hello

This has allready been fixed in may on the stable branch

[bidulless]

Alice Liddell lähetti viestin:

bidulless lähetti viestin:

hello

This has allready been fixed in may on the stable branch

Not really. One person commented on a post of mine and said it was their issue. So it can still be in effect. Maybe 2 - 3 days ago...

hello
may be but it shouldn't as it's been corrected on live release the 7th may
https://store.steampowered.com/news/collection/steam/?emclan=103582791457287600&emgid=4182231197207095612

And nothing about this issue has been fixed on today's release about this w11 issue
https://store.steampowered.com/news/collection/steam/?emclan=103582791457287600&emgid=6087258371787336413

[madmarkymark]

bidulless lähetti viestin:

bidulless lähetti viestin:

hello

Have you put the full steam folder on white list from you AV ?
And do not forget the steam service folder too located at \Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Steam

like you have av , i guess it's on auto run because it use a service and also have a client part ,but do you have other stuff running on auto run that you forget to talk about like some razer stuff program or rgb led tools ?
this tools autorun can help you to see if you have something on auto run
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns
verify both location by clicking on the everything tab
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
most common user auto run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
you should fin you av on this one and audiodlg

AVGUI.exe (this is my AV) is in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Steam is in HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

All of steam executables are on white list for AV.

Autorun Apps are only: EADM (EAs portal), GarminExpress, MS Edge, One Drive, Wargaming Game Centre, AVGUI, Realtek HD Audio, cmd.exe, Google Chrome, Lenovo Vantage, MS Office, NVIDIA

There are a load of yellows in the HKLM\system\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\KnowDIIs. All say file not found (eg wow64cpu.dll)

[bidulless]

madmarkymark lähetti viestin:

bidulless lähetti viestin:

like you have av , i guess it's on auto run because it use a service and also have a client part ,but do you have other stuff running on auto run that you forget to talk about like some razer stuff program or rgb led tools ?
this tools autorun can help you to see if you have something on auto run
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns
verify both location by clicking on the everything tab
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
most common user auto run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
you should fin you av on this one and audiodlg

AVGUI.exe (this is my AV) is in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Steam is in HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

All of steam executables are on white list for AV.

Autorun Apps are only: EADM (EAs portal), GarminExpress, MS Edge, One Drive, Wargaming Game Centre, AVGUI, Realtek HD Audio, cmd.exe, Google Chrome, Lenovo Vantage, MS Office, NVIDIA

There are a load of yellows in the HKLM\system\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\KnowDIIs. All say file not found (eg wow64cpu.dll)

hello

No need to list everything just stuff under both hive i've listed.
So many on autoruns xd
Desactiv steam , eadm,gaming express, wargaming gamecenter,google chrome; lenovo vantage
And try after that to reboot and launch steam normally trought a shortcut from desktop.
If nothing changed , feel free to active all the tools again trought autorun as they do not affect steam.

[madmarkymark]

bidulless lähetti viestin:

madmarkymark lähetti viestin:

AVGUI.exe (this is my AV) is in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Steam is in HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

All of steam executables are on white list for AV.

Autorun Apps are only: EADM (EAs portal), GarminExpress, MS Edge, One Drive, Wargaming Game Centre, AVGUI, Realtek HD Audio, cmd.exe, Google Chrome, Lenovo Vantage, MS Office, NVIDIA

There are a load of yellows in the HKLM\system\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\KnowDIIs. All say file not found (eg wow64cpu.dll)

hello

No need to list everything just stuff under both hive i've listed.
So many on autoruns xd
Desactiv steam , eadm,gaming express, wargaming gamecenter,google chrome; lenovo vantage
And try after that to reboot and launch steam normally trought a shortcut from desktop.
If nothing changed , feel free to active all the tools again trought autorun as they do not affect steam.

OK - Autoruns deactivated. Tried to run steam via shortcut. Loaded update 117MB, then tried to open - failed, then into failure cycle.