Steam shows my games as not installed

[zamoy72]

Hi all,
I am having issues with Steam library after last Steam update - more than half of my games that are already installed are not recognized by Steam and there is again "install" oprion available.
Do you have similiar issue - any suggestions what can be done to remedy it?
Thanks,

[|ZoSo|Percy]

To fix this I simply went to the steam directory, right clicked on steam.exe, and hit send to-> create shortcut (send to desktop). After launching from this shortcut my games were restored. Don't know if this will work for everyone with this problem..but it worked for me.

[spacemonkeynation]

Just in case this might help someone with a similar issue:
I just had some hard drive issues that involved a lot of disk repair and registery fixes. Afterwards I noticed that some Steam games were not showing up. I fixed this by navigating, in Steam's menus, to Steam/Settings/Downloads and clicking on "Steam Library Folders." I then removed my library folder from the list and re-added it. They repopulated the list immediately without a restart of the application.

[Father Ted Gaming]

Diposting pertama kali oleh SkiztoKill:

Hi guys i have sorted this problem out what you need to do is:

1:click on the game that says it is not installed
2:just keep clicking next
3:where it would download the game this wont happen as steam can see it is installed.

worked for me last night :) happy chap now

Thanks :)

You're a life saver. Thanks so much.

[/Legato]

Diposting pertama kali oleh spacemonkeynation:

Just in case this might help someone with a similar issue:
I just had some hard drive issues that involved a lot of disk repair and registery fixes. Afterwards I noticed that some Steam games were not showing up. I fixed this by navigating, in Steam's menus, to Steam/Settings/Downloads and clicking on "Steam Library Folders." I then removed my library folder from the list and re-added it. They repopulated the list immediately without a restart of the application.

Thanks man.

[Spoink]

nem hiszem h el tudjátok olvasni hisz ez magyar

[1BOTS RESTO]

Just make a new folder in your steam drive, install steam to that folder, cut & paste the contents of your steamapps into the new steamapps folder and don't forget to use the new steam installation's shortcut instead of your old one. That's what worked for me.

[PhillyZ]

All you have to do is go to Steam->Settings->Downloads-> Steam Library Folders-> Then browse the folders your games were installed. It'll make Steam recognize the folders and installations. Hope that helps. :)

[76561198142972245]

help mi Cannot find Euro Truck Simulator 2 in your Steam library. Is your Steam account private? If yes change it status to public and try again. :(

[Doctor Hades]

I was trying to get the missing Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons icon to appear in the Grid View (it is the only image missing from 528 installed games) and I used the steam://flushconfig command as a last resort.

Well that did not fix the issue but I noticed this morning that I around 75 of my games were suddenly showing with "Install" next to them rather than "Play". I did not have chance to check properly before leaving for work but I suspect in my case that this is simply a case of Steam having "forgotten" that I have a number of games installed on my D drive (Steam itself and the rest of my library are on my E drive). At least that's what I hope...

[ReBoot]

Well, yes. If you flush the config, you, well, flush the config.

[ProbablyKeiren]

what a silly glitch

[Elitefisch]

I have this problem too reinstall

[Jyaarko]

I just pressed install and it says "discovering files" and it just does that.

[An Sholo]

Hi, I realize this is a old thread but I did encounter the problem as well. I found a quick fix and it worked on both already played games and freshly installed but never tried-before games.
All you need to do is go to the steam tab and click settings then downloads menu. Then choose Steam Library Folders. From there select the directory that contains the games on your alternate steam drives, do this for each of your alternate drives.

Hope this helps!

[Hanzi]

ggwp