Help! Steam service keeps on buggering me everytime I press the "Update Steam" button

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Fantabulistic Dec 21, 2012 @ 7:11am

Title says everything , just so frustrating to see how I just downloaded Borderlands 2 and installation is stuck at 1% and keeps pestering about Steam Service no matter how I keep on installing it

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Satoru Dec 21, 2012 @ 7:18am

What error message are you getting exactly? Is it the UAC steam service pop up or a different one?

Fantabulistic Dec 21, 2012 @ 7:21am

No error msg . I get it from 2 ways

1) Trying to install borderlands 2 like above

2)Trying to update steam and clicking cancel prompts up the "Steam service is require to install bla bla bla" and it just keeps on repeating whenever I want to make sure its properaly installed

Fantabulistic Dec 21, 2012 @ 7:24am

Add info . OS Win 7 64bit

Satoru Dec 21, 2012 @ 7:57am

Sounds like the steam service is buggered. Try running Steam as an administrator which may help get the staem service installed properly.

If not try this

Click Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
Right-click on Command Prompt and then click "Run as administrator..."
In the command prompt, enter the following command, including quotation marks: "C:\Program Files\Steam\bin\SteamService.exe" /repair
Note: C:\Program Files\Steam\ is the default installation directory for Steam - change this to the correct directory if you installed Steam to a different location. 64-bit systems will use Program Files (x86) instead of Program Files.
This process will take a few minutes to complete. Once finished, the message "Steam Client Service repair completed." will appear.
The issue may be fixed at this point, however it is recommended you reboot your computer before testing if the repair resolved the problem.

Aoi Blue Dec 21, 2012 @ 8:01am

Try stopping the download, delete all game files and cache for the game, then try again.

Fantabulistic Dec 21, 2012 @ 8:02am

Originally posted by ruediix:
Try stopping the download, delete all game files and cache for the game, then try again.

Nope didn't work

Satoru Dec 21, 2012 @ 8:03am

Please try what I suggested above instaed.

Fantabulistic Dec 21, 2012 @ 8:04am

Originally posted by Satoru:
Please try what I suggested above instaed.

Doing it as you say

EDIT:

Yeap , plan A works 100%

but plan B doesn't fix the problem at all , it still just happens when I try to update steam\

DOULBE EDIT :

Running on admin solves the problem , but when I run back on normal mode it still happens again.

TRIPLE EDIT :

I'll just wait for borderlands 2 to redownload itself and see wheter if still buggers me about steam service. Until then , thanks for helping me :)

Last edited by Fantabulistic; Dec 21, 2012 @ 8:16am