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Thorzilla Jul 16, 2013 @ 9:09pm
Help: Steam lost track of games in 2nd hard drive
Just what I need, Steam somehow managed to lose track of my installed games in my 2nd hard drive. For example, while trying to launch Scribblenauts from my 2nd hard drive, the game itself appears greyed out, as if it weren't installed, yet I've checked and it's right there. Apparently, Steam only recognizes my main HDD for Steam games and I can't chose another one unless the folder is empty.

Does that mean I have to erase all my games in my 2nd hard drive to let Steam use that disk again to install them once more?
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Thorzilla Jul 16, 2013 @ 9:28pm 
Please? I'd like to get this sorted out ASAP!:postcardf:
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roblech Jul 19, 2013 @ 5:58am 
since yesterday i have the same problem... someone have a solution?
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Thorzilla Jul 19, 2013 @ 7:04am 
I found one man! Just go to settings>downloads and where it reads "Manage content locations in multiple drives", click on the box there and find the exact folder where your games are stored. For me it was D:\SteamLibrary. Hope this helps!
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Kickin' Chicken Jul 19, 2013 @ 7:08am 
Did you try verifying the files?
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roblech Jul 19, 2013 @ 7:50am 
dont work for me. it sais that the folder have to be empty. but there are still installed my games...

Originally posted by Thorzilla:
I found one man! Just go to settings>downloads and where it reads "Manage content locations in multiple drives", click on the box there and find the exact folder where your games are stored. For me it was D:\SteamLibrary. Hope this helps!
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roblech Jul 19, 2013 @ 7:58am 
Originally posted by KickinChicken:
Did you try verifying the files?
no....
dont know how.
the games are still on my2nd hard disk. but when i try to open them directly from there, steam download-manager opens. (sry for my bad english)
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Thorzilla Jul 19, 2013 @ 9:10am 
Originally posted by roblech:
dont work for me. it sais that the folder have to be empty. but there are still installed my games...

Originally posted by Thorzilla:
I found one man! Just go to settings>downloads and where it reads "Manage content locations in multiple drives", click on the box there and find the exact folder where your games are stored. For me it was D:\SteamLibrary. Hope this helps!

Weird man. I got that same message once. I did try again and it worked. Have you made sure it's exactly the folder where your games are instead of the steam folder?
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Kickin' Chicken Jul 19, 2013 @ 10:56am 
Originally posted by roblech:
Originally posted by KickinChicken:
Did you try verifying the files?
no....
dont know how.
the games are still on my2nd hard disk. but when i try to open them directly from there, steam download-manager opens. (sry for my bad english)

I don't have the client installed here so I'll have to guess: Right-click the game whose files you want to verify and click "Properties". On the "Local Files" tab (I think), click "Verify Local Files" (or something like that). That has helped me in situations similar to yours.
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roblech Jul 19, 2013 @ 1:30pm 
Originally posted by KickinChicken:
Originally posted by roblech:
no....
dont know how.
the games are still on my2nd hard disk. but when i try to open them directly from there, steam download-manager opens. (sry for my bad english)

I don't have the client installed here so I'll have to guess: Right-click the game whose files you want to verify and click "Properties". On the "Local Files" tab (I think), click "Verify Local Files" (or something like that). That has helped me in situations similar to yours.

it didnt work...but thx for the support... i give you an update tomorow... im pissed off for today...

( lvl 11 is very impressive)
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Thorzilla Jul 19, 2013 @ 1:41pm 
Could you perhaps try to shut down Steam and restart it? Worked for me one time that games went missing.
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roblech Jul 19, 2013 @ 1:53pm 
Originally posted by Thorzilla:
Could you perhaps try to shut down Steam and restart it? Worked for me one time that games went missing.
thx... but that was the first thing i triied
tomorow i try to reinstal steam..... ill give you an update if it works
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Thorzilla Jul 19, 2013 @ 1:55pm 
Cool thing bro. Let me know if something works!
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pep Oct 18, 2013 @ 10:44am 
Same happend here, all games on my D drive, gone. Tried anything that you guys said there.
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roblech Oct 18, 2013 @ 11:11am 
I found no solution...i had to reinstall the whole s... sorry for the late update
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Queen Penelope Oct 18, 2013 @ 11:13am 
re install
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