Steamworks common redistributables KEEPS redownloading

[1 Mello boi]

Every single time I open up steam it re-downloads steamworks common redistributables.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue? It's always the same size(500Mb and some change).

P.S. Please don't tell me "it's a normal update" because it's really not. Thanks

[1 Mello boi]

that keeps re-downloading every time steam opens? either you just want moral high ground somewhere in your life or you simply don't understand the topic at hand.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

It downloads only what it needs until there is no more to get.

[shockedfrog]

Not the point, but there's a chance it's not actually redownloading each time, just being mistakenly reported as such by the downloads screen.

As for fixing it, I've no solid idea beyond the obvious-but-overkill solution of reinstalling stuff. The only other thing I can think of is to try removing any legacy '_CommonRedist' folders from game directories other than the Steamworks Shared folder, as Steam might be copying them over every time it sees them. (Keep a backup just in case.)

[1 Mello boi]

Originally posted by shockedfrog:

Not the point, but there's a chance it's not actually redownloading each time, just being mistakenly reported as such by the downloads screen.

As for fixing it, I've no solid idea beyond the obvious-but-overkill solution of reinstalling stuff. The only other thing I can think of is to try removing any legacy '_CommonRedist' folders from game directories other than the Steamworks Shared folder, as Steam might be copying them over every time it sees them. (Keep a backup just in case.)

The thing is that it is actually redownloading, my data usage on my pc and phone( use it as a hotspot) confirms that it's a redownload, thanks for the possible solution though I'll give it a try.

[headlesscyborg]

I can confirm it, it's annoying. It also keeps redownloading shaders. Every single time I open Steam.

Steam beta client, up tp date / Linux.

[Seven7]

erm... what happened with Enable Shader Pre-caching check box? They removed it in Brave New Steam?

about re-dl common redist - maybe it happened by lazy gamedevs\publishers that only now remember about their prodicts in Steam and start update depots and installscript.vdf's for removing it from local folders and enable in common?

[Dark~Arias]

Hmmm i've had this problem, it's downloaded 3 times this weekand the same size 947 mb's each time... it's getting annoying as Im on the road and that isnt always a fast dload for me when i only have a few hours to play a game at night and my game wont play without it...

[Lobstersaurus]

Originally posted by Astro_80:

It is a normal update to keep your games working properly. Without it, your games would not run. Simple as that.

Is there anything else you would like to complain about?

I'm looking at older posts because I am currently having this issue and this is honestly such a disgusting reply. You should be ashamed of yourself.

[Lobstersaurus]

Originally posted by Horevath:

Hmmm i've had this problem, it's downloaded 3 times this weekand the same size 947 mb's each time... it's getting annoying as Im on the road and that isnt always a fast dload for me when i only have a few hours to play a game at night and my game wont play without it...

Every time I close and and open steam,I have to update 'SCR' and it's around a 50 mb download each time. The only solutions I've seen so far just tell you to uninstall all your games on Steam, uninstall steam and reinstall it.

[心折れたハンター]

Still can't find a solution, I always need redownload thousand MB, It's very annoying.

[76561198376788338]

what the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hel......i cant wast my dat downloading the same 141 mb over and over again........also why is this ♥♥♥♥ steam taking hours for just preallocating......

[1 Mello boi]

if steam is taking literally hours to preallocate maybe your hard drive is very slow or you have no space at all on it, still don't know why it redownloads though

Originally posted by NickSasankan:

what the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hel......i cant wast my dat downloading the same 141 mb over and over again........also why is this ♥♥♥♥ steam taking hours for just preallocating......

[KiddoIsGone]

Seriously, I've had pretty good success up until recently with just uninstalling it and was able to launch and play games just fine, now it instantly downloads the second I launch a game. Pretty irritating cause now when ever I do play a game, i get massive performance hits. I can't even use SteamVR or get on VRChat or even play BeamNG.Drive without having massive framerate issues. And the devs do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to fix this error or do anything to prevent it from installing it's self automatically. The devs just respond with crap like "make a steam crash report and put it into a google documents folder and we'll take a look at it" and then provide no further information at all or take any real action.. I just want the Steamworks common redistributables to go away and stop automatically downloading and installing it's self. Everything runs fine without it and has ran perfectly without it installed..

When I take a look inside it, I find that there are absolutely no files in it, none what so ever. So why is it even there if it's empty? Why is something with nothing in it choking up my system? Why is it causing massive performance hits to framerate? Why is it just instantly installing it's self when I try to launch a game? I wish Valve would just do away with it...

[1 Mello boi]

trust me it's needed, but regarding valve they're lazy as ♥♥♥♥♥, CSGO players are getting scammed out of thousands of dollars worth of skins and valve couldn't care less. I dont see a fix coming any time soon from such plebs

[Nijika Ijichi・結束バンド]

go to Steam > Settings > Download > CLEAR DOWNLOAD CACHE, it will force you to logout your account, then re-login to your account. as simple as that

well I can't explain about this and too lazy smh, just give it a try