"Start minimized" seems to be entirely gone in the GUI refresh?

[BlazeHedgehog]

Why would you remove this? I don't NEED to look at my game library every single time my machine boots up.

[TomB]

Could you provide more details on this issue? What windows appear to you that are not expected? What option do you recall from the old client that is missing?

The option "Run Steam when my computer starts" should start Steam without the main window, which you can bring back up from the system tray.

[mphuZ]

TomB původně napsal:

Could you provide more details on this issue? What windows appear to you that are not expected? What option do you recall from the old client that is missing?

The option "Run Steam when my computer starts" should start Steam without the main window, which you can bring back up from the system tray.

Hi! I have the same problem.

When you turn on the computer, Steam starts.
In the stable branch, Steam loads in the background, an icon appears in the tray.

In the beta branch, a mini Steam activation window is displayed on the screen, then Steam opens half of the screen (see https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/3/6861841362663405601/). At the same time, the content in the window is not loaded! It is necessary to choose the "Library" yourself so that it is visible.

[mphuZ]

I can try to record a video if necessary.

[Codrut1001]

+1

This needs to be fixed, It's a annoyance and there is no reason to remove this feature.

[mikro]

+1 - I don't use my PC only for Steam.

[TomB]

mphuZ původně napsal:

I can try to record a video if necessary.

If you can post what your settings are, that would be useful. And especially the setting that "worked" previously.

[tintingaroo]

@TomB

Don't know if the OS / GPU driver being outdated are playing a part, but I found Steam being maximised messes with -silent (and thus launch on startup) and I get what the others describe.

Win 10 - 19044.1766
RTX 3080 - 30.0.15.1165

Steps
- Maximise Large mode (e.g. click maximise button)
- Quit Steam (Steam > Exit)
- Launch Steam with -silent

Result
Steam is not minimised to tray, main window is displayed.
Main window is black, some buttons/interactions are unresponsive.
Steam isn't maximised but the maximise button shows as maximised.

If I then click e.g. Steam News button, the client begins to operate as it should. Now with Steam not maximised, I quit Steam, launch with -silent and Steam main window starts minimised to system tray.

[grimmute]

tintingaroo původně napsal:

@TomB

Don't know if the OS / GPU driver being outdated are playing a part, but I found Steam being maximised messes with -silent (and thus launch on startup) and I get what the others describe.

Win 10 - 19044.1766
RTX 3080 - 30.0.15.1165

Steps
- Maximise Large mode (e.g. click maximise button)
- Quit Steam (Steam > Exit)
- Launch Steam with -silent

Result
Steam is not minimised to tray, main window is displayed.
Main window is black, some buttons/interactions are unresponsive.
Steam isn't maximised but the maximise button shows as maximised.

If I then click e.g. Steam News button, the client begins to operate as it should. Now with Steam not maximised, I quit Steam, launch with -silent and Steam main window starts minimised to system tray.

Thanks for explaining this, I have the same reproduction on:

Win 11 - 22621.1702
RX 6900XT- 22.40.43.07-230326a-390115C
Steam Client from 13 May

[BlazeHedgehog]

TomB původně napsal:

Could you provide more details on this issue? What windows appear to you that are not expected? What option do you recall from the old client that is missing?

The option "Run Steam when my computer starts" should start Steam without the main window, which you can bring back up from the system tray.

To summarize, or perhaps reiterate (since others covered a lot of it), Steam either used to have an option (or did automatically) where, when the operating system booted up, Steam would start minimized to the system tray near the clock, as the little Steam logo badge.

Generally what would happen as I saw is that Steam would open up briefly, usually displaying an update progress bar, then maybe a "Logging in to the Steam Community" friend list, before disappearing in to the system tray.

As of this new beta GUI refresh, that no longer happens. Steam opens fully as Windows boots up, and stays open. Actually, when Steam starts up, it even forces itself to be the topmost window multiple times. There have been times where I've tried to tab over to Discord as my system loads up, and Steam will force itself up into my view 2-3+ times. THAT "force top window" part happens any time I have to quit and relaunch Steam, actually.

Windows 10 Pro (Version 10.0.19045)
Intel Core i5-4690K
GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB)
Steam version 1683944175

It happens to me whether Steam is full screen or shrank to a window.

If it's tied to the black screen/unresponsive boot up problem (https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/3/3826413850813355918/), I suppose that would make sense.

[t2d | no.SkiLLz @ Nobara]

Same on Linux, the -silent option is not working. There are multiple issues on GitHub about it.

[tintingaroo]

BlazeHedgehog původně napsal:

If you do the non-maximise stuff, does Steam automatically display or is it minimised to the tray?
If minimised to tray, how do you access Steam? With a shortcut somewhere or from the tray?

For me, once I've done the non-maximise prep, Steam will start minimised to the tray. If I then access Steam via the tray it's OK, but if I instead access Steam via the desktop shortcut / steam.exe I encounter the black screen etc issue.
Update:
Actually, accessing Steam when its minimised to tray with the desktop shortcut doesn't result in the exact same issue as maximised & -silent. The initial screen is black but it seems that all the UI is responsive and and does what they are supposed to e.g. click Store, Library etc and the content is displayed, everything on the main menu bar works etc - its just as if you start Steam without any tabs selected.

[TomB]

It looks like -silent is broken (what we use internally when you choose to start Steam when your computer starts) if the Steam client was maximized and in that state when it was closed. Then the next time it starts, it will open up the main window, but have a mostly black library. We've reproduced this issue at least and will aim to fix it in the next beta client. Thank you for all the extra details to help us track down this issue.

[Elektro]

Still not fixed, in official version too?
I think Steam will share the fate of Discord - default off, I will turn it on only when I want play something.

[Kule02]

TomB původně napsal:

It looks like -silent is broken (what we use internally when you choose to start Steam when your computer starts) if the Steam client was maximized and in that state when it was closed. Then the next time it starts, it will open up the main window, but have a mostly black library. We've reproduced this issue at least and will aim to fix it in the next beta client. Thank you for all the extra details to help us track down this issue.

When opening a game from a steam-created desktop shortcut, the steam client is also opened instead of starting minimized. This can be fixed by adding " -silent to the shortcut, but it seems strange that the user has to manually fix this, as the point of starting a game from a desktop shortcut is because we want to avoid opening the steam client as an active window. So really, steam starting minimized should be the default state.
A less annoying issue is the log-in splash screen, which currently has no option to disable/minimize.

Is there any chance you could give us an option to explicitly state in the settings that we want steam to start minimized, including the splash screen?

[clamatac]

+1 fix it