Image credit: Steam game store application on laptop screen close up. We also have a great hack for adding emulated games seamlessly into your Steam library. Want to do more stuff in Steam? See our guide on how to stream your desktop and non-Steam games using a Steam Link. The Steam Stats activity graph reminds visitors just how big Steam is getting, while the addition of Mac games marks Steam's first push to expand beyond the Windows PC market. (If you want your new Steam folder to be installed elsewhere on your PC, you can move Steam.exe, steamapps and userdata to another location before you do this.) Got Steam Up But Still Can’t Launch Games?Īfter all this effort getting Steam to run, if you suddenly run into a wall trying to launch a game, check out our guide on getting your games to launch! Next, double-click “Steam.exe” and let it reinstall. In your Steam installation folder, delete everything apart from Steam.exe, steamapps, and userdata.

If all the above instructions fail and Steam still isn’t opening, there’s a quick way to reinstall it while keeping all your preferences and games intact.

If it works well, you can delete the original backed-up appcache folder, as a healthy new one will have been created in its place. Once you’ve done that, you can delete the “appcache” folder in your Steam directory, then try starting Steam again.

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