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    Post Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:01 pm

    Steam Update/Games deleted?

    I just logged into steam today and there was a client update so I restarted and now all my Steam games need to be downloaded/installed again? They weren't actually deleted because if I go into my common directory all the games are still there, plus I haven't gained any more space on my hard disk. So the games are still there but Steam seems to think they're not installed and if I launch a game it asks to install again.

    Has anyone else had this? So far I think the only way to fix it is to manually delete the games from the steam directory and then download trough steam again :icon_lookdown:
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    Post Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:32 pm

    Re: Steam Update/Games deleted?

    (TKC) brownman350 wrote:Are you using vista or XP :icon_question:


    I'm on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I've never had this problem with Steam before

    (TKC)-o]T3[o wrote:I would definitely google it and see if you can find a solution.


    I've been searching for the last hour or so but nothing has come up yet. If I have to delete the games n download them again I guess that's not a problem but i'd be interested to know why Steam can't see the games in the folders anymore since the update.
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    Post Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:37 pm

    Re: Steam Update/Games deleted?

    Use the syst. restauration to go back to the way it was before and see what is going to happen. :)
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    Post Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:00 pm

    Re: Steam Update/Games deleted?

    (TKC) brownman350 wrote:Use the syst. restauration to go back to the way it was before and see what is going to happen. :)


    I've just restored my system from a 15:00 point today and it didn't work :icon_lookdown:
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    Post Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:24 pm

    Re: Steam Update/Games deleted?

    Before you start removing games I would restart steam, restart your computer.. wait for a while to see if it's a steam problem.. anything. Because re-downloading all those games will be a pain.
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    Post Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:33 pm

    Re: Steam Update/Games deleted?

    (TKC)-o]T3[o wrote:Before you start removing games I would restart steam, restart your computer.. wait for a while to see if it's a steam problem.. anything. Because re-downloading all those games will be a pain.


    Yea think i'll do that. Recently I had my internet speed capped during peak hours due to going over my monthly download limit of 100gb (I'm not sure how I managed that tbh) so if I download all the Steam games again i'll probably get capped to 1mb...again -.-
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    Re: Steam Update/Games deleted?

    You shouldn't have to re-download them. I'm pretty sure that when you go to download a Steam game, it will first check to see what, if any, of the files are already on the system. Once you click download, it should see the files already there and just re-acknowledge that it's already installed.
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    Post Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:35 pm

    Re: Steam Update/Games deleted?

    DonJuan wrote:You shouldn't have to re-download them. I'm pretty sure that when you go to download a Steam game, it will first check to see what, if any, of the files are already on the system. Once you click download, it should see the files already there and just re-acknowledge that it's already installed.


    That's what I had hoped would happen but it downloads the whole thing again without uninstalling the previous one. Steam really does think the games aren't installed but when I go to the folder they clearly are.
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    Post Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:15 am

    Re: Steam Update/Games deleted?

    Maby u should just let it download again, so u dont mess something up?. BTW, u ruined the 666 posts on this forum... :(. lol
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    Post Sat Aug 21, 2010 2:59 pm

    Re: Steam Update/Games deleted?

    Well there was another update today and I have all my games back, they all work now :icon_happy:

    Foffkillz wrote:Maby u should just let it download again, so u dont mess something up?. BTW, u ruined the 666 posts on this forum... :(. lol

    Perhaps the next goal should be 1337 topics on the forum? ;)
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    Post Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:13 pm

    Re: Steam Update/Games deleted?

    Avalon wrote:Well there was another update today and I have all my games back, they all work now :icon_happy:

    Foffkillz wrote:Maby u should just let it download again, so u dont mess something up?. BTW, u ruined the 666 posts on this forum... :(. lol

    Perhaps the next goal should be 1337 topics on the forum? ;)

    Haha.. What does 1337 mean?
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    Post Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:24 pm

    Re: Steam Update/Games deleted?

    Foffkillz wrote:
    Avalon wrote:Well there was another update today and I have all my games back, they all work now :icon_happy:

    Foffkillz wrote:Maby u should just let it download again, so u dont mess something up?. BTW, u ruined the 666 posts on this forum... :(. lol

    Perhaps the next goal should be 1337 topics on the forum? ;)

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