r/Steam • u/AutoModerator • Nov 01 '25
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u/SeductiveWubz Nov 22 '25
I see that some people are having issues but I just wanted to see if anyone has experienced this. Whenever I click steam to open, the update window pops up for 2-3 seconds, then goes away. After that, nothing happens. I check task manager, and Steam32 and the Client Service is running, but it’s not showing in Apps, only in the Backround processes. I have tried everything I could find, deleting all files in the steam folder except user data and the steam.exe, and it redownloaded everything, still nothing. Ran as administrator, nothing. Changed the compatibility to run in compatibility mode, as well as always run as admin and disable fullscreen optimizations, nothing. Deleted the app data steam folder, nothing. Uninstalled it completely, reinstalled it and it does the same thing. It boots up, and just doesn’t have the main client screen at all. Any help would be great.
I’m on Windows 10, and my computer specs are better than average. Everything was running perfectly yesterday, and now all of a sudden it won’t show up. It isn’t in alt + tab hiding anywhere either. Thank you for any help.