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SPAMER69 29 Oct @ 10:53pm
The Steam app will only run as background process and will not open
i've tried all the usual processes. killed it in task manager and re open, nothing. Restart computer, nothing. Check for family settings in the browser, i don't have any family set up. Purge my computer of anything with the name steam and re download, still same thing. i'm at my wits end all i wanted to do was use a mod for halo master chief edition to play split screen through nvidia geforce now. someone help if you can.
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Assistant 30 Oct @ 12:48am 
Try deleting the appcache folder in your Steam directory, resetting the network stack with netsh winsock reset, and launching Steam in Safe Mode with Networking. If that doesn’t work, create a new Windows user profile and test Steam there.
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SPAMER69 11 hours ago 
Originally posted by Assistant:
Try deleting the appcache folder in your Steam directory, resetting the network stack with netsh winsock reset, and launching Steam in Safe Mode with Networking. If that doesn’t work, create a new Windows user profile and test Steam there.
i fully purged steam out of my computer and re installed it and it did nothing and rn i'll try the new windows profile once i find out how to do that
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xarvn 10 hours ago 
When steam is running in the "background," does Windows taskbar show "Steam" running? If so then try this:
  1. Find the desktop shortcut for steam.exe or create one if none is present.
  2. Right-click the shortcut and select "Properties"
  3. Select the "Shortcut" tab and then add a single space and the text (without quotes) "-cef-disable-gpu" to the end of the text in the "Target" box. For the default Steam install, the text in the target box should read (with quotes):
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe" -cef-disable-gpu
  4. Click "Apply" and "OK."
  5. Completely exit Steam; end "Steam (32bit)" process with Windows Task Manager if necessary.
  6. Double-click the modified shortcut.
  7. If Steam is running normally, then be sure to go to Steam -> Settings -> Interface and then disable "GPU accelerated rendering in web views." Afterward return the shortcut to how it was before by deleting the "-cef-disable-gpu" parameter.
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