Download the Steam install exe from here: https://store.steampowered.com/about/download

Reinstall Steam over your current install location to see if that fixes the issue.

Note: Do not uninstall Steam then try a reinstall.

Originally posted by Nx Machina:

Download the Steam install exe from here: https://store.steampowered.com/about/download

Reinstall Steam over your current install location to see if that fixes the issue.

Note: Do not uninstall Steam then try a reinstall.

Just tried it, it didn't work unfortunatley

hello

most of the time a screenshot of your issue could be welcome ...

https://imgur.com/a/UumM8Yz

Originally posted by bidulless:

hello

most of the time a screenshot of your issue could be welcome ...

UPDATE: I've tried rolling back my drivers, overwriting the steam install, running steam with startup commands, running steam in compatibility mode. Nothing is working

Most recent discussion I see online about this issue is related to linux or Armory Crate for AMD graphics cards, but I am using a Nvidia GeForce 3080. I cant find anyone mentioning having the same issue under the same circumstance

Is there a way to see what exactly is causing the steamwebhelper to fail?

From the image you linked: Choose option 2 when you see that box again.

Restart Steam with GPU Acceleration disabled.

Did that help?

Originally posted by Nx Machina:

From the image you linked: Choose option 2 when you see that box again.

Restart Steam with GPU Acceleration disabled.

Did that help?

no, trying those options was literally the first thing I tried. As I said in the op, none of the 5 options did anything on multiple attempts.

I just tried creating a new steam account and it launches steam perfectly fine, it must mean something is wrong with my accounts configuration. And it keeps re-downloading my config whenever I try to reinstall steam. Or maybe something is wrong with my librarycache?

How can I essentially factory reset my account settings without actually opening the settings menu in steam (since i cant open the window at all)

Originally posted by Cremesent:

no, trying those options was literally the first thing I tried. As I said in the op, none of the 5 options did anything on multiple attempts.

You do not list the 5 options in the opening post.

You could try:

1. Close Steam

2. Delete everything in the Steam folder except Steam.exe and SteamApps

3. Doubleclick that Steam.exe

Originally posted by Nx Machina:

Originally posted by Cremesent:

no, trying those options was literally the first thing I tried. As I said in the op, none of the 5 options did anything on multiple attempts.

You do not list the 5 options in the opening post.

You could try:

1. Close Steam

2. Delete everything in the Steam folder except Steam.exe and SteamApps

3. Doubleclick that Steam.exe

tried that already over 20 times

after looking at the logs i can see that steam is trying to open an impossibly big resolution window and failing. something somewhere is causing that

Feel free to enter safe boot mode to deal with what app cause this, my best guess youre security app block it, overlay is a .exe file

add steam.exe to exception rules to see if that matter.
maybe even add steamservice.exe


or reclick "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\bin>steamservice.exe"

require steamservice works under windows services, assumme you did not remove that or disable it.


or try old tip reinstall steam over current one to fix whatever issue you have.

ps.
Dont forget we other have done nothing to get it to work just like you i bet, before you had this issue.

Feel free to check system ( google how to do ) try see it as maybe you get lucky and MS will fix itself.

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth
SFC /Scannow
chkdsk c:
chkdsk d:
chkdsk e:


Same goes with update BIOS and chipset drivers , you will not get help any more with this ppl have auto update app today. also why you dont see post with it anymore.


Same goes with GPU driver in a clean install DDU or nvidia custom install and make clean install, you might think how does this matter, Because nvidia drivers is always get blaimed for any graphic issue, or try see it as its not this. i have seen windows core update and had to reinstall same divers already made get reintslaled, im sure you can see logic in this now.

But you need to get this, steam has so many users today, that wehn we cant run steam we are in trouble, then so many other can. this is the ugly truth. and we hope its not a steam glitch, because no matter how we put it alot of steam users with diffrent hardware and OS might not have your issue. ( even this help then it work for all others ) we just dont talk about it here.

gl with try ID why you have a issue.

ps.
if you have a gaming PC that build for reset OS and keep games install,ment at other drivers, and when you had enough of this BS , feel free to do that, no one anyone in right mind tell you to reset windows anymore, we have seen ppl with security app block steam before.

this is where you are a client that dont startup.

You can try windows event viewer , require actual it made a log entry about a app crash. i have seen in the past blocking issue is not seen as crash. so there will not be a crash report.
thats how bad it can get, or info user i block your app AV app has ben automated because gamers dont like app keep popup with blocking issue.

AV app is Anti virus app, most know this but we do see PC user that do not know this.