Steam won't launch

[StarsMars]

Has anyone else run into this lately?

 

When I click to open steam, it shows the following briefly before disappearing.

Tried running as administrator.

Checked task manager for processes and details. Nothing there.

Checked system tray. Nothing there.

Sometimes rebooting works, sometimes I need to reinstall steam.

 

I'm close to just doing a fresh install of windows but I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this.

 

[mMontana]

I'd try this sequence from "command prompt as administrator"

1:

sfc /scannow

this will try to find and repair any windows errors

2:

chkdsk c: /f

this, at first reboot, will execute a file system check of your C: drive. You can run on other drives, changing the letter, but it will close any open file during the check and the solve

 

None of these is specific for Steam, but might help to diagnose and solve underlying windows issues. Consider if you don't have a fresh backup...  to do it before launching these.

 

Do not blindly execute any of the commands: these are legit and safe, but please, check on what these commands do from other sources befor input them. Any "as administrator" task should be done with some knowledge of the possible outcome.

[StarsMars]

2 minutes ago, mMontana said:

I'd try this sequence from "command prompt as administrator"

1:

sfc /scannow

this will try to find and repair any windows errors

2:

chkdsk c: /f

this, at first reboot, will execute a file system check of your C: drive. You can run on other drives, changing the letter, but it will close any open file during the check and the solve

 

None of these is specific for Steam, but might help to diagnose and solve underlying windows issues. Consider if you don't have a fresh backup...  to do it before launching these.

 

Do not blindly execute any of the commands: these are legit and safe, but please, check on what these commands do from other sources befor input them. Any "as administrator" task should be done with some knowledge of the possible outcome.

I appreciate it. I do run these often.

I'm more checking to see if anyone else is running into issues with steam.

[StarsMars]

Reinstalling/resetting windows seems to have fixed the issue as well as various other issues like mp4 files not opening.