Steam does not start
So yesterday I wanted to change my steam account i have a spare one.i wanted to change accounts clicked the button for it and normally it will show a window where you can change the accounts.
In my case it said loading… and then basically crashed.after that it began I couldnt start steam wether it was normal or as an admin.

Then i tried different things like clearing the steam cache,flush config commands didnt work either. I tried dns flushes windows defender also doesnt seem to be the problem and then i watched videos which said i have to go into %localappdata% clear everything regarding steam (nothing of that worked steam briefly opens a window for a split second and updates and vanishes, does also not respond at all like it does nothing). I also tried something like vgui commands and literally everything i could find but nothing worked regedit something something didnt work either im at a complete loss.

Then i reinstalled windows but not completely it was the option where you can keep some of the data on the pc (surprise —didnt work—)

Then I did a complete windows reset which cleared every bit of data on that pc and it didnt work

On the contrary it made it worse another Program from Corsair which is responsible for the RGB on my keyboard (corsair ICUE) had exactly the same problem. Both steam and icue went through the installer, installed everything and after that it doesnt open it just does nothing.

And obviosly I tried the easy things like restarting the pc or reinstalling steam



Please if someone can help i would very much appreciate the help it is desperately needed.


Thank you in advance
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Brownies 21. dec. kl. 4:38 
Hello!
I don't know if it is exactly the same problem but two people on the french forum couldn't open Steam either and it seems that unpluging their controller worked for Steam to launch. Hopefully it will help you too.
Good luck :epihappy:
--------- 21. dec. kl. 4:47 
To clarify what do you mean unplugging my controller? Literally unplugging my usb controller or something entirely different? Not to sound dumb or so
Brownies 21. dec. kl. 5:04 
Sorry, english is not my native language :awkwardsmile: Yes, I mean unplugging your usb controller. It seems that unplugging external devices solved their problem.
StonegriP 21. dec. kl. 7:37 
have to say: after a big trouble this hint soved my problem. I've launched the client many times after many different tryes (restarting PC, cleaning cache, fresh install, killing the process) but steam was silent and not working.
As soon i've unplugghed my controller steam started immediatly.
Thanks a lot
--------- 21. dec. kl. 8:17 
I will try that then thank you
Basic_Dev 21. dec. kl. 22:10 
unplugging my controller instantly launched it as well after trying multiple installs. I'm at a loss for words
Oprindeligt skrevet af Basic_Dev:
unplugging my controller instantly launched it as well after trying multiple installs. I'm at a loss for words

I'm not surprised. It's happened before.

Join... https://eo.steamhost.cc/steamcommunity_com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/3/688618675547204661/

:nkCool:
--------- For 8 timer siden 
Its crazy to me how that worked after everything i have done unplugging my controller was the thing that did it


That is absolutely wild thank you
Not going to lie that's one weird bug
Floid For 6 timer siden 
A steam client update revision has been released now. It apparently fixes this issue with steam not booting while a controller is connected.

Download the update for your steam - plug in your controller - and reboot steam to test if the issue is fixed for you.

:steamthumbsup:
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