[Codename 47]

Often when I turn on my computer, Steam seems to start with it. But I can't find any Steam program running. And when I try to start a new one, it says that Steam is already running.

The only way to fix this (temporarily), that I know, is to eliminate the process named "Steam 732897", and then restarting Steam. But when I turn on my computer again, the problem returns.

Does anyone know a permanent solution?

P.S. I have encountered this problem on two computers, one with Vista and one with Windows 7.

[MAspiderface]

Ctrl+alt+del
Processes.
Click on Steam.exe
End Process

[stea1th]

Stop steam from opening at start up and activate it manually when you want to play.

[Codename 47]

Is that really the only option?

[CoolCorky]

Is it really that much of a trauma to double-click an icon?

[ica|kvantum]

MAspiderface posted:

Ctrl+alt+del
Processes.
Click on Steam.exe
End Process

I have the same problem sometimes and i do this ^

Try run msconfig maby and fix your start programs?

[Codename 47]

CoolCorky posted:

Is it really that much of a trauma to double-click an icon?

Double click an icon? If double click the Steam icon, it says it's already running.
Then I have to eliminate the process manually, which gets pretty annoying over time.

ica|kvantum posted:

I have the same problem sometimes and i do this ^

Try run msconfig maby and fix your start programs?

Messing with my start programs doesn't help; if I don't start Steam on Windows startup, the next time I run it it says that it could not connect to Steam. Then, when I try to run the program again, it says it's already running, and so on.

[CoolCorky]

Codename 47 posted:

Double click an icon? If double click the Steam icon, it says it's already running.
Then I have to eliminate the process manually, which gets pretty annoying over time.

I meant if you have it not start on computer startup.

[Codename 47]

CoolCorky posted:

I meant if you have it not start on computer startup.

What

[gk99]

Uninstall => Reinstall

It could help.

[Zackin5]

Steam is set to start once you start the computer. but it hangs so it does not fully start up, so you have to end the process and double click the shortcut to start it.

But if you set it not to start on startup then it won't hang and you just need to use the shortcut to run it.

[dzonint]

gk99 posted:

Uninstall => Reinstall

It could help.

The fuck?
You are 10 year old furry?

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[anarcheril]

All right, even though the fix has already been stated, I will give a fuller tutorial, also explaining why this happens. When you try to start steam and you get the message telling you steam is already running, and you can clearly see its not, its because you steam app id isn't logged in but your steam client is running. As far as fixing goes there are a couple ways of doing things, Vista is a very unstable operating system, and windows 7 is a little new on the block, so these errors are much more common on them rather than in XP. So to start... as previously mentioned the quick fix is to end the steam process ( Ctrl+Alt-Del, open task manager, go to the process tab, look for "steam.exe" and end it ) and then re-open steam. If you want to prevent this from ever happening, you wont, now and then it will always do this on any PC. But to do the best you can you should start by taking it off your program start up list ( Open steam settings and go to the Interface tab and near the bottom, uncheck "Run Steam when Windows Starts". This means you will manually have to start it up when you start up your PC. As for when you run it, things always run better and avoid errors when you run them in compatibility mode, and as admin. So on your steam shortcut, right click and go to preferences and set the compatibility mode to windows XP sp2. Click apply or Ok, then right click the shortcut and run as admin. Running it compatibility mode should take care of any Windows related problems that are stopping the steam client from doing its business.

Have a good one, I'm off to have some Nachos,

[AlfieSR]

dzonint posted:

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To OP, disable steam starting at startup, restart, then re-enable it. If that doesn't fix the problem, reinstall.

[TacticalSanta]

MAspiderface posted:

Ctrl+alt+del
Processes.
Click on Steam.exe
End Process

I don't know if it's windows 7 or not, but I find myself having to do this just about every time I close Firefox, and every once and a while steam.

Know that I think about it. It usually only does this if I close a program and re open it within a minute. Probably has something to do with firefox caching stuff before it terminates. idk.

[Codename 47]

anarcheril posted:

All right, even though the fix has already been stated, I will give a fuller tutorial, also explaining why this happens. When you try to start steam and you get the message telling you steam is already running, and you can clearly see its not, its because you steam app id isn't logged in but your steam client is running. As far as fixing goes there are a couple ways of doing things, Vista is a very unstable operating system, and windows 7 is a little new on the block, so these errors are much more common on them rather than in XP. So to start... as previously mentioned the quick fix is to end the steam process ( Ctrl+Alt-Del, open task manager, go to the process tab, look for "steam.exe" and end it ) and then re-open steam. If you want to prevent this from ever happening, you wont, now and then it will always do this on any PC. But to do the best you can you should start by taking it off your program start up list ( Open steam settings and go to the Interface tab and near the bottom, uncheck "Run Steam when Windows Starts". This means you will manually have to start it up when you start up your PC. As for when you run it, things always run better and avoid errors when you run them in compatibility mode, and as admin. So on your steam shortcut, right click and go to preferences and set the compatibility mode to windows XP sp2. Click apply or Ok, then right click the shortcut and run as admin. Running it compatibility mode should take care of any Windows related problems that are stopping the steam client from doing its business.

Have a good one, I'm off to have some Nachos,

Wow, thanks dude. That was really useful, and I think I've fixed it now. I hope you enjoyed your nachos, and I hope you read this and feel cool :c00l:

Thanks again!

[Cat314159]

anarcheril posted:

All right, even though the fix has already been stated, I will give a fuller tutorial, also explaining why this happens. When you try to start steam and you get the message telling you steam is already running, and you can clearly see its not, its because you steam app id isn't logged in but your steam client is running. As far as fixing goes there are a couple ways of doing things, Vista is a very unstable operating system, and windows 7 is a little new on the block, so these errors are much more common on them rather than in XP. So to start... as previously mentioned the quick fix is to end the steam process ( Ctrl+Alt-Del, open task manager, go to the process tab, look for "steam.exe" and end it ) and then re-open steam. If you want to prevent this from ever happening, you wont, now and then it will always do this on any PC. But to do the best you can you should start by taking it off your program start up list ( Open steam settings and go to the Interface tab and near the bottom, uncheck "Run Steam when Windows Starts". This means you will manually have to start it up when you start up your PC. As for when you run it, things always run better and avoid errors when you run them in compatibility mode, and as admin. So on your steam shortcut, right click and go to preferences and set the compatibility mode to windows XP sp2. Click apply or Ok, then right click the shortcut and run as admin. Running it compatibility mode should take care of any Windows related problems that are stopping the steam client from doing its business.

Have a good one, I'm off to have some Nachos,

OMG thank you i was rely woried because i have got a new computer a week ago and today steam kept on stuffing up like this so i searched google and you were the only one (that i got to look at) that acualy explaind how to fix the problem so THANK_YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!

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Cat314159 posted:

OMG thank you i was rely woried because i have got a new computer a week ago and today steam kept on stuffing up like this so i searched google and you were the only one (that i got to look at) that acualy explaind how to fix the problem so THANK_YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!

Seriously,the last post here was a year ago and didn't you notice how everyone else in the entire thread used perfect grammar?Facepunch isn't the forum for you,either get out or just lurk,observe and don't post until you know how to act more maturely on the internet.

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