Steam is a Windows, Linux and Mac OS X social platform for the digital distribution of games.
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How to restrict Steam games to X hours per day? [duplicate]
I would like to know if there is a program that will restrict my gaming time to X amount of hours per day. However, all of the programs I have found are designed to be 'Net nannies' as well, and ...
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How do I transfer items between two accounts on the same computer?
I have one premium steam account that I play TF2 on, and another F2P account that I idle in. I don't know how to transfer my items from my idle account to my main account on the same computer. I ...
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Quake 3 Team Arena won't start without restarting Steam
I have Quake 3 Team Arena installed on Windows 7 32 bit via Steam and whenever I start up Steam and go to play it, it'll boot up just fine. If I play another game on Steam beforehand and then go to ...
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How do I make Steam stop broadcasting my activity to everyone? [duplicate]
First off, I don't even know why this option is on by default. It makes no sense.
Anyway, I'd like my friends not to be notified when I log in, log out, and, most importantly, start playing some ...
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How to sort the special offers list by relative discount?
With the current special, there are over 500 games discounted. But I'm not interested in sorting by price, but by relative savings. How can I browse the titles sorted that way?
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Should I install steam/origin on SSD and map some games to HDD or other way around?
Well the topic explains it all. I just reinstalled my PC. Now that I have a larger SSD I want to have some games on my SSD and some other the games on my HDD.
Now I wonder, should I install steam and ...
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How do you find and install the early alpha games on Steam?
Once an early access game has been purchased on Steam, how do you find it in your library to install it? Do you have to enable "Beta participation" in Steam? Or do you have to wait a couple of days ...
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How do I change th location of Steam games in my Start Menu?
I find the default "ProgramName" or "CompanyName/ProgramName" scheme of Windows' Start Menu hard to navigate, and always arrange it in a category structure ("Media/Winamp" and such). Unfortunately, ...
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How do I gift the rewards of the Bioshock Infinite pre-order?
I pre-purchased Bioshock Infinite. Along with this, I received Bioshock and X-Com. Both I have already. On the store-page it says for both games:
Already own it on Steam? Gift it to a friend
How ...
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Steam Connection Dialog
A period of time after I've logged onto my computer a (minimisable) steam dialogue box appears telling me I am not connected;
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I first press "Quit". This dismisses the dialog window (and displays ...
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Steam Trading Error - “This trading session has expired.”
How can I fix this issue? Sometimes I find that when I try to trade with anyone, before the screen loads, this error message pops up.
I'm not using Steam Beta.
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Is “Overlord: Raising Hell” for the PC a standalone expansion?
For some Steam games, like Titan Quest, the expansion is really just an addon to the original game, and includes all the original content plus more. Thus, even though the game and its expansion are ...
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MW3 downloading 2 times on steam
MW3 is downloading 2 times on steam. First single player which is ~7GB its downloading 14GB, so i'm hoping it will download multiplayer too, but its not, and i have to download multiplayer which is ...
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What happens when I block someone on Steam?
I'm 'away' for a week and would like some friends not to know I'm playing games. What does blocking a friend actually do?
I'm just looking for it to show me as offline and not show what game I'm ...
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How can I create a custom automatic status on Steam?
I added a media player to Steam as a non-Steam game and changed its name to "watching movie". When I launch it from the games library it changes my status. But I want to make this change automatically ...
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Is is possible to delete DLC from Steam?
Is there any way of removing DLC (Downloadable Content) from a game in Steam?
In particular, I want to remove the two map packs from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as playlists are segregated ...
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What controllers are supported through Big Picture Mode?
For Big Picture Mode, they always advertise on the game's Steam page that it supports full-controller or partial-controller. Next to that they show a picture of the Logitech F710. I know that they do ...
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Unable to install Steam
I am a first time Steam user. I am trying to download client for my Windows 7 machine. However I keep getting this error.
Fatal Error: Steam needs to be online to update. Please confirm your ...
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Bulk activate product keys in Steam
After purchasing the current Humble Bundle, I wondered if it was possible to activate all of the 6 games in Steam at once, without having to do a "Product Activation" for every game.
I could probably ...
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Free to play games go missing in the Steam library
I added the Free-To-Play Team Fortress 2 to my favorite games in the Steam library, and played the game.
After reinstalling steam, the game went missing from the library completely - it does show up ...
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How do I remove the 'last played' games from the steam taskbar?
Is there any method of removing the last played games section from Steam taskbar? I don't use it and it just keeps bugging me.
Added screen and marked spot to show what I mean.
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How do I find the account a steam game belongs to?
I own a hard copy of Left 4 Dead but unfortunately it is registered to my old Steam account, which I made several years ago and have since forgotten the password and even the username. Is there a way ...
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Which files trigger VAC (Valve Anti-Cheat) to go off? [duplicate]
Hello I've been messing around with some skins and models for TF2. I decided to add a few custom files (skins/models/sound packs) and I just want to make sure I don't trigger VAC and get in trouble ...
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Can I gift games from my library?
I understand that once a game is in the library it cannot be removed, only hidden. My question is, can I gift an uninstalled copy of a game to a friend? I understand that this may be impossible due ...
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In Batman: Arkham City, how do activation and installation limits work?
I am considering a purchase of the Game of the Year edition of Batman: Arkham City on Steam but I have heard a lot of rather negative information regarding the number of installations and activations ...
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Why does Steam keep validating files?
For a few months now, Steam has been validating my files whenever I open it. For years, Steam did not do this. What exactly is Steam doing when it says that it is validating files, and why does it ...
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How to delete old DotA 2 item builds created before the guide system?
With the patch from 20 February the new guide system is online which provides skill builds and item builds. I have been using the online tool to create those builds, but my old itembuilds saved in ...
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File Validation stuck at 100%
I recently restored my computer back to factory settings (clean os) after screwing it up, but I kept source 2007 shared materials.gcf, source 2007 shared models.gcf, source 2007 shared sounds.gcf, ...
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Are Steam games locked down?
Does Steam prevent changes to game files? There are a lot of games that benefit from tweaking or third-party patches for performance improvements or to improve compatibility with newer hardware ...
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Are classic games released on Steam somehow optimized for modern computers?
I'm wondering if classic games (released earlier than say 2000) on Steam are somehow optimized to run on modern OS's and/or hardware?
I own one such game, but it always takes some time to set it up ...
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Green Screen on Counter Strike on Linux Min
Good evening fellows, I've downloaded the Linux version of Steam and I've downloaded CS 1.6. After testing the game, I downloaded another game that didn't even load.
After this, I tried to play CS ...
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Are Steam games sandboxed?
Now that Steam is officially available on Linux, I am very interested in it!
However, I wonder what is the security system in Steam?
When I download a game through Steam, will the game run as native ...
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Is there a ready-to-go Steam Linux distribution iso?
Not sure this belongs here or super user, but Steam recently made it to official release status for Linux. Are there any distributions yet of an instantly bootable Flashdrive image or something with ...
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Add non-steam games more than 1 folder deep in bulk
I hope my question makes sense as-is - if not let me elaborate a bit.
When I click "add non-steam game", I get a big list of potential games it wants to suggest. It looks like it is doing a ...
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Planetside 2 UI isn't loading strings (names) properly - corrupt file not being fixed (Steam)
When I load up the game, I see ##UI.Play, ##UI.Settings, ##UI.Exit, etc in place of the correct Play, Settings, and Exit.
In game, I get "Error" for weapon names or "weaponID.string not found" etc ...
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Steam Menu Doesn't show games?
Sometimes, when I right click on Steam in the system tray, I see my games. Sometimes I don't. This is very strange, and annoying because I cannot access my games without opening Steam. For example, ...
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Assassin's Creed 2 Stuck at Hidden Blade Cutscene
Assassin's Creed 2 gets stuck at the cut-scene where:
I can open the map, options dialog, and change weapons but the cut-scene will not proceed.
I have tried replaying this memory several times, ...
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How to get Skyrim to sync saved games through the cloud?
I have Skyrim installed on my home PC and every time I play, it updates on the cloud, as I can see from the logo in my games list.
Now I am on a trip and wanted to play Skyrim on my laptop. I ...
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Locked out of Steam - not getting passcode email
My firewall was blocking Steam while I was logging in and failing. Now I am locked out of Steam and need an access code to log in. There seems to be no way to tell the Steam servers to send this code ...
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ROTMG account linking
I have been playing on Realm of the Mad God for months in browser. I now want to switch to steam use for personal reasons. I go to steam, click account, click 'Replace this account with web account', ...
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What games has Valve ported to Linux? [closed]
Valve has recently started moving some of their games on Steam to the Linux OS due to their owner's stated distaste for Windows 8 and the company's desire to build their own open console, termed the ...
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Team Fortress 2 won't install on custom location [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why can’t I install TF2 in a non-default game library location?
I am running a system with one 128GB SSD (used for my system and programs installed) and a couple of ...
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Playing Steam games on different versions of Windows from same location?
I have a dual boot with Window 7 (C:) and Windows 8 (D:). I have a few Call of Duty games on Steam that I want to be able to play on both OS.
Would it be possible to have the game installed on ...
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Buying games from Steam in foreign store?
I have noticed recently that Steam has different stores for different countries. These stores generally have different prices for certain games.
Is there anything wrong with me logging into the US ...
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How can I stop Steam from loading when I start my computer?
Every time I boot into OSX or Windows, Steam automatically starts.
Is there a way to stop Steam starting whenever I boot up my computer?
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I bought software on Steam, how come it's not in my list?
I just bought some software from Steam, but when I click on my games list, I don't see it.
Where do I find Steam Software that doesn't appear in my games list?
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Remove 'Steam is currently set to be in Offline Mode' dialog
Is there a way to remove or automatically skip the following dialog, which I get because I have steam set to start in offline mode:
Steam is currently set to be in Offline Mode. Many features, ...
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Is there a quick way to delete saves off of the steam cloud?
I've been playing a Endless Space for a while now, and I've got quite a few saves saved up... Any way I can clean house and mass delete the ones I no longer need?
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Steam update stuck at 99%
I am having some trouble launching Steam. My PC was out of my home country for almost a year while I was changing jobs.
I am starting up a PC after almost a year. The PC remained in Spain, while I ...
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Installing FTP Game on steam without downloading again?
I downloaded Alliance of Valiant Arms some while ago.. before installing windows 7 I just copied the ava folder into a temporary partition.
Now I am trying a direct copy and paste from that partition ...
