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On trying to fire up any game in Steam, or Activate a Product on Steam, a popup will display stating "Scanning for Steam games updates.", and just sit there. It never does anything, and only offers a Cancel button (which sometimes is even disabled), which doesn't allow me to start the game from Steam.

I assume it's never going to stop, it's been going for minutes, so, is there a way around this, a way to fix this, or a way to disable this scan?

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  • I think this question goes too far from the main topic of this website. You really should write to Steam's support if you encounter a bug with Steam. – BlaXpirit May 19 '13 at 13:18
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    @BlaXpirit Steam is most decidedly on-topic for Arqade. It's a program that most gamers use, and I think we're pretty good experts on solving various issues that crop up. – Frank May 19 '13 at 13:21
  • Any chance you can restart Steam? I've had similar issues, and that usually resolved them. – Frank May 19 '13 at 13:22
  • @fbueckert Restart of Steam didn't work, but a reboot cleared it up. Thanks. /me hangs head in shame when I don't do the obvious. – Doozer Blake May 19 '13 at 13:35
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    Okay, now I was sitting here 2 minutes waiting for Steam to start because I just launched it, but it was already open in the background... – user28015 Jul 3 '13 at 18:03
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There are a few things you can try:

  • Restart Steam.
  • Reboot your Computer
  • Wait until its done.
  • Rename the file ClientRegistry.blob to ClientRegistry.bak. By default you should find this file under C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam. This will force steam to generate a new .blob file and might fix your problem.
  • Disable and exit steam-limiter if you have it
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I've found that logging out (via change user) and logging in again fixed it for me

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A solution that I have found is to go to steam>settings>account then click the "change" button next to beta participation and choose to participate. This works because the latest beta update fixes the problem.

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It is sometimes sufficient to kill Steam.exe from the Task Manager, then launching it again.

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Just click on the steam button on the top left corner and go online

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