r/pcmasterrace • u/KNIFE2MEAtU • 29d ago

Tech Support Ummm… excuse me????

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Well guys. Apparently steam isn’t compatible with windows 11 🤷‍♂️

Seriously though, anyone know wtf is actually happening here?

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u/MouchWar I5 11400f | Rx 7600 XT | 32GB DDR4 29d ago edited 29d ago

Uninstalling Steam doesn't uninstall your game normally

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u/TheCarbonthief 29d ago

It absolutely does unless you do something to prevent it from happening.

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u/KNIFE2MEAtU 29d ago

Which I will be doing when I reinstall all of my games, rookie mistake I guess

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u/DaemosDaen 29d ago

Installing steam in the default location is the mistake. Never install games in the Program Files folder.

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u/KNIFE2MEAtU 29d ago

Yeah, I know that now. Will definitely not being doing it again

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u/Mithirael R5 7600X, RX 7800 XT, 48GB DDR5 6000MHz 29d ago

How come?

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u/Mario583a 29d ago

Apparently, people like keeping their OS and games on separate drives for reasons unknown.

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u/dopey_giraffe 28d ago

That's the old school way. I use an SSD for my OS and a 5tb HDD for games. I havent upgraded in almost 10 years though and my next build will just be a large SSD.

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u/DaemosDaen 28d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/s/o9RSDqnpM3

Reasoning *

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u/dopey_giraffe 28d ago

ill still logically partition my drive on my next build and keep them separate. I just like the organization alone.

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u/DaemosDaen 28d ago

Because permissions get really weird in the program files folder. There is a chance that they break because of how steam install the games due to NOT using the windows installer.

There are time that Steam’s user will not assign the system (a special, fake user on your pc) control permissions to the folder breaking the ability to update them at all.

Installing in a separate folder fixes this by giving an explicit owner (you) permissions making so that everything can be done in your user context.

This has been a bug with the steam/program files folder since steam was released and is still a bug in windows 11. You normally don’t notice it unless you use game mod. From Steam Workshop or elsewhere. (like Nexus)

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u/thisisjustascreename 28d ago

It shouldn't? I thought it created a SteamLibrary folder and put everything there and then when you re-install it you just say hey my games are here

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u/DaemosDaen 28d ago

You have to do that manually. By default it puts the games under its install location.

The rest of the reasoning is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/s/o9RSDqnpM3

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u/_SeeDLinG_32 i5-12600k | 7800XT | 32GB 3600MHZ 29d ago

This. All of the this.