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    Default Steam help? No other forums will reply :?

    About a month ago i went to open steam and i got the error message "Failed to load Modules". So after a bit of research i tried the usual fixes a Google search would find, such as " Delete ClientRegistryBlob" etc.

    This then lead to the same error. I then uninstalled steam completely ( including from registry ) and now i get the error " There was a problem with your steam installation, Please re-install"

    This again has failed to work, I even switched between my two connected hardrives, erased both and several times, reformatting on to each drive and it still will not work :/

    Sorry for wall of text but can anyone help?

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    Default Re: Steam help? No other forums will reply :?

    I don't know if this will work for you, but it seems to have worked for a few people with similar problems.

    Start services.msc in run.

    Find application experience, enable it, start the service, and set it to automatic start.

    Uninstall steam from control panel and use ccleaner to clean out its registry entries.

    Start installing steam again.
    Edit: Also, from what I've learned over the years: When in doubt, check for bad memory. It could be a bad bit in memory that is being accessed by Steam's install causing the failure. Never hurts to run memory tests to see if they are in top shape.

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    Default Re: Steam help? No other forums will reply :?

    Quote Originally Posted by NightrainSrt4 View Post
    I don't know if this will work for you, but it seems to have worked for a few people with similar problems.

    Thanks for the reply buddy I'll give that a go now and report back

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    Default Re: Steam help? No other forums will reply :?

    I just did what you suggested above about ccleaner ( yet to try install steam again just yet)

    What program would you recommend to check memory with?

    thanks

    EDIT: Just got MemTest so i will run that now

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    Could not connect to Steam network.
    This could be due to problem with your Internet connection, or with the Steam network. Please visit http://www.steampowered.com for more info.

    Talk about confusing, I can't get my network to open the ports I need because I'm super confused on how what the trigger point is.. I have a few games on there, but it wont let me connect and its very frustrating...
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    Default Re: Steam help? No other forums will reply :?

    Ran MemTest to find no errors have you any more suggestions buddy ?

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    How many times did you run MemTest? Best to let that thing run overnight.
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    Default Re: Steam help? No other forums will reply :?

    Ahah I see, I only had it on for 2 hours lol i'll leave it on tonight

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    Default Re: Steam help? No other forums will reply :?

    Did you try the entire procedure listed before that, or just pieces of it? From my googling, there were a few people with the same / similar problem that process worked for. I would try the entire process in that order. You can also check if UAC is causing problems, try the install with it off if it isn't already.

    The memtest was an edit to my post, as I've gone through long winded fixes of software only to have it have been a memory hardware problem.

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    Default Re: Steam help? No other forums will reply :?

    try the things listed here
    http://forums.steamgames.com/forums/....php?t=1316865

    also try sfc /scannow. hope that helps some
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