Steam failing after a few seconds

Kevin Ascher · Feb 27, 2010

I got a problem with Steam here.

I just got myself TOTAL WAR: Napoleon, but whenever I want to connect it with Steam and want to start Steam, Steam will shut down after 5 to 10 seconds.
Has someone ever had this problem before and managed to solve it?
Every help is greatly appreciated.

Ps: I tried reinstalling Steam several times, always ending up with the same problem.
Any other programme is working just fine.
I don't have this problem with my other computer.

Jason Dewhurst · Feb 28, 2010

What is the error code you are getting?

Kevin Ascher · Feb 28, 2010

When I want to start Steam I don't get any error code at all. It just closes itself after a few seconds.

When I want to repair it, it says that there is some Steam_tray.ico data missing so it can't be repaired.

Jason Dewhurst · Feb 28, 2010

Kevin Ascher said:
When I want to start Steam I don't get any error code at all. It just closes itself after a few seconds.

When I want to repair it, it says that there is some Steam_tray.ico data missing so it can't be repaired.

Have you tried reinstalling? using regcure might help could be a registry problem.

Damian Henderson · Feb 28, 2010

Reinstall should fix it.

Kevin Ascher · Feb 28, 2010

Kevin Ascher said:
Ps: I tried reinstalling Steam several times, always ending up with the same problem.
Any other programme is working just fine.
I don't have this problem with my other computer.

I did, like 20 times

Christopher Aponte · Mar 1, 2010

uninstall > reboot pc > install

Jason Dewhurst · Mar 1, 2010

Christopher Aponte said:
uninstall > reboot pc > install

correction...

uninstall > clean regedit of any steam entries > reboot > install

any errors he has wont go away if there in the registry and are not dealt with.

Kevin Ascher · Mar 2, 2010

Wow, my computer starts going really crazy now and won't launch many Windows programmes anymore :-(
I'm going to reinstall Windows tomorrow.
Thanks for your help guys.