Steam is well known to crash from fourth dimension to time either on startup each time you lot launch it or it crashes randomly. This is a very mutual problem that is addressed by Steam on their official forums as well. The fixes listed there, however, do not seem to piece of work.

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Before moving on with the solutions, make sure that there are no external devices attached to your system. Restart your system and launch Steam to bank check if the trouble is solved. Plow off whatever proxy or VPN, if you are using. Moreover, endeavour to use windowed mode for Steam games and check if that helps. If you are using a beta version of Steam, opt-out of it.

We have listed downwards all the possible ways to set this trouble. Refer to the solutions from the acme and work your way down. As you go down, the technical difficulty of the solutions increment.

Solution i: Delete ClientRegistry.blob

ClientRegistry.blob is the file used past Steam that holds your registration data of the installed games. If we delete information technology, the file volition be restored on the next login. You preserve all of your default settings on each game installed (your name, skins, etc). This fixes about xxx% of the problems as this file can get corrupt easily.

Practice notation that subsequently this solution when you launch Steam once again, information technology will prompt you for your username and countersign. Don't follow this solution if you lot don't have your credentials at hand. Furthermore, your saved progress and in-game items will not be lost. They are stored on cloud storage by Steam so information technology is prophylactic to assume that deleting ClientRegistry.hulk won't bring any bug to you or Steam. Follow the steps listed beneath.

  1. Completely exit Steam and end all tasks as mentioned in the solution higher up.
  2. Scan to your Steam directory. The default 1 is
C:\Program Files\Steam.
  1. Locate 'C lientRegistry. hulk'.
    Locate ClientRegistry.hulk'
  2. Rename the file to 'C lientRegistryOld. blob' (or you can delete the file completely).
  3. Restart Steam and allow the file to be recreated.

Hopefully, your Customer volition run as expected. If it still doesn't piece of work, follow the steps listed below.

  1. Browse back to your Steam directory.
  2. Locate 'Steamerrorreporter. exe'.
    Locate Steamerrorreporter.exe
  3. Run the awarding and re-launch Steam.

Solution 2: Kick System in Safety style with Networking and Then Launch Steam

Safety style is a diagnostic startup mode present in the Windows Os. Information technology is used to proceeds limited access to Windows while troubleshooting equally most of the unwanted processes/software gets disabled. Rubber mode is adult to help pinpoint the problem or prepare it in well-nigh cases.

If your Steam starts upwards normally using this method, it means that there is a conflict with a third party application/software with your Steam. You can endeavor removing/disabling these applications to ensure that the conflict gets resolved.

Starting anything in condom manner doesn't pose any kind of thread and it is used worldwide to prepare various problems. Y'all don't accept to worry nearly anything.

  1. Y'all can go your computer to safe style. If you are running Windows 7, you can press the push button F8 when the estimator starts up. Then you tin can choose the pick named "Enable Safe Way with Networking". Click the option and Windows will start in the desired way.
  2. Open up Steam and try connecting information technology to the cyberspace and logging in. If this is successful, information technology means that your antivirus or firewall/tertiary political party program may be the event. You can scan the solutions below where nosotros take explained how to remove/configure these applications footstep past step.

If y'all still face a problem and Steam refuses to get-go and keeps crashing, it means that there is another trouble. Keep following the solutions listed below.

Solution three: Launch Steam With Administrator Access

Steam is a platform that requires "read and write" permissions on disks and its folders. Sometimes it also needs to change the organization files so it can run in the most optimized mode possible. If Steam doesn't have administrator access, it tin can become stuck and go along crashing indefinitely. By default, Steam doesn't take administrative rights when it is installed. Y'all can grant it the privileges by following the steps mentioned beneath.

  1. Browse to the directory where Steam is installed. The default location of it is
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam

    If you take Steam installed somewhere else, you can browse to that location and follow the steps listed below.

  2. Once in the directory, browse for the file named "Steam. exe". This is the main Steam launcher. You should right-click on information technology and select Properties from the list of options. Select the Compatibility tab from the peak of the screen. At the bottom of the pocket-sized window, you volition see a checkbox that says "Run This Programme equally Administrator". Make sure it is checked. Relieve changes and exit.
    Enable Run This Program as Ambassador for Steam.exe
  3. Now browse for the file named "GameOverlayUI. exe". You lot should right-click on information technology and select Properties from the list of options. Select the Compatibility tab from the top of the screen. At the bottom of the small-scale window, you will see a checkbox that says "Run this Program as Administrator". Make certain it is checked. Save changes and exit.
    Enable Run This Plan equally an Administrator for GameOverlayUI.exe
  4. Now restart your computer to ensure that all the changes take taken place and launch Steam. Hopefully, it won't crash and will run as expected.

Solution 4: Disable Your Antivirus and Firewall

Information technology is a well-known fact that Steam conflicts a lot with many Antivirus software. Steam has a lot of processes going on at once at the same fourth dimension. This consumes a lot of memory and CPU usage. Because of this, many antivirus software adds Steam as a potential threat and doesn't let it run as expected.

We have put together a guide on how to put steam equally an exception in antivirus. Follow the steps here.

For disabling the Windows Firewall, follow the steps listed beneath.

  1. Printing Windows + R push to bring up the Run application. In the dialogue box type "control". This will open your computer's control panel in front of you.
  2. On the acme right there will be a dialogue box to search. Write the Firewall and click on the first pick that comes every bit a result.
    Open up Windows Firewall
  3. At present on the left side, click the option which says "Turn Windows Firewall on or off". Through this, you lot can turn your firewall off easily.
    Open Turn Windows Firewall on or off Setting
  4. Select the pick of "Plough off Windows Firewall" on both the tabs, Public and Private Networks. Relieve changes and exit. Restart Steam and launch it using the option Run equally administrator.
    Turn off Windows Firewall
  5. If Steam launches and doesn't crash, it means at that place was a problem with the antivirus/firewall conflicting with your client. If not, keep following the solutions listed below.

Solution 5: Delete the AppCache Binder of Steam

AppCache is a cache allocated for files. It doesn't contain whatever of the Steam system files and will not affect your client in any manner. We can try deleting it and checking if this solves the trouble. There are very fewer chances that it will piece of work simply it's worth a shot before proceeding to more technical solutions present.

  1. Browse to the directory where Steam is installed. The default location of it is
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam

    If you have Steam installed somewhere else, y'all can browse to that location and follow the steps listed below.

  2. At present search for a folder named "A ppCache". Delete information technology (or you can cut and paste information technology in a different location so the client thinks it is deleted).
    Delete AppCache Folder in Steam Installation Director
  3. Restart your figurer and launch Steam using the option "Run as administrator" when you right-click it.

If this doesn't fix the trouble and game still crashes, follow the solutions listed below.

Solution 6: Update Your Organization Drivers

Your reckoner uses drivers to launch any awarding. Steam as well updates itself with any new drivers which come to the market. If Steam is updated to run with the latest drivers while your computer still has the old ones installed, this can evidence to be a conflict.

Always make certain that your drivers are upwards-to-date. These include sound, video, graphics drivers, etc. As well, update other drivers such as DirectX.

  1. Press the ⊞ Win(windows) + R primal to bring upwards the Run window (make sure to run it as administrator).
  2. In the dialogue box type "DxDiag". This will open up up the DirectX diagnostic tool. Information technology will list all the bachelor hardware that is installed on your PC forth with the versions of the software.
    Launch DirectX Diagnostic Tool
  3. Use your official hardware proper noun to search for the latest drivers available and download them through the net. You tin also update drivers using the Windows update. Follow the steps listed below.
  4. Click Start and blazon in the dialogue box "Settings". Click the application that returns in the search results. Click on the "Update and security" push.
    Open up Update & Security in Settings
  5. Here you will find "Check for updates" in the "Windows Update" tab. Now windows will check for any bachelor updates and perform them after downloading.
    Check For Windows Update
  6. At that place is also some other way present through which y'all tin can manually click the devices and check if the latest drivers are installed. Press Windows + R button to bring upwards the Run application. In the dialogue box, blazon "devmgmt.msc". This will launch your computer's device director.
  7. Once in the device manager, correct-click on the device and select the option which says "update driver".
    Update Graphics Driver
  8. Once you click it, some other window volition popular upwardly asking if you want Windows to automatically search the internet for the available drivers or if you desire to browse them yourself. Select the first option.
    Search Automatically For Updated Driver Software
  9. If the drivers are the latest, Windows will pop a dialogue box stating that the best drivers bachelor are already installed. If not, it volition start downloading them and install them momentarily.
The best drivers for your device are already installed

If the problem started to occur afterward updating the graphics driver, and so rolling back the driver may solve the problem.

Solution 7: Reset the Network Adapter

Network adapter is the main component in your computer which communicates with the estimator and with the operating arrangement. Network adapters work automatically with your other drivers but in that location are instances where they make it an error state or have a decadent configuration fix. In that case, resetting your network protocol may solve the problem.

  1. Get out Steam and close all running processes of Steam through Task Manager.
  2. Printing Windows key and blazon "Command Prompt". Then in the resulting listing, correct-click on Command Prompt and select Run equally Administrator.
    Running Control Prompt as an administrator
  3. Now type the following control in the command prompt:
    netsh winsock reset
  4. Restart your system. Afterwards the system is started, launch Steam and check if the problem is solved.

Solution 8: Outing out of beta

It's possible that you have opted into the beta program of Steam, this tin cause stability issues for some users if the beta version has any problems. This results in your Steam crashing, follow these steps to opt-out of the beta program of Steam.

  1. If y'all can open Steam simply caput over to steam settings then become to the "Business relationship" section.
  2. Now but click the "Change" option then select "None" to disable the beta plan.
    Opting out of Beta Steam
  3. If y'all can't able to open Steam at all you lot can endeavour the method shown below.

Final Solution: Uninstall Steam And Reinstall Later

Before we uninstall Steam, you should copy the folder named "SteamApps". This contains all the data regarding your games. If you don't re-create this folder, the uninstallation process will remove all of your game files. Now we will proceed with the uninstallation procedure. There are 2 ways to uninstall Steam. The get-go one is to uninstall using Control Console and the second i is to uninstall it manually.

Resort to the starting time method equally it is more easy and comprehensive. If the first method fails, resort to the 2d one.

Uninstall Through Control Panel

  1. Printing Windows + R button and in the dialogue box type "taskmgr". This will bring up the task manager.
  2. End all Steam-related processes starting from Steam Client Bootstrapper.
  3. Scan to your Steam directory every bit we did in the earlier steps.
  4. Motion the binder "SteamApps" to your desktop or any other attainable location and delete it from the Steam directory.
  5. At present nosotros will uninstall Steam using the control panel. Printing Windows + R to bring upward the Run window. Type "control panel" in the dialogue box and hit Ok.
  6. Once you accept opened the command panel, select "Uninstall a plan" seen under the tab of Programs.
    Uninstall a Programme
  7. Select Steam from the list of options and uninstall.
  8. Press Finish to complete the uninstall process.

Uninstall Manually

When nosotros deal with the registry, we have to be extra careful non to tamper other registries. Doing so tin result in major technical issues on your PC. Ever follow the steps very carefully and only exercise what is mentioned.

  1. Navigate to your Steam directory. You lot can copy the binder "Steamapps" if you wish to save the game files for future use.
  2. Delete all the Steam files in your directory.
  3. Press Windows + R button and in the dialogue box type "Regedit". This will bring upwards the registry editor.
  4. For 32 chip computers, navigate to
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Valve\
  5. Correct-click on Valve and select the option delete.
  6. For 64 bit computers, navigate to
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Valve\
  7. Right-click on Valve and select the choice delete.
    Delete Valve Registry Entry
  8. Navigate to:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Steam
  9. Right-click on Steam and printing delete.
    Delete Steam Entry in Registry
  10. Shut your registry editor.

Install Steam

Since we have uninstalled Steam once more, we tin start the installation process. You can get the Steam installation files from here. Click on "Install Steam Now". Your computer will download the required files and upon opening, ask for the install location you wish to choose.

Chose the download location and let Steam download and install itself. After installation, run Steam and hopefully, it won't be giving any bug.

Note: Fifty-fifty after following all these solutions, Steam keeps crashing, information technology means that there is a trouble with your hard bulldoze. Check your hard drive for any bad sectors using any software bachelor.

Other Workarounds

If none of the solutions in a higher place helped you at all it'southward possible that you have a bad USB driver on your computer. At present you tin can't ready it straight, you volition have to update your USB hub drivers and check for whatever conflicts, Information technology's preferred to use the USB Drivers provided by the manufacturer of your Device. Yet, for now, earlier starting steam please unplug all of your USB devices except for your Mouse and then right-click on the Steam icon and run it equally an administrator. This should work for you. If it does piece of work for you but equally soon equally plugging your devices back crashes steam for you. You can try to first Steam equally Large Film mode.