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#1

That is the message I was greeted with earlier when I tried to start(which started the automatic update) Steam.

I have renamed the clientregistry.blob, tried updating it in safe mode, running it as an administrator and I have removed every trace of Steam from my computer and reinstalling to no avail(it now gives Win32 Error 5 :frowning: ).
I was wondering if anyone else was having this issue, and if so, did you fix it and how?

I am on Windows Vista SP2 32-Bit, if thatā€™s any help.

EDIT:
I appear to have fixed it, renaming the clientregistry.blob, running in safe mode with networking and running steam.exe as administrator seems to have allowed Steam to update itself(although I tried this earlier and it didnā€™t like itā€¦), ignore this thread unless you are having a similar issue. \o/

#2

Oh, i have the problem too when my pc was hitted by virus, not it is done too.

a +1 post, sorry.

#3

I had the problem yesterday.
It kinda fixed itself for me - after a Steam restart it applied the update successfully.

Running WinXPSP3 on the netbawk.

#4

I have this too. can someone tell me a way around it in simple english, I know very little about technology or computers?

thank you.

#5

Yes, itā€™s annoying, i canā€™t launch steam.

#6

BTW renaming clientregistry.blob doesnā€™t always work, permanently deleting it is the best solution.

#7

Yes, I have this problem. Whatā€™s the best solution? I renamed that blob thing but it didnā€™t work.

Edit: Nevermind itā€™s working again, what was that update?

#8

Anytime something goes goofy in steam, I delete all .blob files and it takes care of itself.

#9

Iā€™m starting to believe that those .blob files are an inside joke of Valve employees.

They probably refer to Gabe as ā€œthe Blobā€ when they say ā€œIf a Valve product fails, blame the blob.ā€.

ā€œIf steam fails, blame the Blob.ā€

#10

lol.

PLEASE HELP!!!

#11

I have a batch file that deletes every *.blob file in C:/Games/Steam

#12

butā€¦ there is only two of them. why make a batch file for that?

#13

cuz im lazy

I also have a batch file that automatically closes steam.exe, msnmsgr.exe and explorer.exe when I open gta IV, and as soon as I exit, reopens them. This makes 2gb almost enough to run it on high detail.

#14

please can someone help! can you explain how to get rid of this please?

#15

Check your internet settings.

in internet explorer internet options check/uncheck the ā€œdetect settingsā€ checkbox and try again

#16

sorry, canā€™t find it, where in internet options is it?

#17

connections -> lan settings

#18

ok thanks very much :slight_smile: .

Edit: no, didnā€™t work, thanks anyway :frowning: . anyone else?

#19

Mine was messed up too, didnā€™t take any notice, and itā€™s fine today.

#20

reinstall steam

your only other option is to wait and try again later

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