Slow Steam/Compatibility Mode Fix

[Ch£lSea]

Thank you for helping to fix

[Torico]

Ah, thanks for this, my Steam was hanging alot, even on fresh install.

[DarkIce]

Originally Posted by Slayer00

Thanks for the fix!

Originally Posted by Ch£lSea

Thank you for helping to fix

Originally Posted by Torico

Ah, thanks for this, my Steam was hanging alot, even on fresh install.

No problem, glad it worked!

[DarkIce]

Bump to keep helping users.

[DarkIce]

Updated the article with lots of new information.

[JeffW123]

I usually don't post, but thx for the help

[bobsbarricades]

just wanted to say thanks again. Don't know why but did a windows reinstall recently and these files weren't there. Checked a bit ago and they still weren't. Suddenly today I got the compatability mode error so I checked and there they were.

deleted, fixed, and running fast again. Have you contacted Valve about this? Seems strange but thanks for posting the info in OP.

[DarkIce]

Originally Posted by JeffW123

I usually don't post, but thx for the help

No problem!

Originally Posted by bobsbarricades

just wanted to say thanks again. Don't know why but did a windows reinstall recently and these files weren't there. Checked a bit ago and they still weren't. Suddenly today I got the compatability mode error so I checked and there they were.

deleted, fixed, and running fast again. Have you contacted Valve about this? Seems strange but thanks for posting the info in OP.

Thanks, I PM'ed a Mod and they said they were going to talk to Valve about it!

[qUiCkSiLvEr]

Thread stickied while Valve looks into this issue.

[johnnymm]

I only have "Store" folder
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Compatibility Assistant\Store

and this key name "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" and something like "steam service"

I deleted both of them, but it came up again after I restarted steam...
although the restart took mush less time than before.

using Windows 8 64bit, with OCZ SSD.

[Haste29]

My steam is hanging, it takes forever for me to log in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x76HyG2j7OU&feature=plcp

please watch.

[DarkIce]

Added a new example image to the original post.

Originally Posted by qUiCkSiLvEr

Thread stickied while Valve looks into this issue.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by johnnymm

I only have "Store" folder
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Compatibility Assistant\Store

and this key name "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" and something like "steam service"

I deleted both of them, but it came up again after I restarted steam...
although the restart took mush less time than before.

using Windows 8 64bit, with OCZ SSD.

Windows 8 is a Beta OS at the moment. If you don't have the folders in my first post, then you shouldn't have any compatibility settings applied, but you could try closing Steam first and deleting them again.

Originally Posted by Haste29

My steam is hanging, it takes forever for me to log in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x76HyG2j7OU&feature=plcp

please watch.

This isn't the right place to post, but try deleting ClientRegistry.blob in your Steam folder. If that doesn't work, contact Steam Support.

[TheReinhardt]

Thanks, awesome fix.

[SoneOner]

thanks

[DarkIce]

I've revamped "NB:" and "More info about the issue:" so they're much clearer. I've also added important information about the compatibility settings: Steam only sometimes warns for for settings applied to Steam.exe and not the Overlay or Service.

Originally Posted by TheReinhardt

Thanks, awesome fix.

Originally Posted by SoneOner

thanks

No problem!