Steam unlocked downloading large files

I hope that this issue will not affect any other games on steam Have you tried using steams 'backup and restore' functionality to transfer the files to your computer?

I've had some issues too with copying just the files from one pc to another with certain games. Also: If the diagnosis ran through without any errors, you can be pretty certain there's no hardware fault present.

That's good. So I created a backup of Doom on my girlfriends computer, copied it over to my computer - where the first copy attempt under windows caused a crash Back to windows - the first Steam restore attempt created a freeze But the game didn't start - again with the "files corrupted" error.

I'm sick of this It really appears that my damn hardware is not able to work with the Doom ed files. I give up on this. Guess I have to play it on my girlfriends computer when she isn't using it. Thanks for your responses though Originally posted by Reogaz :. Check the box, and select 4 as the number of possessors.

It seems windows 10 is known for not reading the cpu type correctly, and that should fix it. This was not an issue for windows 7, and I would still be using windows 7 if it only the latest directx was compatible, and the fact I now have gb of ram.

You know, PC elitist problems. Type cmd in the search box, in the result, right-click the Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator. In the command window, type the next command: netsh winsock reset , and then press Enter button. If your computer has avast, avg, McAfee or other anti-virus software installed, this may cause your game to appear content file locked. To unlock content file, you need to temporarily disable these antivirus software.

After all the above steps finished, you can try to update mordhau, stellaris, Dota 2, CSGo and other games again, the steam content file locked error will disappear. If solution 2 cannot unlock the content file, you can try to solution 3 to move the steam installation folder and game files.

This path will be used to install new games and updated installation packages. And now you can move the saved files to the new location. Delete all the files and folders except SteamApps and UserData folders.

If the Steam content file locked error keep popping up even if you do these step, follow the next steps. Download and install Steam again to the initial location that you selected.

Move the SteamApps folder to the new Steam directory. This will copy all of your game content, your saved games and settings. Launch Steam and enter your credentials. Ask Question. Asked 8 years, 1 month ago. Active 7 years ago.

Viewed 82k times. I've restarted steam and it doesn't seem to be performing any cleanup. Improve this question. Hashbrown Hashbrown 3 3 gold badges 13 13 silver badges 24 24 bronze badges. In general it's safe to delete anything in the Steam folder, with the exception of userdata contains user settings and steamapps contains installed games and, depending on the game, save files.

Even then, deleting those won't break steam, it'll just lose you some settings and save games and require re-installing all of your games. As long as steam. I mean, if I meant safe in a way where nothing was irreversibly damaged I could just delete the whole Steam folder, because its all re-downloadable.

I don't want to have to redownload or set up anything after doing this, was what I meant — Hashbrown. Valve lets you download your Steam cloud save files via a web browser, too. You can download just your save files without re-downloading the entire game. For example, Borderlands 2 is available for both PC and Mac. It synchronizes its save files with Steam Cloud, but both the PC and Mac versions sync save files separately. Without using the website, this would require downloading Borderlands 2 on one platform, extracting your save games, and then downloading the game on a second platform!

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