Jan 11, 2017 - Left the pc all day downloading it, and then tonight it just got stuck for no reason, the. And resuming, after that I lost all my progress again, something around 25gb. Restart your PC, and try downloading the game again. Hi all, I am now installing/downloading the game for prop the 8th time in the past couple of weeks. I was playing this morning, put my laptop on sleep while at work. When i return home and log onto battlenet i get the 54GB remaining and the download starts all over again. Its like the game disapears from my hard drive.
There appears to be a bug on Apple's iTunes App Store that's causing apps to show up as having available updates even after they've been downloaded over and over again. Here's what it looks like -- the App Store on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iTunes on your PC tells you you have an update for an app. You tap or click to update, enter your iTunes password, and the app downloads -- but it still shows the app in the update list. You tap or click update again, it downloads again, but again still shows the app in the update list. Or worse (as happened to me a few weeks ago), iTunes pops up a Checking for Available Downloads dialog then proceeds to try, over and over again, for days, to download 1.3GB of turn-by-turn navigation app update.
Of course, the problem seems intermittent and random -- different users experiencing the it with different apps at different times. It's also unclear if everyone is having the same problem. For some, Apple's iTunes app servers may not be properly providing the updated app file and so the new version is not successfully getting installed on the device. For others, the file might be getting installed but iTunes doesn't recognize or register it so keeps offering the same update. We've gotten quiet a few readers writing in about it now, and there's the usual huge thread up on Apple's discussion boards.
Possible solutions include rebooting your iPhone or restarting iTunes on your PC, or just waiting and trying again in a day or so. On rare occasions it looks like it takes a few days to sort itself out, which for small apps isn't a show-stopper for those 1GB apps (or large games), it can be untenable, especially for people in countries with tight data caps on their home internet.
Some developers are hearing enough feedback on this that they're contacting Apple in hopes of some server-side fixing. We're hoping for some as well.
If you're having this problem, let us know in the comments, and let us know what (if anything) is fixing it for you.
I uninstalled and re-installed steam. I didn't uninstall my games, and they still exist on my hard drive (I checked).
I have an SSD and a HDD, and to save space I install programs (including steam) to C:Program Files (x86)Steam drive (SSD) and games to D:GamesSteamApps (HDD). How to I let steam know the programs are installed there?
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There is now an official support article at support.steampowered.com covering some other solutions as well.
Go to Steam > Settings > Downloads tab > Steam library folders. Add the D:Games folder there and restart Steam. Steam should then be able to find the installed games again.
Yes, just click install and this will happen:
After this it either installs the files or just does nothing. I had the same problem but I think it got patched by Valve a while ago
I know this is an old question with old answers, but I came across it when I made the mistake of backing up only my .SteamAppsCommon folder, and not the app manifests that accompanied them before uninstalling, deleting and reinstalling Steam.
None of the easy methods worked for me, and faced with the task of manually clicking through the install dialogue and waiting for it to discover existing files 1000 times over, I wrote a PowerShell script to do it for me.
It saved me a lot of time and effort, so I thought I'd share for anyone else who lands here.
I can confirm the possible ways for you because I have done it many times.
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Method 1: Moving games to a new hard drive (like SSD)
The root folder can be anywhere, but the games must be in the subdirectory named 'steamappscommon' from the root folder. If you want the games to reside in D:Games then you should create the folder structure: D:Gamessteamappscommon
The resulting game folders will look like this:
D:GamessteamappscommonArma 2D:GamessteamappscommonArma 2 Operation ArrowheadD:GamessteamappscommonMountblade WarbandD:GamessteamappscommonAssassin's Creed IV Black Flag
Once the games are in place, in the Steam client open the Steam menu (top left corner) and select Settings. Open the 'Downloads' section and at the very top, the first setting is named Content Libraries with a button Steam Library Folders. Click the button to open Steam Library Folders. Click the 'Add Library Folder' button to add a new library then select the folder D:Games. The library list should now show 'D:Games' as a Steam Library.
Exit Steam and then run it again. As soon as it opens, all the games that it finds in the library folder will be shown in White color as if they were already installed.
Method 2: Copying steam games from an old computer to a new computerOn the new computer, open Steam and either install one small game, or create the subdirectory yourself - it should be C:Program Files(x86)Steamsteamappscommon
Exit Steam, then copy the games from the old computer's steam library usually from C:Program Files(x86)Steamsteamappscommon into the same folder on the new computer.
Run Steam, and all the game names listed in your library will be in White color as if they were installed. When you run the games, Steam will run the DirectX prerequisite installs if neeeded just like it had done on the old computer.
Method 3: Copying a single game from one PC to the otherSteam can be left running. On the new computer, open Steam and either install one small game, or create the subdirectory yourself - it should be C:Program Files(x86)Steamsteamappscommon
Copy the game from the old PC onto the new one and place it in the same folder as before - usually C:Program Files(x86)SteamsteamappscommonArma 2 Operation Arrowhead
The game will still be listed in gray (not installed) in Steam. Click Install Game. Steam will displayed the message 'Discovering existing files for xxx' and after a few seconds it will show the Play Game window.
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