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[PSA] "steam://flushconfig" might delete your categories

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aforce273

I just lost all of my 25+ categories that my 500+ games were sorted into :(

I've done this before without issue but apparently Steam Cloud does not reliably save categories. Supposedly, they are also saved locally in

<SteamDirectory>/userdata/<UserID>/7/remote/sharedconfig.vdf

so make a backup of that file if you ever need to refresh your steam files.

9 years ago

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Fenris77

Ouch... thanks for the warning.

9 years ago
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atb85

Appreciated. I've once lost my categories and spent a good half an hour putting all back together.
Just made a backup of the file! :)

9 years ago
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JerichoOfRivia

Installed / Not installed. The only categories I'll ever bother to have ;/

9 years ago
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atb85

How many of your games did you actually play?

9 years ago
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JerichoOfRivia

Well, I've played around 100. and I've finished (as in, finished the main campaign) around 20. Then you have some games I've played in origin and GOG.
Honorable mentions: Witcher III, Dark Souls, Murdered Soul Suspect,

9 years ago*
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Bazilus

Thanks for the warning, gonna make backup now.

9 years ago
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Vaibhav

thnx for the warning

9 years ago
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Luxy

Well guess who managed to not see this and now lost her painstakingly set categories... :'(

9 years ago
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trinner

i just saw this thread and think more People Need to know this.
i once lost my categories and never touched the mess again.
maybe now, with the Knowledge that i can save my work from time to time, i will bother again with the categories.
thanks!

8 years ago
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Closed 7 years ago by aforce273.