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A summary of common problems with Steam and major gaming platforms

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Steam platform is one of the world's largest comprehensive digital distribution platforms, on this there are a lot of game software and utilities for everyone to buy, play and use, but many netizens may encounter some problems when using it, affecting the experience, below I have sorted out the common problems of steam solutions to share with you, I hope to help you, come and take a look.

Problem 1: Opening the store or community/workshop prompts that the server connection fails or the web page cannot be loaded, error codes: 1, 7, 100, 101, 105, 126, 130, 324

A summary of common problems with Steam and major gaming platforms
A summary of common problems with Steam and major gaming platforms

Solution one: Use an accelerator.

Such problems are often caused by "network problems", so they can be solved by accelerators to "optimize" the network.

You can start the accelerator to accelerate the Steam platform before logging in to the Steam platform without logging in, and generally this problem will not occur; If this problem occurs after logging in to Steam, you need to wait about 5 seconds after using accelerator acceleration, and then click the [Refresh] button in the upper right corner to refresh the Steam store page, if the content is still not displayed, you can choose to switch the page, such as clicking the [Library] page, and then switch back, the page content will be loaded.

The accelerator is recommended to use the UU accelerator, because the accelerator can accelerate some mainstream game platforms for free, please go to the browser to search for the specific download and use method.

A summary of common problems with Steam and major gaming platforms

Solution two: Use the network optimization tool: UsbEAm Hosts Editor

UsbEAm Hosts Editor tool is a very powerful "network optimization" tool, by modifying the hosts file, can help users quickly improve the platform download speed, reduce the download time, and support the acceleration of commonly used mainstream game platforms including Steam/Ubisoft/Blizzard/Origin/EPIC, so it can also be used to solve the problem that the Steam platform web page cannot be loaded and opened.

Tool download address: https://www.dogfight360.com/blog/475/

Tool usage tutorial:

Step 1: Click the icon in the lower left corner > the outbound menu – > select the desired rule

A summary of common problems with Steam and major gaming platforms
A summary of common problems with Steam and major gaming platforms

Step 2: Select the desired rule, click Detect Delay, and then select a suitable configuration as needed.

A summary of common problems with Steam and major gaming platforms

Step 3: Select the configuration and click [Apply Check] to make the rule take effect.

A summary of common problems with Steam and major gaming platforms
A summary of common problems with Steam and major gaming platforms

Note: If unsuccessful, please troubleshoot the cause by yourself, usually security software (anti-virus software) blocked, you can quit the security software (anti-virus software) and try again.

Step 4: After the software is used, remember to click [Clear Current] (clear the previous configuration information to prevent affecting the use of other software) and then close the software.

A summary of common problems with Steam and major gaming platforms

Problem 2: The game download speed is slow

Recommended tool: UsbEAm Hosts Editor, for specific operation steps, please refer to "Problem 1: Solution 2"

Problem 3: Steam game cloud synchronization problem - local save conflicts with cloud save

If you manually modify the local save when playing the game or suddenly crash when playing the game, you will have a similar prompt "The save cannot be synced and cannot be played" when re-entering the game.

Solution:

Step 1: Close the game, right-click the game with the problem in the library, and select [Properties]-[General]-Remove the check box of the [STEAM Cloud] option.

A summary of common problems with Steam and major gaming platforms

Step 2: Go to the game store page and check the number behind the address bar in the upper left corner.

A summary of common problems with Steam and major gaming platforms

Step 3: Find the [Steam] installation path --[Userdata] folder - and then according to the number obtained in step 2, search for the folder named with the number in the file and delete it.

A summary of common problems with Steam and major gaming platforms

Step 4: Start the game again, close the game after entering, and wait for Steam to complete the cloud save synchronization (after completion, you can check the Steam cloud save option again).

Then this article will temporarily share with you the solutions to these problems, such as what other problems or problem solutions, welcome to leave a comment let us discuss together, I wish you a happy time.