If you are trying to fix your existing Steam installation by replacing it with the one in this video, and if you have Steam on a drive other than C:, then understand that there are more steps required to make it work than this video talks about! You will need to rename your existing Win7 blocked Steam folder to something else so you can use parts of it later, modify the ini files that come with the replacement steam installation to direct it to where your Steam folder will be, then after putting the replacement Steam installation next to your renamed Steam installation you will need to copy some (but not all) of the folders and files from your renamed installation to the replacement installation (such as \Steam\Games icons, but NOT that 1 non-ico folder you will see in there I found this out the hard way just get the game icons and copy them to your replacement Steam's Games folder!). SteamApps has to be copied as well, if you don't want to have to re-install all the games again individually. I've had pure hell getting everything to work right on a guy'g gaming box it's taken me two weeks to get Steam working again with all his games on Win 7 Ultimate but that's what he wanted so.... it can, be done! Just saying...
Stop giving Valve your money and we can watch them file bankruptcy and laugh at them remember Valve we're in control not you think this idea doesn't work it worked on Dollar Tree it can work on Valve too.
Imagine paying for your games but you lose access to them entirely because you are forced at gunpoint to upgrade to a system where it puts your entire data at risk
I hope Steam goes bankrupt in all honesty for being control freaks we are the customer and they SHOULD be listening to us and not the crack of their ass I hope Valve reads my comment we gave them power we can take it away that's why it's called WE THE PEOPLE nobody give Valve another cent until they meet our demands.
and even better, saved the 8.1 too, an stronger and lighter version of 7 but many ignore it because they think that is "bad", but this time we all are in
Hello, my Steam has a problem, it doesn't show the game icons or install them, and it behaves as if it were in offline mode. and I went to test this method, but Steam gets a gray screen, and the login screen doesn't appear, if you could help I would greatly appreciate it.
Good evening, sorry for late reply but for Steam showing gray screen when trying to sign in/ log in for some reason i have found out that (after making the video) in windows 8 it has problems, i am not sure if its an display driver problem or that steam cant run on windows 8 which i thought it would work but i am working on it (hopefully we find an solution of this)
@@juaov6745 When you solve something yourself, don't just say "I managed to solve it".... that adds nothing to the conversation! Say what you did to solve it, so anybody else who experienced the same problem can read your solution and maybe that will help them out. In other words, pay it forward!
This vedio work really well i tried making a shortcut of the steam in program files folder but it didnt work so u just have to open it from the folder no short cut can work but this works really well thanks bro ! keep it up u earned a new sub!!!!!!!!!
Hello So about your problem i think for the shortcut to work is to: Right Click on the Steam.exe and click on Create Shortcut And put the shortcut in the Desktop
I tried this fix but while logging in it says there was a connection problem and it gives me 2 options either retry or i have to enter offline mode. i clicked enter offline mode but it does nothing
So just clarifying. If people do this, the steam client/browser won't update anything etc. Meaning any patches or updates won't be applied because it thinks > Oh yeah closet it closed, says all good. Is it fair to say we trap the Steam browser into groundhog day?
Yes it would stay in the same version forever because of the modified steam.cfg file, it tricks steam into thinking that this is the latest version of steam and this is our only choice to getting this running on old Operating systems
Finally, someone who knows the pain of windows 7 users. Thank you for bringing light to this subject. Also, your voice is funny in a good way :D Edit: when i open the steam everything is working, but after signing in, it shows connection problem and says to enter offline steam mode.any reason or solution would be great!
Hello, I appreciate the comment and about the problem you are facing with Steam, Is the Friends list or the Friends tab showing? (Because if it doesn't show, that means you haven't installed the "friends patch" that I demonstrated on the video, and without it, it would show that you are offline.
UPDATE: well sorry if I didn't notice, but a good friend of mine did a solution to your problem and here is the video tutorial for it: th-cam.com/video/77aOzKZwEvo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=u9hQBLu-pjvSJirq
I have running Steam and even games, but when I try to access the server of any game, it crashes with an unknown error. I don't know what to do yet. I would be happy with any advice. Thanks in advance.
Nice, work´s just fine. Quick tip if steam ask you to install a service when you lauch it click cancel after that it works just fine. Thank you sr. good effort.
It's started running first time then after installing the Friends Chats fix patch it's stopped working and no internet connection appearing again and again, even after i did these steps again and again it's still not getting online on Windows 7 help me please 😭
quick question when im extracting the steam vista file on a folder winrar keeps sending dianostic messages like these ! C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steam\Steam 2023-01-26 for Vista.7z: Cannot open Steam\tenfoot esource\styles\library\externalsignup.css and only the processed bar go up%. Do you now how to resolve this issue?
Question the menus that need an internet connection dont load up properly they dont display the steam ui but just a basic ui do know how to solve this issue?
You may get alot more viewers soon as I reffered you to the whole of the tf2 community to how to install this also thanks I can still make game drivers for windows 7 steam ❤
and what should I do if such an error occurs : Steam - a critical error Steam cannot be started in this version of Windows from a folder whose path contains non-ASCII characters. Please reinstall Steam to the default folder or change the OS to Windows 7 or later.
Greetings, I'm confused at the copy and move folders stage, what do I need to do if my steampath is through D:\Steam? Thanks in advance for the answer!
Hello, To move steam to another Drive is copy the "Steam" folder to the Other drive it should look like this: D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam It should work, Just make sure you have enough storage space in the Other Drive If there is any problem just reply to this comment
You have to also add the switch -cef-disable-sandbox to the shortcut to Steam.exe when you have Steam on a drive other than the C: drive. Otherwise, it will just sit and spin and spin and spin forever never fully loading when you launch Steam. I don't think this video mentioned that though. Note: I also found that the Steam Shortcut on the computer desktop lost it's Steam icon afterwards... to reset the icon, right-click Steam shortcut select Properties then Change Icon and direct it to look for icons in the SteamOptimizer executable instead of the Steam executable (I do not know why, but it will take the icon from the SteamOptimizer exe but not from the Steam exe).
i have followed all of your steps and everything is working except my ability to download games. it claims the connection times out every time. how would you advise I solve this ? thank you for all your help so far !
I figured it out! Make sure you download the latest updates for Windows 7. While I had Service Pack 1 integrated with my install CD, I downloaded UpdatePack7R2 and the download functionality started to work!
Absolute W man although i modified my steam on windows 7 already, this gives the people who dont want to go through something like that a way easier choice and keep them on windows 7 thank you so much for doing this tutorial and keep it going and remember WINDOWS 10 IS SHIT USE WINDOWS 7
I just booted into my windows 7 and it signed in and is working without doing anything, its even letting me install games and play online. i9 9900k RTX 3060Ti Win7 Pro 64bit
@@unknownscout4052 can you fix my probleme When i try to download sven co op from stem they told me " erreur check connection " the friend patch has worked olso so i will be thankfull if you fix this problem ( i can entre stem normaly just when i try to download any game)
Yeah about that, games that update must require a new version of steam If you need that, try this new method that I made: th-cam.com/video/FkSefBILDPM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=razkZrQCISWXy2b7
This is a huge issue that I didn’t know about when making the video, sorry for the late realisation I was busy with life but I will find a solution this week hopefully
Okay just wanted to update everyone here. I tried this fix and it seemed to work totally okay on my windows 7 PRO. I went to the site followed the steps, I tripped somewhere on the steps though and noticed steam was trying to UPDATe so I cancelled and re-checked my steps. So far it's January 1st, steam loads with no warnings. So basically if you don't want to go windows 10-11 etc just try this fix. I am only using the games I have so I have no idea if you will have problems but so far I'm very happy.
Adding the modified steam.cfg I showed in the video would stop steam checking for updates and will stay in version before steam announced its unsupport
thank you very much for this detailed tutorial, thanks to it I can play older games on Win7 laptop. Also your friend did a good job making the offline error go away ;)
What should I do with the second steam? all of my games are tied to a second hard drive not a desktop, can I extract files to that hard drive instead of a desktop just so that way I will replace existing steam for the older one? instead of having 2 steams on 1 PC?
its pretty dumb how companies just drop support like its truly beneficial to all... its literally our purchases i dont care what other agreement excuses they say about using that service its bullshit... i want to still use win 7 and im gonna use win 10 on my win 8.1 pc but not win 11 its also pretty much defeating the purpose of old software on steam that can be used on old OS i may also use gog more
I agree and shutting down the entire application just because "google stopped supporting is simply the worst decision a company can do. Every company that uses chromium or Google codes will also unsupport windows 7,8,8.1 Steam has been doing this since 2019 (Windows xp and Windows Vista unsupport), and now Windows 7 and Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
It's also the fact that windows 7 has no "spyware" and doesn't send your data to Microsoft (as back then in 2009 it was useless to sell your data) and right now selling users personal data is a million dollar move to every social media, company etc. Rumours also said that the reason why Google stopped supporting windows 7,8,8.1 is for everyone to upgrade to a new version of Windows to steal their data.
@@unknownscout4052 Right! Its only beneficial to them no doubt! the steam app is also buggy as hell... My steam app on my phone has trouble sending messages Images give errors and some buttons dont work plus the bloat, i have trouble connecting on steam on desktop
@@unknownscout4052 you have got to be kidding me, windows 7 does have spyware and knowing google on how terrible their company can be ik for sure thats not the reason
Good work dude , but can you make a video on , how to run steam games without keep running steam client in background because it occupies much resources, so i fell laggy while playing games
Good Evening Everyone, If you encounter "No Internet Connection" problem when opening Steam i have Placed a video Solution in the Description, But if you dont want to check all the way down in the description, Here Is the Video Solution: th-cam.com/video/77aOzKZwEvo/w-d-xo.html
@niel7936 So about that, I have tried garrys mod to run but couldn't since garrys mod needs the latest steam version if it's updated I am not sure if we can delete updates and run garrys mod at version January 2023
Hey everyone, right now, Steam has expected that the steam client will still run on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 after 2024/01/01 for some time but they're unable to guarantee continued functionality after that date.
Hey there! Incredible video and it really helped me out. Thanks for that,but I wanted to know if I can cut and paste it to another drive when i have already downloaded it in C. Also,apparently,I downloaded a game but it just wont load. Could you maybe help me out in some way??? Thanks!
The game is "ONE PIECE:Bounty Rush" and it has apparently launched on steam yesterday (24/9/24). When I open the desktop shortcut or from inside the steam,it will show a small dialogue box for less then a second before disappearing completely saying - "Preparing to launch ONE PIECE:Bounty Rush...." . Could you help me out please?
if i get this and buy batman blackgate on steam will it work on my windows 7 pc? does steam offer a refund if you buy a game and it doesn't play on your pc?
Microsoft Edge came on windows 7 update in 2019 that added Microsoft edge Discord was downloaded online, however it has unsupported windows 7 but still is usable
This video gives hope. But this method did not help me :( As soon as I start steam, a gray square with a cross on the top right just pops out and nothing else happens. (I'm on Windows 8.1).
First, place the steam folder in C:\Program Files (x86) then once done replacing the old steam.cfg file with the new steam.cfg file then after that You can open the Steam application from the folder
Making game drivers are getting harder each year due to software not working etc Im hoping to still make game ready drivers for windoes 7 until 2027 hopefully ❤ and I'm still getting security updates until next year on October 8th
Even though I am curious about the result, right now, my goal is to get this running on Windows 8, 8.1 because unfortunately I found out it didn't work as I thought it would work. I will try it though, just not right now
For this method, yes But I have made another method in another video that I made that doesn't need you to re-install steam All you would need to do is to put the notepad document that I show in the video and put it in the Steam Folder This is the Video: th-cam.com/video/FkSefBILDPM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=4iSihEmEQCSK_55a
@@unknownscout4052 And when tried re-install stem without deleting the folder, also was same. But while there's time with unistalling the Steam (which of course also unistalled all games) and then re-installing steam then of course steam works. Only for 2 days. I guess I'll see if Steam will stop working or I just won't recive update. Like older version chromium based browers still works. Or need to try install the games that doesn't need to have steam opened to play them.
So I have a BSCS degree and am a Microsoft Windows Product Specialist with experience in every version of Windows from Win3.1 up to Windows 10 (not interested in Win 11 thus far, looks sucky to me).... I'm trying to fix Steam on a guy's massive gaming pc that runs Win 7 Ultimate, his Steam client got updated and disabled Win 7 support last month. So so far, the instructions in your video are really difficult to follow but I thought I had the jist of it, but now that I think I did everything his Steam client starts I logged him in with his username and password and then nothing but a black window with the Steam gear rotating on it and it did that all thru the night till I finally killed it earlier today. What am I missing? There was no Network activity going on, but the computer is connected to my internet and it can surf the web just fine... Steam was just sitting there though, "spinning" all night long with no network activity going on and no error message or anything. Ideas? I haven't even tried the Friends patch yet, I presumed I needed to get basic Steam functionality working again 1st before tackling that...
ps. I have my own personal computer with Win 7 Pro and since I hadn't run my Steam client since last November it's still good (I added the cfg file to it to prevent it from updating before I tested it the other day). So I have a fully functioning Steam client here at my disposal on my pc, is there anything I can do to graft it into this other gaming PC I'm trying to fix Steam on? I suggested to the gaming PC owner that I could upgrade his Win 7 to Win 10 and that would get Steam and all his games going again but he didn't like that idea and just wants it working again on his Win 7 Ultimate Edition. It seems like this should be possible, and I think I followed all the steps.... but no joy. It's really starting to piss me off! 😐
Wait! I just added that switch -cef-disable-sandbox to the shortcut to Steam.exe and that got it to work! Yay! (Yes his Steam is located on a G: drive). Now on to the Friends list patch.....
Friend's patch was far easier then it appeared... lol! Now though, many of the games already installed show up in Steam but indicate they aren't installed in the Steam client, and those that do say they are ready to Play, don't do anything when I click Play. So something not quite right still... was there something else I needed to do to get the installed games to work in the new (but old) Steam client on this machine? Steam launches and looks fully functional again finally... the games just don't do anything now.
Ok so there is a lot more that has to be done to get this all working correctly IF your Steam isn't saved to C:\Program Files apparently. The OSVer.ini has to be updated to reflect WHERE your Steam is actually located at, then it has to be placed in your /Windows folder. That seems to have made a difference. Each installed program has to have it's file integrity validated and each 1 is coming up with a single bad file which has to be "reacquired" by Steam (I'd love to know what file it is, but Steam won't tell me apparently!). And finally, when I save a Game shortcut to the Desktop, it has no game icon.... though the shortcut will run the game, but no game icon on the shortcut. I do not yet understand why that isn't working quite right.
@michaelshrader5139 Good Evening, First I have to appreciate the hard work you have done and I am sorry I couldn't have noticed you message a little bit sooner Well, I have heard you have installed the steam client on an external drive and I am not really sure with using the method I am using on a external drive.
Good evening, I think you launched steam on "offline mode" when starting up steam it may have shown "Start Offline mode or retry" if it showed that message on startup a good friend of mine uploaded a video on how to fix it: th-cam.com/video/77aOzKZwEvo/w-d-xo.html
This may solve it for you, it's a video from a friend of mine that solved no connection error with that same steam version: th-cam.com/video/77aOzKZwEvo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=rVI8fS1BLHOMXO7I
@@unknownscout4052 thank you so much steam now works but store and everything shows black screen is that normal? im downloading a game right now and everything seems working
If you are trying to fix your existing Steam installation by replacing it with the one in this video, and if you have Steam on a drive other than C:, then understand that there are more steps required to make it work than this video talks about! You will need to rename your existing Win7 blocked Steam folder to something else so you can use parts of it later, modify the ini files that come with the replacement steam installation to direct it to where your Steam folder will be, then after putting the replacement Steam installation next to your renamed Steam installation you will need to copy some (but not all) of the folders and files from your renamed installation to the replacement installation (such as \Steam\Games icons, but NOT that 1 non-ico folder you will see in there I found this out the hard way just get the game icons and copy them to your replacement Steam's Games folder!). SteamApps has to be copied as well, if you don't want to have to re-install all the games again individually. I've had pure hell getting everything to work right on a guy'g gaming box it's taken me two weeks to get Steam working again with all his games on Win 7 Ultimate but that's what he wanted so.... it can, be done! Just saying...
Stop giving Valve your money and we can watch them file bankruptcy and laugh at them remember Valve we're in control not you think this idea doesn't work it worked on Dollar Tree it can work on Valve too.
was eyeing this for a while and could never get it to work until it finally did true life saver for this 2010 macbook with windows 7!
multiplayer and everything still works despite windows 7 being unsupported, thanks again
Dude, you're a legend, thanks bro. Commenting from Windows 7. 😎
@BroTHinksheishim Thanks bro! :)
commenting from windows 8.1! :D
your very impressive mate! i just installed the lastest version of Steam on my Windows 7 desktop about in 17th January 2024
you singlehandedly saved me from insanity. tysm ❤
Imagine paying for your games but you lose access to them entirely because you are forced at gunpoint to upgrade to a system where it puts your entire data at risk
@@jacktheproslegend microsoft be like that
as the old saying goes, if buying isnt owning, piracy isnt stealing
You will own nothing and be happy
*downgrade
i still use 8.1, way faster, stable, stronger than w10 and 11, and i refuse to downgrade my system to one of these.
Thank you! Especially you put that link, where connections can be solved. Now I am testing is any game working...
No, nothing works. Some problems to download ANYTHING.
Great, this worked for me in November 2024, thanks for the links.
Doesn't work for me.
Thanks man… I just set up my old Windows 7 laptop after many years and booted up a few games on Steam. They were very laggy this saved me. 👍
i missed something how do i extract to my files from mega? extract is not an option
YOU you saved all windows 7 users....
Its been my dream to help the windows community, especially windows 7 which is my favorite
I hope Steam goes bankrupt in all honesty for being control freaks we are the customer and they SHOULD be listening to us and not the crack of their ass I hope Valve reads my comment we gave them power we can take it away that's why it's called WE THE PEOPLE nobody give Valve another cent until they meet our demands.
im trying to see if it will work am trying rn hopefully it works
and even better, saved the 8.1 too, an stronger and lighter version of 7 but many ignore it because they think that is "bad", but this time we all are in
Hello, my Steam has a problem, it doesn't show the game icons or install them, and it behaves as if it were in offline mode.
and I went to test this method, but Steam gets a gray screen, and the login screen doesn't appear, if you could help I would greatly appreciate it.
Good evening, sorry for late reply but for Steam showing gray screen when trying to sign in/ log in for some reason i have found out that (after making the video) in windows 8 it has problems, i am not sure if its an display driver problem or that steam cant run on windows 8 which i thought it would work but i am working on it (hopefully we find an solution of this)
@@unknownscout4052 but, my windows is 7 32 bits
@@unknownscout4052 hey man, thank you,I managed to solve it, thanks to you and Niel, i tested on 64bits and work, thanks
@@juaov6745 When you solve something yourself, don't just say "I managed to solve it".... that adds nothing to the conversation! Say what you did to solve it, so anybody else who experienced the same problem can read your solution and maybe that will help them out. In other words, pay it forward!
@@michaelshrader5139 just trade the system to 64 bits man, i tried on 32bits and not work
Thank you very much. You are a hero. I will subscribe to your channel and I will share this channel with all my friends ❤❤❤
I can't download games from the library. error: Manifest files are not available
This vedio work really well i tried making a shortcut of the steam in program files folder but it didnt work so u just have to open it from the folder no short cut can work but this works really well thanks bro ! keep it up u earned a new sub!!!!!!!!!
Hello So about your problem i think for the shortcut to work is to:
Right Click on the Steam.exe and click on Create Shortcut And put the shortcut in the Desktop
I tried this fix but while logging in it says there was a connection problem and it gives me 2 options either retry or i have to enter offline mode. i clicked enter offline mode but it does nothing
dude thank you so much. im actually glad i found a small youtuber that actually knows what he's speaking (and how he's speaking)
So just clarifying. If people do this, the steam client/browser won't update anything etc. Meaning any patches or updates won't be applied because it thinks > Oh yeah closet it closed, says all good. Is it fair to say we trap the Steam browser into groundhog day?
Yes it would stay in the same version forever because of the modified steam.cfg file, it tricks steam into thinking that this is the latest version of steam and this is our only choice to getting this running on old Operating systems
Finally, someone who knows the pain of windows 7 users. Thank you for bringing light to this subject. Also, your voice is funny in a good way :D
Edit: when i open the steam everything is working, but after signing in, it shows connection problem and says to enter offline steam mode.any reason or solution would be great!
Hello, I appreciate the comment and about the problem you are facing with Steam, Is the Friends list or the Friends tab showing? (Because if it doesn't show, that means you haven't installed the "friends patch" that I demonstrated on the video, and without it, it would show that you are offline.
UPDATE: well sorry if I didn't notice, but a good friend of mine did a solution to your problem and here is the video tutorial for it: th-cam.com/video/77aOzKZwEvo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=u9hQBLu-pjvSJirq
@@unknownscout4052definitely put a link to his video in the description in case other people encounter the same problem
@@asciicatface Thanks for the suggestion, I have placed his video on the video description with the translation of the video
@@unknownscout4052 thanks man, you the goat
Thank you so much it WORKS!!!! I was losing hope but you saved me so much
I have running Steam and even games, but when I try to access the server of any game, it crashes with an unknown error. I don't know what to do yet. I would be happy with any advice. Thanks in advance.
@@orlovskyeric What are the games I'd like to know
Old CS and HL
Nice, work´s just fine.
Quick tip if steam ask you to install a service when you lauch it click cancel after that it works just fine.
Thank you sr. good effort.
It's started running first time then after installing the Friends Chats fix patch it's stopped working and no internet connection appearing again and again, even after i did these steps again and again it's still not getting online on Windows 7 help me please 😭
yo my steam starts but its gray so i cant log in and when i check task manager there is no steamwebhelper running
quick question when im extracting the steam vista file on a folder winrar keeps sending dianostic messages like these ! C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steam\Steam 2023-01-26 for Vista.7z: Cannot open Steam\tenfoot
esource\styles\library\externalsignup.css and only the processed bar go up%. Do you now how to resolve this issue?
Question the menus that need an internet connection dont load up properly they dont display the steam ui but just a basic ui do know how to solve this issue?
Dawg you’re seriously the goat, you earned a like and sub
You may get alot more viewers soon as I reffered you to the whole of the tf2 community to how to install this also thanks I can still make game drivers for windows 7 steam ❤
cant seem to get it working on 8.1. log in screen is a blank grey square !
same with me
same with me too :(
same
yeeeep.
it worked:D you deserve much more subs bro...
Bro thank you so much! You are the best! 🤝
Win7
THANK YOUUUUUUUUU!!!! im always nervous downloading links but this proved successful!!! what a life saver :D
and what should I do if such an error occurs : Steam - a critical error
Steam cannot be started in this version of Windows from a folder whose path
contains non-ASCII characters. Please
reinstall Steam to the default folder or change the OS to
Windows 7 or later.
Thank you so much. I have a secondary pc I like to use sometimes and it has windows 7, now I can use steam again!
Greetings, I'm confused at the copy and move folders stage, what do I need to do if my steampath is through D:\Steam?
Thanks in advance for the answer!
Hello, To move steam to another Drive is copy the "Steam" folder to the Other drive it should look like this: D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam It should work, Just make sure you have enough storage space in the Other Drive
If there is any problem just reply to this comment
You have to also add the switch -cef-disable-sandbox to the shortcut to Steam.exe when you have Steam on a drive other than the C: drive. Otherwise, it will just sit and spin and spin and spin forever never fully loading when you launch Steam. I don't think this video mentioned that though. Note: I also found that the Steam Shortcut on the computer desktop lost it's Steam icon afterwards... to reset the icon, right-click Steam shortcut select Properties then Change Icon and direct it to look for icons in the SteamOptimizer executable instead of the Steam executable (I do not know why, but it will take the icon from the SteamOptimizer exe but not from the Steam exe).
i have followed all of your steps and everything is working except my ability to download games. it claims the connection times out every time. how would you advise I solve this ? thank you for all your help so far !
I have this same issue. Will be waiting to see if anyone has a fix.
I figured it out! Make sure you download the latest updates for Windows 7. While I had Service Pack 1 integrated with my install CD, I downloaded UpdatePack7R2 and the download functionality started to work!
@@TheRealHeavyGthank you so much ! this solved my issue as well ! cheers
Absolute W man although i modified my steam on windows 7 already, this gives the people who dont want to go through something like that a way easier choice and keep them on windows 7 thank you so much for doing this tutorial and keep it going and remember WINDOWS 10 IS SHIT USE WINDOWS 7
help after all of that i get a black steam window
@@HLFIX0 check the latest video in my channel for the solution
i just need replace original file steam and add steam.cfg? is this how i supposed do?
Nice video Omar! 10:19 how i found ur name lol
I getting only black window :(
I just booted into my windows 7 and it signed in and is working without doing anything, its even letting me install games and play online. i9 9900k RTX 3060Ti Win7 Pro 64bit
I have a qaustion
The games in this version of steam are the last update or older versions
last updae version
@@unknownscout4052 can you fix my probleme
When i try to download sven co op from stem they told me " erreur check connection " the friend patch has worked olso so i will be thankfull if you fix this problem ( i can entre stem normaly just when i try to download any game)
@@haitemronaldo easy, just reinstall it
Thank you very much you save steam on my Windows 8.1 Thank you so much
I download and install ESU (ESU means Extended Security Updates) and also install steam. I got no problem when I install with I installed ESU updates
Thanks, it helped me a lot, the only drawback is that I can not enter Gmod because I get the NoSteamUser error, but well, something is something
Yeah about that, games that update must require a new version of steam
If you need that, try this new method that I made: th-cam.com/video/FkSefBILDPM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=razkZrQCISWXy2b7
Uhh it gives a blank login screen on 8.1
This is a huge issue that I didn’t know about when making the video, sorry for the late realisation I was busy with life but I will find a solution this week hopefully
Hey I found the fix!
Sorry for the late reply but here it is!
th-cam.com/video/FkSefBILDPM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=razkZrQCISWXy2b7
Okay just wanted to update everyone here. I tried this fix and it seemed to work totally okay on my windows 7 PRO. I went to the site followed the steps, I tripped somewhere on the steps though and noticed steam was trying to UPDATe so I cancelled and re-checked my steps. So far it's January 1st, steam loads with no warnings. So basically if you don't want to go windows 10-11 etc just try this fix. I am only using the games I have so I have no idea if you will have problems but so far I'm very happy.
Adding the modified steam.cfg I showed in the video would stop steam checking for updates and will stay in version before steam announced its unsupport
Amazing explanation! ❤
BRO THANK YOU SO MUCH, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE
Thanks bro still works in June
Hey man! I followed all the steps and when I log in, it says connection problem. Can you help out
thank you very much for this detailed tutorial, thanks to it I can play older games on Win7 laptop. Also your friend did a good job making the offline error go away ;)
bro can I ask you a question Is this steam version reliable I can be sure that it does not contain any risks right?
hey when i tried your step in the video when i launch steam it says i need to repair something and i press ignore was that right or no?
For me, I pressed "Install service" and it worked but make sure you have the modified Steam.cfg file on the steam folder or else it would uprgrade
i did it but it doesn't show the sign up page its just a blank black window
should i download latest version of patch or same as to you?
What should I do with the second steam? all of my games are tied to a second hard drive not a desktop, can I extract files to that hard drive instead of a desktop just so that way I will replace existing steam for the older one? instead of having 2 steams on 1 PC?
I can stay on the version of steam for ever? Without problems or i need to follow the update and downloaded and installing inside the file of steam?
its pretty dumb how companies just drop support like its truly beneficial to all... its literally our purchases i dont care what other agreement excuses they say about using that service its bullshit... i want to still use win 7 and im gonna use win 10 on my win 8.1 pc but not win 11 its also pretty much defeating the purpose of old software on steam that can be used on old OS i may also use gog more
I agree and shutting down the entire application just because "google stopped supporting is simply the worst decision a company can do. Every company that uses chromium or Google codes will also unsupport windows 7,8,8.1
Steam has been doing this since 2019 (Windows xp and Windows Vista unsupport), and now Windows 7 and Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
@@unknownscout4052 yeah its crazy!
It's also the fact that windows 7 has no "spyware" and doesn't send your data to Microsoft (as back then in 2009 it was useless to sell your data) and right now selling users personal data is a million dollar move to every social media, company etc.
Rumours also said that the reason why Google stopped supporting windows 7,8,8.1 is for everyone to upgrade to a new version of Windows to steal their data.
@@unknownscout4052 Right! Its only beneficial to them no doubt! the steam app is also buggy as hell... My steam app on my phone has trouble sending messages
Images give errors and some buttons dont work plus the bloat, i have trouble connecting on steam on desktop
@@unknownscout4052 you have got to be kidding me, windows 7 does have spyware and knowing google on how terrible their company can be ik for sure thats not the reason
Thank you for the great explanation very useful and informative ❤❤
Good work dude , but can you make a video on , how to run steam games without keep running steam client in background because it occupies much resources, so i fell laggy while playing games
Some games in Steam have no DRM and can be run right from their executables without Steam at all.
For everything else you should upgrade your potato.
Good Evening Everyone, If you encounter "No Internet Connection" problem when opening Steam i have Placed a video Solution in the Description, But if you dont want to check all the way down in the description, Here Is the Video Solution: th-cam.com/video/77aOzKZwEvo/w-d-xo.html
Yo, there is a issue with Garry's Mod not opening, do you know anything about it?
@niel7936 So about that, I have tried garrys mod to run but couldn't since garrys mod needs the latest steam version if it's updated
I am not sure if we can delete updates and run garrys mod at version January 2023
Thank you very much for your sharing & explanation ❤
Hey bro i have a question is there a way to speed up downloading speed. My wifi is good but download speed on Steam is leiterally sucking
thanks bro. saved my life using windows 8.1
Hey everyone, right now, Steam has expected that the steam client will still run on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 after 2024/01/01 for some time but they're unable to guarantee continued functionality after that date.
May I see the source of this evidence?
@@unknownscout4052 It's on Steam's Windows 7 and 8 support website.
@@AyaSensei067 But the app itself wont run on windows 7,8,8.1 after some time, the same happened on windows XP and windows Vista
Hey there! Incredible video and it really helped me out. Thanks for that,but I wanted to know if I can cut and paste it to another drive when i have already downloaded it in C.
Also,apparently,I downloaded a game but it just wont load. Could you maybe help me out in some way??? Thanks!
The game is "ONE PIECE:Bounty Rush" and it has apparently launched on steam yesterday (24/9/24). When I open the desktop shortcut or from inside the steam,it will show a small dialogue box for less then a second before disappearing completely saying - "Preparing to launch ONE PIECE:Bounty Rush...." . Could you help me out please?
Does this method still work? And will there be an update for the games?
if i get this and buy batman blackgate on steam will it work on my windows 7 pc? does steam offer a refund if you buy a game and it doesn't play on your pc?
How did you to place Discord and Microsoft Edge in Windows 7?
Microsoft Edge came on windows 7 update in 2019 that added Microsoft edge
Discord was downloaded online, however it has unsupported windows 7 but still is usable
This video gives hope. But this method did not help me :(
As soon as I start steam, a gray square with a cross on the top right just pops out and nothing else happens. (I'm on Windows 8.1).
Alright, don't worry, I will try to analyse and fix the problem
same
Me too
You are awesome man very useful
Which folder am I supposed to open steam from?
First, place the steam folder in C:\Program Files (x86) then once done replacing the old steam.cfg file with the new steam.cfg file then after that You can open the Steam application from the folder
@@unknownscout4052 will this work with 32 bit os?
Steam in stuck in offline mode. How do I fix this?
Can I make this but in Portuguese?
edit: already made it, sorry I am not a very patient person, I gave credits to you tho
Yeah sure go ahead!
We need to support the windows 7 ,8,8.1 community
This Video Is Awesome!
Will It Work On Windows 10 1507 In October 2025?
Making game drivers are getting harder each year due to software not working etc Im hoping to still make game ready drivers for windoes 7 until 2027 hopefully ❤ and I'm still getting security updates until next year on October 8th
Good luck on it!
and for windows xp? just curious
Even though I am curious about the result, right now, my goal is to get this running on Windows 8, 8.1 because unfortunately I found out it didn't work as I thought it would work.
I will try it though, just not right now
@@unknownscout4052 ok ! great work tho keep it up
Should we uninstall Steam first before doing this?
For this method, yes
But I have made another method in another video that I made that doesn't need you to re-install steam
All you would need to do is to put the notepad document that I show in the video and put it in the Steam Folder
This is the Video: th-cam.com/video/FkSefBILDPM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=4iSihEmEQCSK_55a
great video, saved my life :)
hi
@@nodDJSK hey
I cant get hl2 to run nor hl1 i got pizza tower at like 5 fps running
Great explanation❤
really really thanks for your help
Maybe I don't know have patience, but sing in windows doesn't fully load in. Either if I have moved the steam folder or not.
Which windows do you have?
@@unknownscout4052 8.1
@@unknownscout4052 And when tried re-install stem without deleting the folder, also was same.
But while there's time with unistalling the Steam (which of course also unistalled all games) and then re-installing steam then of course steam works. Only for 2 days.
I guess I'll see if Steam will stop working or I just won't recive update. Like older version chromium based browers still works.
Or need to try install the games that doesn't need to have steam opened to play them.
Is your Steam installed on C: or another drive though? You don't really give enough details for anybody to help you out or suggest anything.
broo multiplayer games is not working how fix tthis
Even if windows 7 die we still have an options, like Linux.
But the steam screen is black
What do I do when I cannot connect online
it wont work for me. sadly i cant play with dota 2 with my old pc
The window where it should appear to enter my login information simply appears black and does not load, do you know any solution? please
@siroutzgd3377 I did an update video about this problem in my channel, here is the video: th-cam.com/video/FkSefBILDPM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ymKkb33PxX31-I2S
Thanks bro,and I installed pre fortress 2 on my pc
Thank you so muchhh ma brother, you saved my life!!
So I have a BSCS degree and am a Microsoft Windows Product Specialist with experience in every version of Windows from Win3.1 up to Windows 10 (not interested in Win 11 thus far, looks sucky to me).... I'm trying to fix Steam on a guy's massive gaming pc that runs Win 7 Ultimate, his Steam client got updated and disabled Win 7 support last month. So so far, the instructions in your video are really difficult to follow but I thought I had the jist of it, but now that I think I did everything his Steam client starts I logged him in with his username and password and then nothing but a black window with the Steam gear rotating on it and it did that all thru the night till I finally killed it earlier today. What am I missing? There was no Network activity going on, but the computer is connected to my internet and it can surf the web just fine... Steam was just sitting there though, "spinning" all night long with no network activity going on and no error message or anything. Ideas? I haven't even tried the Friends patch yet, I presumed I needed to get basic Steam functionality working again 1st before tackling that...
ps. I have my own personal computer with Win 7 Pro and since I hadn't run my Steam client since last November it's still good (I added the cfg file to it to prevent it from updating before I tested it the other day). So I have a fully functioning Steam client here at my disposal on my pc, is there anything I can do to graft it into this other gaming PC I'm trying to fix Steam on? I suggested to the gaming PC owner that I could upgrade his Win 7 to Win 10 and that would get Steam and all his games going again but he didn't like that idea and just wants it working again on his Win 7 Ultimate Edition. It seems like this should be possible, and I think I followed all the steps.... but no joy. It's really starting to piss me off! 😐
Wait! I just added that switch -cef-disable-sandbox to the shortcut to Steam.exe and that got it to work! Yay! (Yes his Steam is located on a G: drive). Now on to the Friends list patch.....
Friend's patch was far easier then it appeared... lol! Now though, many of the games already installed show up in Steam but indicate they aren't installed in the Steam client, and those that do say they are ready to Play, don't do anything when I click Play. So something not quite right still... was there something else I needed to do to get the installed games to work in the new (but old) Steam client on this machine? Steam launches and looks fully functional again finally... the games just don't do anything now.
Ok so there is a lot more that has to be done to get this all working correctly IF your Steam isn't saved to C:\Program Files apparently. The OSVer.ini has to be updated to reflect WHERE your Steam is actually located at, then it has to be placed in your /Windows folder. That seems to have made a difference. Each installed program has to have it's file integrity validated and each 1 is coming up with a single bad file which has to be "reacquired" by Steam (I'd love to know what file it is, but Steam won't tell me apparently!). And finally, when I save a Game shortcut to the Desktop, it has no game icon.... though the shortcut will run the game, but no game icon on the shortcut. I do not yet understand why that isn't working quite right.
@michaelshrader5139 Good Evening, First I have to appreciate the hard work you have done and I am sorry I couldn't have noticed you message a little bit sooner Well, I have heard you have installed the steam client on an external drive and I am not really sure with using the method I am using on a external drive.
My Steam has a problem. The store won't load anything. It is a black screen and the letters are blue. I can't download any games. Can you help me?
Good evening, I think you launched steam on "offline mode" when starting up steam it may have shown "Start Offline mode or retry" if it showed that message on startup a good friend of mine uploaded a video on how to fix it: th-cam.com/video/77aOzKZwEvo/w-d-xo.html
It didn't work
@@Renben_smo ei mn, eu sei que isso ja ta antigo mas, qual é o seu windows 7?
exemplo: win 7 starter, ultimate etc.
I did everything correctly on win 8.1 but it gives a black screen on opening
@@Ace-yo5bh check the latest video that I uploaded in my channel for that problem
I get "connection problems" when logging in to Steam
My friend made a video about this problem
This is the video for the solution: th-cam.com/video/77aOzKZwEvo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=B8tVuJl5uCpAINDR
@@unknownscout4052 I can't open the Steam shortcut, then how can I change the file name like your friend did?
hello im having a serous problem here basically the steam version says im having a connection problem and i cant sign in i have done all the steps
This may solve it for you, it's a video from a friend of mine that solved no connection error with that same steam version: th-cam.com/video/77aOzKZwEvo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=rVI8fS1BLHOMXO7I
@@unknownscout4052 thank you so much steam now works but store and everything shows black screen is that normal?
im downloading a game right now and everything seems working
Online doesn’t work for me
I might actually be able to play Doom Eternal after all.
i download friend fix, but after that i have black window in Friend list. But i online