There may be tiny problems with the programs or processes on your operating system that stop your Steam client from opening. You need to end all the Steam tasks on both tabs if on Windows 7.ģ) Launch your Steam client and see if it opens.
But on Windows 7, they are displayed on the different tabs, Applications and Processes. * Tasks, including applications and processes, can be found on the same Processes tab in Windows 10‘s Task Manager. To do so:ġ) Right click any empty space of the taskbar and then click Task Manager or Start Task Manager.Ģ) End all the running Steam tasks* (right click a task and click End task or End processes). To open your Steam client normally in these cases, you should end all tasks of Steam in Task Manager before launching it.
So when you launch Steam later, your operating system thinks the same processes have already been running and refuse to launch the client. Sometimes your Steam client haven’t shut down completely, and its processes or tasks are still running in the background. Method 1: Close all the Steam tasks in the background
