hi, welcome to the forum
that sort of sounds like a bug with Steam :/
I suspect the overlay is the actual culprit here, so these are some possible solutions for that:
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there's a general thread about the overlay, listing some tools/programs/apps that might interfere.
do you have something of that running in the background?
- then a
pretty old thread on reddit that might be useful anyway:
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam, GameoverlayUI (application, should have steam icon),
right click -> properties -> compatibility -> check Run this Program as Administrator -> Apply -> Ok.
Then go to steam (application, in the same folder),
right click -> properties -> compatibility -> check Run this Program as Administrator -> Apply -> Ok.
- or you could "reinstall" Steam, without redownloading your games.
delete everything in you Steam installation folder
exept steam.exe and the /steamapps/ folder (which contains the games).
then double click on the steam.exe and the client will redownload itself. (
one source)
good luck, I hope something of that helps
