
Move the UserData folder we preserved before into the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam" folder, overwriting any existing files. Go to the SteamApps/Common folder Steam just created for your download and delete any files or folders that the uninstall you just performed may have missed. The only reason we did this is to have Steam setup the default folder structure for our apps. Right click on the game you just began downloading and choose Uninstall.
Once Steam is done allocating space and begins the actual download process, pause the download. In my case, I created a new folder on my E: drive named it SteamLibrary, within which the new SteamApps folder resides. If you plan to install some or all of your Steam games on another drive, then choose that drive. If you plan to have all of your Steam games on your C: Drive, then choose your default install D/L location.
It will ask you where you want to install it.
Pick any game you like at random and begin the install process. You will see all of your games greyed out and waiting to be installed. Reinstall Steam into your "C:\Program Files (x86)" and launch it. It will yank out any extra reg entries or junk files after the standard uninstall script ends. Uninstall steam using Geek Uninstaller. Moving these folders will be WAY faster than copying them because all it really does is update each file's directory chain info without touching the actual contents of the files. Move the SteamApps and UserData folders from your current installation to some safe directory on the same drive you currently have them stored on. These are the steps for fixing the CEG issues. Any help in getting this game to launch would be greatly appreciated!įor what it's worth, I had none of these issues with the F1 2013 game or any other game on my Steam library. I just want to play this game and I can't even get it to launch. I don't know what to do anymore and I am frankly at my wit's end. Launching my PC in safe mode with networking and trying to launch/reinstall the game that wayīut still, none of this has worked. Doing the above with all of my antivirus software disabledĥ. Deleting and redownloading the game several timesģ. Deleting and/or renaming ClientRegistry.blob in the Steam filesĢ. I have tried many different things to resolve this issue that I have found online, including:ġ. Error Code (2)", not allowing me to launch the game. The game downloads fine, but when I try to launch it, it tries to go through the initial installation process, but gets to 1% and says "The Steam servers are too busy to handle your request for F1 2014. I am running into this error continually whenever I try to launch the game for the first time on PC on Steam.