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steam keeps adding windows library on every boot

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12451 · opened 2025-11-15 by AsheX1 · updated 2025-11-15 · 2 comments · github
AAsheX1 2025-11-15 github

just like the titles says this shit needs to stop

distro does not seems to matter as i find people complain about this for all distro's

i have my NTFS drive's auto mounted on system boot so i can have quick access

BUT! steam keeps re adding the same library over and over on every time i boot up steam im forced to go into settings and remove it every single time

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2025-11-15 github

Hello @AsheX1, this issue is already being tracked at #8353. Closing in favor of the older issue report.

AAsheX1 2025-11-15 github

oke i found out what is going on now and its steam being dum on linux it seems

in the steam folder -> steamapps there is a file called libraryfolders.vdf

i tuns out this is where steam save all existing library you added before thats fine and all but if i go in steam and delete a library it does not update this file to reflect that so next time you boot up steam it checks that file again and just re-adds the library

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