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Steam Installation the destination folder must be empty.

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beluga -  
 Machens85 -

Hello, another time I installed Steam on my PC but I always ended up uninstalling it, and now I want to reinstall it. So I click on the icon to start the process, I click next, next, next, install, and there my problem is that it says "the destination folder must be empty" and that prevents me from downloading it.

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    bazfile Posted messages 58534 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   20 288
     

    Hello.

    Delete the folder of the old Steam installation, it's on C in programs, or create a new Steam folder and install Steam in that folder which you specify at the beginning of the installation.

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    1. beluga
       

      Thank you so much, I was able to launch Steam :)

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      1. nikomouk008 Posted messages 191 Status Member > beluga
         

        ok good game see you later

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      2. bazfile Posted messages 58534 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   20 288 > beluga
         

        You're welcome :)

        See you on CCM

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    2. Machens85
       

      Hello,

      even once I do this after installation, an error message appears saying: Steam cannot be launched from a non-ASCII folder.

      What should I do? Thank you in advance.

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  2. nikomouk008 Posted messages 191 Status Member
     

    The best thing to do is to move your games from the common folder (copy/paste them elsewhere) then completely uninstall Steam from programs and applications, and check if there are no more Steam and steamapps folders in drives C, E, F, J, G, etc...

    Then reinstall Steam wherever you want https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/client/installer/SteamSetup.exe

    and put your games back in steamapps > common > your games

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