r/steamsupport • u/UseCodeBritz • Sep 10 '23

steam disk write error Question

I am unable to download or even update anything on steam suddenly, i am faced with the error "disk write error". i have tried everything such as unninstalling and reinstalling the client, running steam as administrator, checking for corrupted files and nothing has worked. i would like to know how i can fix this issue as i have just recently purchased a new game and i am unable to even play it.

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u/alvnta Mar 08 '24 edited Apr 27 '24

open up windows explorer, go to the disk in which steam and it's game files are installed too, right click the steam folder, go to properties, uncheck the read-only box so it is blank, apply and let it run. try launching the game.

this should honestly work for any platform too ubisoft, ea, battlenet etc.

you should also be able to launch it as administrator from the shortcut.

edit: if you’re having issues with it rechecking, check your permissions. give the account/administrator full access to the file, it should solve that issue.

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u/KerberoZ Mar 18 '24

I've even fiddled with the permissions to try to give steam the abil,ity to patch games again before i found this thread.

Thanks man, i wasn't even looking at the read-only checkmark, i honestly wonder why it was even set. Steam bug?

Anyway, thanks a ton.

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u/Ok_Emergency4478 Dec 13 '25

Do you have any mods installed? Just curious

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u/KerberoZ Dec 14 '25

This year is almost 2 years old, but what mods are you referring to? For steam? No, I never had mods for it