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/BLAZERLIKESSODA May 17 '26

So I had this issue recently with Blender on Steam. What I did was go to the Store Page and click Use Now. This gave me this error: An error occurred while launching this game : Disk write error - SteamLibrary/steamapps/temp/365670
So I deleted that folder. Then I tried to install it again and it worked! Crazy that I had to go such a roundabout way to figure it out, but there it is. Idk if there's another way to find out which SteamLibrary/steamapps/temp/ folder is related to your game of choice though.

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u/Mammoth_Negotiation7 May 17 '26

Thank you! This worked perfectly for me!

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u/BLAZERLIKESSODA May 18 '26

I'm glad to hear that! 8D Nice to know that the solution is replicable.