How to easily revert back to the old Steam UI

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Psycho 16 Jun, 2023 @ 1:11pm

Step 1: Locate the Steam shortcut on your computer. (It's likely on your desktop.)

Step 2: Right click on the Steam shortcut.

Step 3: In the pop-up menu click on "Properties".

Step 4: In the box next to "Target:", go to the very end of what is already entered in the box (it should end with "), and after that ending quotation mark, enter one space and then -vgui

Step 5: Click on "Apply", and then press "OK".

Step 6: Restart Steam.

EDIT: Sadly, as of now, this method has been removed by Steam, and no longer works.

Last edited by Psycho; 15 Sep, 2023 @ 5:11am

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Psycho 16 Jun, 2023 @ 1:15pm

Feel free to ask if you need any help or further info.

AmsterdamHeavy 16 Jun, 2023 @ 1:34pm

I tried this out of curiosity, mostly because they broke the back button worse than it was in the beta which I was in from day1. The "update" doesnt bother me but that does does.

Steam updated and launched and went non-responsive.

Last edited by AmsterdamHeavy; 16 Jun, 2023 @ 1:35pm

voidCaster 16 Jun, 2023 @ 4:22pm

I was coming to the Forum to ask exactly what this OP responded. Please take my points!

edesignspl 16 Jun, 2023 @ 5:29pm

Might be a Linux problem, I was able to add the argument and revert, but now the Friends client doesn't work. Says "Friends Network Unreachable". Does chat still work after UI revert on Windows?

Tents McGee 16 Jun, 2023 @ 11:07pm

Thanks for the tip!!! I want to have your baby. Take my points.

Moffein 16 Jun, 2023 @ 11:50pm

Thanks a ton. New UI has so many bugs and basic features that are broken, I have no clue why in the world it was allowed to release in this state.
Feels like a case of some Valve employee creating busywork so that they can appear productive before their annual performance review.

Psycho 17 Jun, 2023 @ 1:33am

Originally posted by gus:
Yeah not doing this, us new UI lovers are oppressed. i wont be submitting to the peoples current thing. might as well delete this thread buddy

lol

levet.byck 17 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00pm

"vgui" - unbelievable!

Last edited by levet.byck; 17 Jun, 2023 @ 12:01pm

Eagles Fly 17 Jun, 2023 @ 12:33pm

Thanks! All the changes I've noticed were pretty much worthless and not worth the 3x longer startup process in my case.

PainkilleR 17 Jun, 2023 @ 2:00pm

Thanks for the tip, it works!

For those who load Steam on a system startup:
1. Go to Task Manager > Startup > Right Click on Steam > Disable
2. Win+R > "shell:startup" > Enter > Copy Steam shortcut with -vgui parameter to that folder

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xamtastic 17 Jun, 2023 @ 4:28pm

Originally posted by PainkilleR:
Thanks for the tip, it works!

For those who load Steam on a system startup:
1. Go to Task Manager > Startup > Right Click on Steam > Disable
2. Win+R > "shell:startup" > Enter > Copy Steam shortcut with -vgui parameter to that folder

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