12 files | articles.json, 0689-74B8-92AC-10F2-steam-remote-play.txt, 0F8D-E06C-9F82-5BAF-team-fortress-2-replay-server-overview.txt, 1400-A63C-7EF2-C516-right-handed-and-left-handed-models-in-valve-games.txt, 1A06-BC6C-B2EA-1FD2-pure-server-file-game-pak01-001-vpk-does-not-match-the-server-s-file.txt, 22C0-03D0-AE4B-04E8-disconnected-by-vac-you-cannot-play-on-secure-servers.txt, 2BED-4784-8C0A-3912-directx-installs-with-every-game.txt, 2FC3-54BF-465F-E556-streaming-videos-on-steam.txt, 3344-6439-1D50-5A9B-steam-is-already-running.txt, 3C73-90F9-F600-0266-uninstall-steam.txt, 41EA-7E25-B1F0-67E9-steam-controller-troubleshooting.txt, 443B-C1B8-0998-C02A-how-do-i-disable-compatibility-mode.txt

Author: SteamDB-Tracker

articles.json

@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@
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         "title": "Steam Remote Play",
         "url_code": "0689-74B8-92AC-10F2",
-        "version": 8,
-        "timestamp": "2024-11-04 21:18:01"
+        "version": 9,
+        "timestamp": "2026-01-21 23:52:18"
     },
     "481927930167436620": {
         "title": "Steam Guard",
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         "title": "Team Fortress 2 Replay Server Overview",
         "url_code": "0F8D-E06C-9F82-5BAF",
-        "version": 7,
-        "timestamp": "2022-04-21 20:57:51"
+        "version": 8,
+        "timestamp": "2026-01-21 23:55:04"
     },
     "1130490359376509857": {
         "title": "Steam Controller",
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@
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         "title": "Right-handed and Left-handed Models in Valve games",
         "url_code": "1400-A63C-7EF2-C516",
-        "version": 5,
-        "timestamp": "2024-09-24 20:19:15"
+        "version": 6,
+        "timestamp": "2026-01-21 23:57:08"
     },
     "1446728062608946696": {
         "title": "Screen goes black in the Direct Intervention chapter of Half-Life 2: Episode One",
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@
         "timestamp": "2021-08-11 22:09:32"
     },
     "1875393469890568146": {
-        "title": "Pure server: file [GAME]\\pak01_001.vpk does not match the server's file",
+        "title": "Pure server: file [GAME]\\\\pak01_001.vpk does not match the server's file",
         "url_code": "1A06-BC6C-B2EA-1FD2",
-        "version": 4,
-        "timestamp": "2021-08-04 17:26:44"
+        "version": 5,
+        "timestamp": "2026-01-22 00:02:14"
     },
     "1941446215599928099": {
         "title": "Index Base Station & Lighthouse Tracking",
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         "title": "Disconnected by VAC: You cannot play on secure servers",
         "url_code": "22C0-03D0-AE4B-04E8",
-        "version": 6,
-        "timestamp": "2021-08-12 19:49:00"
+        "version": 7,
+        "timestamp": "2026-01-21 23:49:10"
     },
     "2548068556033019130": {
         "title": "Dota 2 - Item Drops",
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         "title": "DirectX Installs with every game",
         "url_code": "2BED-4784-8C0A-3912",
-        "version": 4,
-        "timestamp": "2021-08-12 19:42:19"
+        "version": 5,
+        "timestamp": "2026-01-22 00:20:47"
     },
     "3171155790013657367": {
         "title": "Steam Gifts",
@@ -800,8 +800,8 @@
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         "title": "Streaming Videos on Steam",
         "url_code": "2FC3-54BF-465F-E556",
-        "version": 7,
-        "timestamp": "2021-12-02 22:56:52"
+        "version": 8,
+        "timestamp": "2026-01-22 00:22:58"
     },
     "3453689899482173588": {
         "title": "Dota Plus FAQ",
@@ -866,8 +866,8 @@
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         "title": "Steam is already running",
         "url_code": "3344-6439-1D50-5A9B",
-        "version": 8,
-        "timestamp": "2021-08-05 19:57:40"
+        "version": 9,
+        "timestamp": "2026-01-22 00:24:37"
     },
     "3719054496656610265": {
         "title": "Valve Hardware Shipping FAQ",
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         "title": "Uninstall Steam",
         "url_code": "3C73-90F9-F600-0266",
-        "version": 11,
-        "timestamp": "2026-01-19 15:40:28"
+        "version": 12,
+        "timestamp": "2026-01-22 00:26:30"
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         "title": "Valve Hardware Compliance",
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         "title": "Steam Controller Troubleshooting",
         "url_code": "41EA-7E25-B1F0-67E9",
-        "version": 6,
-        "timestamp": "2021-08-12 20:24:44"
+        "version": 7,
+        "timestamp": "2026-01-22 00:28:31"
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     "4767326052454259607": {
         "title": "CS:GO - I've been Overwatch banned",
@@ -1172,8 +1172,8 @@
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         "title": "How do I disable Compatibility Mode?",
         "url_code": "443B-C1B8-0998-C02A",
-        "version": 6,
-        "timestamp": "2021-08-10 17:06:27"
+        "version": 7,
+        "timestamp": "2026-01-21 18:09:04"
     },
     "4926790029447666731": {
         "title": "Your Purchase could not be completed because it looks like the currency of funds in your Steam Wallet does not match the currency of this purchase.",

docs/0689-74B8-92AC-10F2-steam-remote-play.txt

@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ This is a known incompatibility between NVIDIA hardware encoding and the hardwar
 
 [list]
 
-[*]See if there is an audio error listed in logs\streaming_log.txt on the remote computer [/*]
+[*]See if there is an audio error listed in logs\\streaming_log.txt on the remote computer [/*]
 [*]See if audio or the Steam application is muted on the remote computer [/*]
 [*]See if audio is muted on the local computer [/*]
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ Try plugging a mouse in on the remote computer.
 [h3]How do I diagnose streaming performance problems?[/h3]
 You can look in streaming_log.txt in the Steam logs folder on the remote computer after you play a game to get a detailed breakdown of how much time was spent in each component of the streaming system.
 
-While the game is running, you can hit F6 or the Guide button combined with the Y button on your game controller to turn on live statistics for the session. While the statistics are visible the game collects more detailed information which is saved in logs\SteamVideoTrace.txt and logs\SteamAudioTrace.txt at the end of the session.
+While the game is running, you can hit F6 or the Guide button combined with the Y button on your game controller to turn on live statistics for the session. While the statistics are visible the game collects more detailed information which is saved in logs\\SteamVideoTrace.txt and logs\\SteamAudioTrace.txt at the end of the session.
 
 While the statistics are visible, you can hit F8 or the Guide button combined with the X button on your game controller to save a screenshot and 10 seconds worth of stats to a zip file in the streaming directory in the Steam folder on the remote computer.
 

docs/0F8D-E06C-9F82-5BAF-team-fortress-2-replay-server-overview.txt

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ If you cannot successfully point a Web browser to the URL constructed by replaci
 
 You will only need to edit replay_local_fileserver_path, which is the full path for the Web server. For Apache on a Windows machine, using the replay_fileserver_* ConVars above, this path might be something like:
 
-"C:\MyWebServer\htdocs\replay"
+"C:\\MyWebServer\\htdocs\\replay"
 
 On Linux, this might be something like:
 

docs/1400-A63C-7EF2-C516-right-handed-and-left-handed-models-in-valve-games.txt

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ To permanently use left-handed models, you may create a [b]userconfig.cfg[/b] fi
 
 [*]Locate the subfolder in your game folder that holds the [b]config.cfg[/b] file
 
-For example, you can find the config.cfg file for Counter-Strike at [Steam installation directory]\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike\cstrike\config.cfg [/*]
+For example, you can find the config.cfg file for Counter-Strike at [Steam installation directory]\\steamapps\\common\\Counter-Strike\\cstrike\\config.cfg [/*]
 [*]Create a new text file in that directory called [b]userconfig.cfg[/b] [/*]
 [*]Open the file with Notepad and enter [code]cl_righthand 1[/code] (to use the right-handed model) or [code]cl_righthand 0[/code] (to use the left-handed model) [/*]
 [*]Save the file [/*]

docs/1A06-BC6C-B2EA-1FD2-pure-server-file-game-pak01-001-vpk-does-not-match-the-server-s-file.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[h1]Pure server: file [GAME]\pak01_001.vpk does not match the server's file[/h1]
+[h1]Pure server: file [GAME]\\pak01_001.vpk does not match the server's file[/h1]
 
 [section style=warning]Counter-Strike: Global Offensive cooldowns caused by [i]pak01_001.vpk[/i] errors are non-negotiable and cannot be removed or reduced by Steam Support.
 
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ A good first step to resolve .vpk errors is to remove files from your CS:GO dire
 
 [list]
 
-[*]\Steam\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\materials [/*]
-[*]\Steam\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\models [/*]
+[*]\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\\csgo\\materials [/*]
+[*]\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\\csgo\\models [/*]
 
 [/list]
 [/*]

docs/22C0-03D0-AE4B-04E8-disconnected-by-vac-you-cannot-play-on-secure-servers.txt

@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ The error may also indicate a Steam service failure. Please try repairing the St
 
 [*]Exit Steam. [/*]
 [*]Click Start > Run (Windows Key + R). [/*]
-[*]Type the following command: [b]"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\bin\SteamService.exe" /repair[/b]  	 [/*]
+[*]Type the following command: [b]"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\bin\\SteamService.exe" /repair[/b]  	 [/*]
 [*]Launch Steam and test the issue again. [/*]
 
 [/olist]
-[b]Note:[/b] This command requires administrator privileges and may take a few minutes. If you have installed Steam to another path, please replace [b]C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam[/b] with the correct path.
+[b]Note:[/b] This command requires administrator privileges and may take a few minutes. If you have installed Steam to another path, please replace [b]C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam[/b] with the correct path.
 [/section]
 
 [section id=default]

docs/2BED-4784-8C0A-3912-directx-installs-with-every-game.txt

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Why does DirectX install with every game?
 
 [h1]Why does DirectX install with every game?[/h1]
-Microsoft has a helper library with D3D called D3DX. You'll find binaries for this like d3dx9_43.dll in your Windows\System32 folder. There are over 40 different versions of the D3DX library for D3D9 alone, and many more for D3D10 and 11 as well. Each game that uses the D3DX helper library is linked to a specific version. As such the game must run the correct D3D installer version that it was specifically compiled with to ensure the binaries exist.
+Microsoft has a helper library with D3D called D3DX. You'll find binaries for this like d3dx9_43.dll in your Windows\\System32 folder. There are over 40 different versions of the D3DX library for D3D9 alone, and many more for D3D10 and 11 as well. Each game that uses the D3DX helper library is linked to a specific version. As such the game must run the correct D3D installer version that it was specifically compiled with to ensure the binaries exist.
 
 Even if a later version of the binary is already installed, that version cannot be used, and even if your DirectX install is up-to-date because you've run a more recent version of the installer that is not guaranteed to have installed all previous versions. Also, if a version is installed for x86 it doesn't guarantee the same version is installed for x64, so 64 bit and 32 bit games may need to run the same exact installer version but targeting different platforms when run.
 

docs/2FC3-54BF-465F-E556-streaming-videos-on-steam.txt

@@ -198,15 +198,15 @@ You can find this FAQ by visiting the Steam store page for the video you are att
 
 [list]
 
-[*]Unzip the downloaded file and copy the files contained in the zip file to C:\Users\[yourusername]\AppData\Local\Steam\widevine\win-ia32\
+[*]Unzip the downloaded file and copy the files contained in the zip file to C:\\Users\\[yourusername]\\AppData\\Local\\Steam\\widevine\\win-ia32\\
 
 [/list]
 
 [*]If using Windows 64-bit, download [url=https://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/widevine-cdm/1.4.9.1088-win-x64.zip]https://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/widevine-cdm/1.4.9.1088-win-x64.zip[/url]
 
 [list]
 
-[*]Unzip the downloaded file and copy the files contained in the zip file to C:\Users\[yourusername]\AppData\Local\Steam\widevine\win-x64\
+[*]Unzip the downloaded file and copy the files contained in the zip file to C:\\Users\\[yourusername]\\AppData\\Local\\Steam\\widevine\\win-x64\\
 
 [/list]
 

docs/3344-6439-1D50-5A9B-steam-is-already-running.txt

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Please ensure that Steam is not set to use Compatibility features:
 
 [olist]
 
-[*]Browse to your Steam installation (Usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\) [/*]
+[*]Browse to your Steam installation (Usually C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\) [/*]
 [*]Right click on steam.exe, choose Properties. [/*]
 [*]Click on the Compatibility tab. [/*]
 [*]Uncheck any boxes that are checked, and click Apply. [/*]
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ If Compatibility features were not enabled, or if disabling them fails to resolv
 
 [olist]
 
-[*]Exit Steam and go to the folder called C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\ (this is the default location for a Steam installation - if you set a different installation directory, you will need to browse to it). [/*]
+[*]Exit Steam and go to the folder called C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\ (this is the default location for a Steam installation - if you set a different installation directory, you will need to browse to it). [/*]
 [*]Delete all of the files in this folder except: The steamapps folder and steam.exe (If 'exe' is not visible, look for the blue and white Steam icon)     [/*]
 [*]Restart your computer. [/*]
 [*]Then, you will need to launch steam.exe from within the Steam installation folder, and not from a pre-existing shortcut. [/*]

docs/3C73-90F9-F600-0266-uninstall-steam.txt

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ How should I uninstall Steam?
 [section style=important]
 
 [h3]Important:[/h3]
-This process will remove Steam and any installed game content from your machine. If reinstalling Steam and Steam games in the near future, please move the steamapps folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\) outside of the Steam directory to prevent your games from being deleted.  Additionally, [url=https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8794-YPHV-2033]backups[/url] of all game content can be created for reinstallation.
+This process will remove Steam and any installed game content from your machine. If reinstalling Steam and Steam games in the near future, please move the steamapps folder (C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\) outside of the Steam directory to prevent your games from being deleted.  Additionally, [url=https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8794-YPHV-2033]backups[/url] of all game content can be created for reinstallation.
 [/section]
 
 [section style=warning]