steam uninstalled all my games, what do i do

misfitkid86

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hi all, i just turned my pc back on after several days, and after going into steam all the games i had installed on my d drive are uninstalled, they are still on the drive but it doesn't let me just add the folder! what can i try?
 

misfitkid86

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no, all the games are still in the library are still there but grayed out, and i can't add the drive back into the steam library because it says it already exists!
 

misfitkid86

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i'm sorry what do you mean? i have steam itself on my ssd which works fine, the games are on an hdd, do i just delete the folder that says steam on the hdd?
 

darklex

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No, reinstall steam on the same folder the steam files are.