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Last updated: Sep 06, 2021

Fix Steam 'Black Screen' Issues Now!

Steam 'Black Screen' Issues

In this article you will find out:

  • how to deal with this issue
  • how to protect your data

Are you ready? Let's read!

1. Perhaps your antivirus is provoking a Steam Blank Screen

Yes, it does happen, so temporarily disable your third-party real-time antivirus to verify this claim. If you do not know how to do this, go to the website of the antivirus solution manufacturer and use the corresponding guides.

After that, log back into Steam to check if the problem is resolved. If all is well, then go to the permissions of your antivirus and add the Steam client to the whitelist. After that, the antivirus will not interfere with the normal operation of Steam. If that doesn't work, you will have to uninstall your antivirus and think about a new antivirus solution.

2. Try to run Steam with Administrator Rights

Try to run Steam with Administrator Rights. According to many users, this helps to get rid of the Steam Game Black Screen problem.

Right click on Steam and select the "Decency" option. Next, open the Compatibility tab. Activate the options:

  • Run this program in compatibility mode.
  • Run this program as administrator.

Save your changes and launch Steam to see if that fixed the issue.

3. Work with Drivers

Be sure to update the video card driver in one of the following ways:

  1. 3.1. Press Windows + R on your keyboard and enter devmgmt.msc in the Run box. Press Enter and in a new window expand the Display Adapters category. Next, right-click on your graphics card and select the Update Driver option. Next, select Search automatically for updated driver software and wait for the update to download and install. Now restart your computer and restart Steam to see if this solution helped.
  1. 3.2. Go to your graphics card manufacturer's website and download the latest updates from there.
  1. 3.3. Install a dedicated tool to update and maintain all drivers for your computer.

4. Delete the App

This method will ensure that the Steam Client Black Screen no longer bothers you.

Open the list of launchers and search for Steam.

Next, right-click it and select the Delete option. Next, you will be taken to the Uninstall the Program section, follow the instructions on the screen uninstall Steam.

After that, re-download the Steam client and be sure to install it as an administrator.

Need to Roll Back OS Update? Save Your Game Progress!

To securely protect your data, you first need to find a good professional hard drive recovery software. The best option for you is the DiskInternals Partition Recovery tool.

This program uses an advanced scan of every hard drive partition and finds over 95% of all lost files. Partition Recovery can recover files in most file systems, including NTFS, exFAT, FAT 12, FAT 16, FAT 32, NTFS / HFS, etc., even if they are unreadable and damaged. In addition, unlike other similar utilities, there are no restrictions on the amount of data recoverable. This program has a convenient and pleasant interface with a built-in wizard that will help you quickly and easily restore the original disk or USB flash drive, even if you are doing it for the first time. A free demo version of DiskInternals Partition Recovery was developed especially for you, with the help of which you can make sure that it is a worthy program.

All you need to do is download and install DiskInternals Partition Recovery; the program will do the rest.

Here is a quick guide to data recovery using the pre-installed DiskInternals Partition Recovery software:

1. Select basic options to search for data from a damaged hard drive using the Recovery Wizard.

2. Select the Recovery Wizard mode and click Next.

3. As a result, scanning will begin, which will take some time, waiting for the process to complete.

4. Preview and Restore: Right-click the file of interest. Select Preview in a new window, then the files will be restored automatically.

5. If you want to save recovered files from disk in any format, just buy a license and enter the license key. The program itself, using the Export Wizard, will ask you to select a location to save the data.

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