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whoa........was just at the steampowered forums

ok
the FIX
end the steam process.....

erase all of the .gcf files in \steamapps

then login.....

it will update the platform FILES and will log you in.


[edit] i did that shit....had to reinstall cs ....from my 1.5 and now for the first time i get that game not available error that all others that i never got. i dont know how to correct that one....and i only have platform, cs and ricochet.gcf files in my apps folder....
but when i got in its still unavailable for me and wont update cs or ricochet
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[edit2]
ok....this time i opened steam and connected(login)
then i right clicked cstrike game.....went to properties and changed the auto update to no auto update....
i exited with logout.....got back in , logged in fine.......and then changed it back to auto update.....
i let it sit there.and watched my steamapps folder for a bit....and suddenly half-life.gcf appeared.....then i right clicked my cs game icon again and it had updated 1%. so i got out of steam again without the logout.......
when i got back in i double clicked the cstrike game icon and that shit actually began downloading the updates!....and its still downloading so lets see.....
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