If the problem is fixed after disabling your antivirus, you must perform the below steps as the antivirus is essential and you cannot have it disabled for long. New location other than C drive and move the steamapps folder back to the newįix 5: Set Exception for Steam on Antivirus Softwareīefore you proceed with the below steps, you must first disable the antivirus or Windows Defender and check if it resolves the Steam content file locked error. Starting Steam, follow the below process.įolder and move it to an accessible location such as Desktop. Still persists or you encountered a problem during the process or while Steamapps, userdata, and Steam and paste to the new location
ONE SHOT CONTENT FILE LOCKED UPDATE
Update as instructed and you should be able to operate the Steam client You will notice that the game is recommending an update.Now open the Steam client and go to the Download folder.
Navigate and open the folder named logs (This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files (x86) >.(This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files (x86) > Steam) Close the Steam client and go to the location where the program is installed.Here are the steps to identify the corrupt or missing files. As one of the possible causes can be a corruption of the file, we can identify the specific file that caused the problem and re-download the entire file.