Steam not working

[Fastlex]

When I start steam it doesn't start the steam window. but task
manager says its running.

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[fred da kiko]

reinstall steam.

[Fastlex]

reinstall steam.

Will I have to reinstall my games?

[KoopaScooper]

reinstall steam.

what this means is to delete everything in your steam folder but steamapps, skins, and steam.exe
relaunch steam afterwards

Will I have to reinstall my games?

if you do it the way I just said, no

[Night Fox]

what no
just end the process, then try starting it again
works for me when I have this problem

[Frontrox]

What os do you run?

[Fastlex]

Windows XP

Problem solved locking.

Thanks Koopa.