Reinstalling Steam

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Reinstalling Steam

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I was wondering, if I uninstalled Steam and reinstalled it, would I have to redownload my games?
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Achronos-117 wrote:I was wondering, if I uninstalled Steam and reinstalled it, would I have to redownload my games?
possibly. I don't have steam, but I've seen it in work.
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Hmm I'll take the risk, Ill report in tommorow.
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You have to redownload the games them again.
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Steam is a front-end. It shouldn't uninstall the games, but you probably won't be able to play them without steam authentication.
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