{"id":483,"date":"2019-05-15T07:25:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T07:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.in-stat.com\/?p=483"},"modified":"2019-05-15T10:08:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T10:08:34","slug":"steam-content-file-locked-how-to-fix-the-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.in-stat.com\/steam-content-file-locked-how-to-fix-the-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam Content File Locked – How To Fix The Error"},"content":{"rendered":"
Among all the common errors associated with steam, this particular one can be very difficult to solve, especially when you don’t know the steps to take to be able to fix it. This error often shows up when updating a steam game.<\/p>\n
It signifies the inability of the steam to write update files to the hard disk, hence preventing steam from updating, usually, steam is expected to from time to time update itself.<\/p>\n
We seem to have lots of ways to fix this issue. The most effectual way is to simply uninstall and reinstall all the local game content from the beginning. The only problem with the aforementioned process is that it can be time-consuming and can take lots of data to complete the process. However, we are aware that anyone reading this might probably be having this issue and searching for solutions to resolve the error, hence we are going to list some of the easiest and convenient ways to solve the issue. Feel free to try anyone.<\/p>\n
The first ideal thing to do is to locate the corrupted files and treat them. Identify those faulty files and reinstall them afresh. This is an evergreen method to fix any problem.<\/p>\n
Steps 1: <\/strong>Exit Steam and go to the Steam directory. <\/strong>You can easily locate it on this default path (C:\/Program Files (x86)\/Steam).<\/p>\n Step 2:<\/strong> Navigate to the folder \u2018logs<\/strong>\u2019 and open \u2018txt<\/strong>\u2019.<\/p>\n Step 3:<\/strong> Navigate to the extreme down of the text file and look for recent errors<\/strong><\/p>\n Step 4:<\/strong> Go to the root folder<\/strong> of the mod, you may like total war warhammer mods, civilization 5 mods.<\/p>\n Step 5:<\/strong> Finally, Restart steam and scroll to the downloads folder. Once you are done restarting, you will discover that Steam will now be asking for an update for the game. Go ahead and update the required files. All is now set.<\/p>\n To be concise, Winsock is a short form of Windows Sockets API, it is a technical specification that determines how Windows network software should access network protocols such as TCP\/IP. This API most times demand a reset and this can prompt this error. Here is how to reset the Winsok.<\/p>\n Step 1:<\/strong> On the Windows Start menu icon, right click and select search<\/p>\n Step 2:<\/strong> Type \u201dcmd\u201d into the Search field and click on\u00a0 Ctrl+Shift+Enter<\/p>\n Step 3:<\/strong> Type \u2018\u2019netsh winsock reset\u2019\u2019 in the command prompt<\/p>\n Step 4:<\/strong> Click enter on the keyboard to lunch the command<\/p>\n Step 5:<\/strong> Restart the PC<\/p>\n Step 6:<\/strong> Lunch Steam and then update<\/p>\n The antivirus can as well prompt this error when it sees the Steam files as a virus threat and removes the files. This stops Steam from updating hence you will experience the steam content file locked issue, so to be able to update steam files, you will need to first disable the antivirus. Every anti-virus has a particular to disable it.<\/p>\n If you are using McAfee antivirus<\/strong>, open it and select \u201cVirus and Spyware Protection\u201d. Find the option \u201cReal-Time Scanning\u201d. Click that option and then turn it off. Then follow the following instruction below to verify the integrity of game files.<\/p>\n 1.<\/strong> Restart your PC and then relaunch Steam.<\/p>\n 2.<\/strong> Scroll to the library section and then right click on the particular game you are having issues with<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong> Click on its properties and select the local files tab<\/p>\n 4.<\/strong> Click the verify integrity of game files button<\/p>\nMethod Two – Readjust the Winsok Catalog<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Method Three – Check and Disable Antivirus<\/strong><\/h4>\n