I uninstalled Mount & Blade: Warband and it said the game would be in my games library to reinstall at a later time, but the game is not there.
Does anyone know how to get the game to reinstall with out me buying the game again?
Steam – I uninstalled Mount & Blade: Warband, and now it’s not in the Steam Library
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It's also possible that your library has been set to filter by "Installed" so it isn't showing the newly purchased game. Make sure the dropdown by the Library header button is set to All Games.
Attempt 1 - Uninstalling and reinstalling.
Once I reinstalled I had to re-add the library location after-which steam then automatically detected the existing games were already installed. nothing was lost.
When I went to install my new game, the game location from my manage libraries was finally there.
Update 2 - the workaround
The problem has returned. I don't know what triggers it. So the following is an easier workaround than reinstalling Steam.
- Install the game to the undesired library location.
- Wait for downloading to be completed (may not be required, as it could continue downloading in the new location).
- Close steam.
- Move the files and folders from the install SteamApps folder to the other library folder.
- Start steam and it will detect where the games have been moved to.
This success of this can be verified by bringing up the properties of the game, clicking Local Files tab and clicking on "browse local files" to see the actual location path.
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Best Answer
Unfortunately, if this is the case, there's not much we can do to help you (beyond verifying what is going on). This is a matter for Steam Support.
To submit a ticket, click "Help", then "Steam Support". Once you register a Steam Support account, send a ticket to Valve and they'll look into it. Try to find a copy of the receipt you received by email when you bought the game and include it in the ticket.