So I forget that I already have Steam on my hdd from a previous windows installation, and I download the new version and try to install it on top. The installation fails, and I keep getting the lovely "Steam is temporarily unavailable, please try later" message which wouldn't go away whatever I did.
After searching around I found that I had to delete two files:
- ClientRegistry.blob located in C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam
- platform.gcf Located in C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\Steamapps\
That didn't do the trick though, so I deleted two Steam exe files as well. I can't recall their exact names but they probably were
SteamNew.exe and
SteamTmp.exe (the Steam installer must have renamed one of them and created a new one, is my guess).
Deleting these three files allowed me to run a quick installation on top of my previous install, which sorted everything out!
