So, I gotta tell you about this mess I got myself into with Steam the other day. I’d been waiting for this new game to come out, “Palworld”, and I pre-loaded it like a good little gamer. When the release time finally hit, I was all hyped up to jump in, but then Steam started this “unpacking” thing. And it was taking forever! Seriously, I could’ve knitted a whole sweater in the time it was taking.
I’m sitting there, staring at the progress bar that’s barely moving, and my excitement just deflated. I was like,”what the hell!”. I mean, my PC isn’t a potato, you know? It’s got some decent specs, so it shouldn’t be this slow. I started poking around online, and apparently, a bunch of people were having the same issue. One guy even said he could have cooked a three-course meal. That’s when I found a way.
So, I popped open the Task Manager, that trusty old thing. And there it was, Steam, just chilling, not really using up much of anything. I right-clicked on it, went to “Set Priority,” and bumped it up to “Realtime.” I figured, why not give it all the juice, right? I also stopped other apps that took up a lot of disk resources.
After doing that, I swear, it was like magic. The unpacking speed went through the roof. Suddenly, that progress bar started moving like it had somewhere to be. It was still chugging along, but at least it was actually making progress. But the most important thing is to make sure your disk has enough space, or it will be useless. I deleted some old games I don’t play anymore.
It still took a while, don’t get me wrong. I’m pretty sure the game files were humongous, which is part of the problem, I guess. Those fancy graphics and huge maps don’t just appear out of thin air. But eventually, it finished. It was a happy ending!
So, yeah, that’s my story of the great Steam unpacking saga. If you ever run into this, remember the Task Manager trick. And maybe keep in mind that these massive games come with massive file sizes. It’s all a trade-off, I suppose.
Here is a summary of the steps I took:
- Opened Task Manager.
- Located the Steam process.
- Right-clicked and set the priority to Realtime.
- Stopped other apps that were using the disk.
- Made sure there was enough space on the disk.
Hope this helps someone out there avoid the same frustration I went through!
