Steam Client Update

Posted by system · 12/11/09 @11:23 am · steam updates · 4 comments

Updates to the Steam client have been released. This is a mandatory update and Steam must be restarted for changes to take effect.

Fix for a case where games get stuck with "Download starting..."
Improved the Windows 7 Jump List. Added more MRU apps, added a link for Servers and decreased the amount of screen real estate it uses
Fixed in-game overlay sometimes not drawing textures correctly in OpenGL games
Improved support for future Steamworks features

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