Looked a little deeper and found this thread, https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/discussions/forum/1/4147320315760761247/ and even though I did everything that was already listed in it before, I tried again and it worked, though I'm downloading a different game than the one in that thread.

Edit: nevermind, it lied to me when it claimed to be downloading files, the folder is empty and this is still an issue

It might just be a matter of serious (software or hardware induced) filesystem damage -- you'd run a filesystem check (CHKDSK) on the filesystem with your Steam library on it -- but if not, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to reinstall Steam, in the "manual" way, i.e., by deleting most of it:

https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2307584451

Just commented in another thread where the issue might be security software interfering with things... and I suppose that's in fact also a bit of a possibility if something "quarantines" files as they are coming in. Seems far-fetched though if folders are actually fully empty. My money would be on filesystem damage...

It's just this one game, though, since I can install any other game just fine, even ones I've never installed before, and it also apparently isn't 40GB, it just has a recommendation of having 40GB free storage. SteamDB says it's less than a gigabyte, so I don't think it could be some kind of problem with Steam, rather, a glitch on the dev's part.

Did you ever fix this issue? I'm having this exact problem with Faerie Solitaire Remastered. It downloads instantaneously, and when I try to run it, it says there's no executable. When I go to verify the files, or when I uninstall and reinstall, it says that the file size is 0kb.

folder permissions? I had win10 and 11 pro make the files stem read only and had this problem years ago and never fixed. I assumed this is microsoft security

hello
what's your os ?

引用自 netjera：

Did you ever fix this issue? I'm having this exact problem with Faerie Solitaire Remastered. It downloads instantaneously, and when I try to run it, it says there's no executable. When I go to verify the files, or when I uninstall and reinstall, it says that the file size is 0kb.

The problem fixed itself after the game I was trying to install got an update, so I don't know how to fix it other than to just wait for an update

引用自 collins3：

引用自 netjera：

Did you ever fix this issue? I'm having this exact problem with Faerie Solitaire Remastered. It downloads instantaneously, and when I try to run it, it says there's no executable. When I go to verify the files, or when I uninstall and reinstall, it says that the file size is 0kb.

The problem fixed itself after the game I was trying to install got an update, so I don't know how to fix it other than to just wait for an update

happening to bmx streets for me but it hasnt got a update yet and when i update from old version it doesnt fix

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.