Friend and Chat won't open in client

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DJ OtterPop Oct 26 @ 1:28am

Friend and Chat won't open in client

I know this is an issue for a lot of people, but none of the recommended fixes do anything for me. Whenever I click on "friend and chat" in the bottom right, or if I click "unread chat message" in my notifications, nothing happens. No pop up, no friends list, no messages, nothing. It's been like this for well over a year, probably at least two. It's not a huge problem, but it is really annoying.
No issues when in-game with the steam overlay, just within the steam app itself.

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. Oct 26 @ 1:29am

Launch Steam in Big Picture Mode the Friends and Chat window usually opens properly there.

DJ OtterPop Oct 27 @ 12:45am

Definitely should not have to do that

. Oct 27 @ 2:05am

Originally posted by DJ OtterPop:
Definitely should not have to do that

Close Steam, delete the `windowlayout.json` file from the Steam installation folder, then relaunch the client.

chatskiy Oct 27 @ 3:00am

Dean Winchester Oct 27 @ 3:43am

DJ OtterPop Dec 3 @ 9:24pm

Originally posted by .:
Originally posted by DJ OtterPop:
Definitely should not have to do that
Close Steam, delete the `windowlayout.json` file from the Steam installation folder, then relaunch the client.

There is no file with that name. I searched every steam related folder I have