Most of the time, these quarantines are likely false positive.Ĭheck the vault or quarantine list of your antivirus program to see if there is any file related to the game (you were trying to download on Steam) is being quarantined. There is a common issue with many games on Steam where there is a chance some game files might get misdiagnosed and quarantined by your antivirus software when it thinks it could be a threat to your PC. Check if there’s any related game file quarantined by your Antivirus software If it still show the error, try the other fixes below. Then, try to resume or refresh the download. To run Steam as administrator on Windows 10, simply right-click on Steam shortcut icon and then select “ Run as administrator“. Run Steam as administratorĪs most of the files need permission to be written on your disk drive, you need to run Steam as administrator (if it hasn’t already ran as admin) so that Steam has the privileges to download and write the files on your disk drive.

If the “Missing downloaded files” error happens when you download a game or a huge patch for a game, try the solutions below.

Steam “Missing Downloaded Files” when downloading a game or an update

“Missing Downloaded Files” when downloading Steam Workshop Content.

Check if there’s any related game file quarantined by your Antivirus software.

Steam “Missing Downloaded Files” when downloading a game or an update.

Clear steam workshop downloaded files