Tip of the Week Universal
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This Week’s Pro Tip: Use the sliders menu on any installed game to update, repair, or verify your game files - all without leaving Game Mode!

Note: This feature works in both versions of Junk Store.

The Problem

Every now and then we get questions about how to update games due to new patches, or how to add newly purchased DLC content to already downloaded games (i.e. Cyberpunk 2077). Don’t waste time downloading games over and over again, instead use the Update, Repair or Verify functionality built into Junk Store without leaving Game Mode or needing to restart your Steam Deck.

Common scenarios when you may need to use this:

  • Newly purchased DLC content isn’t showing up in-game
  • New patch released for one of your games - Rocket League, Fall Guys, ZZZ, Arknights: Enfield, etc.
  • During download some game files got corrupted
  • Game crashing on launch that was working fine

Where you can find these functions:

  1. Go to your installed game in Junk Store
  2. Open the game details
  3. Select the sliders menu (three lines icon)

Sliders menu on game screen

  1. Pick Update, Repair, or Verify

Update, Repair and Verify options

What each function does:

Update

Self explanatory but just in case…this will download updates only or new DLC content to save you downloading the game over and over again.

Verify

Sometimes during download things can go wonky. This will verify downloaded files against the game’s manifest to check if anything is missing or corrupted.

Repair

If any files are missing or corrupted this will download those files causing issues and preventing the game from launching.

📝 Note: Sometimes games may need to be downloaded again if the download process really went awry.
⚠️ Warning: There are also cases where you need to delete the Proton files, but this will delete the prefix and all files and saves associated with it. This should only be done when the install is fresh and you have no saves associated with the game. Do at your own risk.

Quick Tips

🆕 Just bought DLC? Use Update and it'll download automatically.
🔧 Game suddenly broken? Try Verify first, then Repair if it finds issues. This could save time wasted downloading a game from scratch.

That’s it! Questions? Hit us up on Discord or Reddit.

Cheers,
The Junk Store Team

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