How to speed up Steam's web browser

If you've used Steam for any length of time, I'm sure you've noticed that the web browser can be very slow.

Here's a tip that Spyder810 recently posted on reddit:

close steam and navigate here

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\config (or wherever you have steam installed)

delete the following folders

• cookies
• htmlcache
• overlaycookies
• overlayhtmlcache

Steam doesn't delete the cache files, etc which slows it down significantly. (ccleaner misses these files)

Once done, you should see a signficant improvement in speed.

For me those folders included 5336 files and occupied 667MB of space. Clearing out the folders immediately made Steam's browser run faster.

If this helps you and you have a reddit account, click that link and upvote Spyder810!

Tips: Skip the Mann vs. Machine Queue

Having a hard time getting into a Mann vs Machine server? Experiencing wait times of 40 minutes or more? Try this method, originally posted by HotShot88 on the TF2 Steam forum:

EDIT: this no longer works.

Tips: HL2E2 Little Rocket Man

In Half-Life 2: Episode Two, there's an achievement for escorting a garden gnome to the end of the game and launching him into space. This sounds hard - and it is - but with a few tricks, it gets a lot easier. Also keep in mind the one extremely important point which you'll find at the end of the article.

Tip: Arkham City's Top of the World Extreme

If you're having trouble clearing Arkham City's Top of the World Extreme challenge map, here's a set of instructions on a fast, easy way to not only grab two of the three medals right off the bat, but also to get rid of the Detective Mode Jammer.

Tip: Arkham City Combat Challenge Maps

First-ever tip article! Woo! Check back tomorrow for a map-specific tip for Arkham City's Top of the World Extreme challenge map.

This is actually not one tip, but small collection of tips for combat challenge maps. Some of these are from my gameplay, and others are from friends' observations.

Tips

I'm going to be starting a new type of article soon: tips.

When I'm playing a game and I find a useful trick, or when I see a trick on the internet, I'll post it here under the tag "tips", with screenshots so you know what I'm talking about. I'll add a header to the link bar up top as well.

As soon as I get around to taking some screenshots, the first tip will be some general combat challenge pointers for Arkham City (this Saturday, the 21st). Second, on Sunday, will be a specific set of moves to pull off for the Top of the World Extreme challenge map from the same game -- I discovered a certain procedure to start out the map that will get you an easy two medals right away, as well as eliminate the jammer, making the rest of the challenge easier at the same time.

As you may be able to guess, I'll be posting a review of Arkham City... eventually. For now, tips!