Automatic Creation of Unused Game Folders on Steam Start Up

[TannerAMay]

Your system information

• Steam client version (build number or date): 1.0.0.74-1
• Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch
• Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] No
• Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Describe what you expected should happen and what did happen. Please link any large code pastes as a Github Gist

On launch, Steam creates these hidden folders in the home directory even though I do not have those games installed (folders marked with "x" are for games I don't even own):
x ~/.killingfloor
x ~/.mbwarband
~/.paradoxinteractive
x ~/.prey

It also creates folders for games I don't have installed/own in ~/.local/share:
x ~/.local/share/bohemiainteractive
~/.local/share/cdprojektred
x ~/.local/share/Dredmor
~/.local/share/FasterThanLight
~/.local/share/feral-interactive
x ~/.local/share/HotlineMiami
x ~/.local/share/IntoTheBreach
~/.local/share/Paradox Interactive
x ~/.local/share/PillarsOfEternity
x ~/.local/share/RogueLegacy
x ~/.local/share/SteamWorld Dig 2
x ~/.local/share/SteamWorldDig
~/.local/share/SuperHexagon
x ~/.local/share/Terraria

All of these folders are empty.

I expected Steam to only create folders it needs.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

1. Open Steam
2. Delete folders above
3. Restart Steam and the folders return

[Daystar1998]

Are you running Steam in Firejail?

The steam.profile contains a number of mkdir commands with the folders you listed.

Either comment those lines out or add ignore commands for them in steam.local

[TannerAMay]

This was it! Thank you.