BeyondDimension / BeyondDimension/SteamTools

👑[Enhancement] Revert to or Enable old family/liberary share

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Description

Hi, I've been a multi-account user for a long time, back when Steam had some serious regional price discrimination.
Recently, I accidentally created a NEW steam family, it fxxked up all my sharing. Now I have to login to different account to play games.
The new family share doesn't function in my case, as my other accounts are in a different region.
Steam says the new one **completely replace** the old one, but it seems to me they exist at the same time, I just need a way to toggle it back to the older version. Here's my discovery.

09/26/2024

I have main account A, alt account B, C.
I enabled NEW family sharing on A, lost access to lib B, C.
I thought I could just use the new family function, hence enabled new sharing on B.
Steam tells me since they are in a different region, B cannot join A's family.
I deleted A's family, re-apply for B's lib, here's what I got.
![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e2fc2cbb-9509-437f-a310-83702a2ba2a0)

I then re-apply for C's lib, notice C didn't have new family function enabled. It succeed.
![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4221a902-086d-41c0-a93b-d0544cc22e5c)

A and B's family page looks like this
![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1b01e1d6-b686-4b17-9184-bb6776960da9)

While C's looks like this
![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e087b0e6-0844-490d-86f4-2ad29f8975c0)

It seems to me that they've just disabled a layout, is there a way to enable this layout?

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The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. First determine whether SteamTools can control Steam's old family-sharing mode; done would require a confirmed supported implementation or a documented limitation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
15/100

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