moved steam folder - now i can't see profile/friends

[built[4]sin]

gang, i just added a hdd to my computer with windows 7 installed. i moved my steam/steamapps folder over to the new drive and reinstalled steam. steam now connects, but i have no profile, no friends' list and i can't see my downloaded games (civilzation V, l4d2, amnesia, skyrim). i have verified they are in the /common folder.

why can't i see my profile (dog with needle avatar, groups i'm a member of, etc.) or my friends' list?
how do i reinstall my games?

i'm so frustrated right now

thanks in advance

 

[WATER3]

The file system is confused (as in, it hasn't updated where things are supposed to be). Can you try to open CSS via the icon/folder, and see what happens after successfully getting on and playing? It should try to log you in and update everything...

 

[FuZion]

Hmm I believe this has to do something with your computers registry but im not entirely too sure on this one.. I mean you might have to re-install for it to point the steam directory to the correct registry within the root files. I would do some more searching though, if you figure it out, please post on here what you did.

 

[built[4]sin]

ok i'm an idiot

turns out i logged-in to my OLD account (opened in 2003!) which i had previously forgotten the password for. my "new" account (opened in 2008) has all my games attached to it... so now i'm downloading and installing to the new drive on the current account. i lost saved files in the meantime, but i'll live, i'm sure. i'm just fucking thrilled to have my account running

funny thing is, both accounts are attached to my personal email address - i didn't think that was possible, so i was assuming the account i had logged into was my current one. maybe i should go play on my original 2003 account for the really cool 5 (6?) digit steam ID lol

fuck it's been a frustrating night.