Is there a way to disable showing what your friends are playing when first logging into steam?

Whenever I log onto steam and open it on the top right of my computer is shows everyone who is playing games but at 3 at a time. Due to my high number or friends it takes a good amount of time to cycle through them. That means any icons or images in my top right of the screen are blocked and I can't click on them until the list goes away. Is there a way to disable this?

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Best Answer

There's not a "only after login" option for displaying these friend notifications. As has been noted, it's all or nothing in Steam's settings. There's also no launch option that helps.

However, you can make it go faster, if you edit your Steam style. In your Steam directory, look for resource\styles\steam.style. (Assuming you use the default skin - if not, check the \skins\(skin name)\resource\styles directory) Back up this file, and then you can edit it. Search for "Notifications." and you should see a block like:

Notifications.PanelPosition     "BottomRight"   // Can be "BottomRight", "BottomLeft", "TopRight", "TopLeft"
Notifications.PanelPosition     "TopRight" [$OSX]  // the dock is on the bottom for OSX, so instead pop top right like other apps do
Notifications.SlideDirection    "Vertical"    // Can be "Vertical", "Horizontal", "None" and controls slide effect
Notifications.FadeInTime      "0.45"    // Controls the time it takes to slide/fade into view
Notifications.FadeOutTime     "0.45"    // Controls the time it takes to slide/fade out of view
Notifications.DisplayTime     "6.0"     // Controls the length of time at steady state after fade in and before fade out
Notifications.StackSize       "3"     // Controls how many panels we will stack before background queuing

You can move the notifications to some other corner, have more on the screen at once, and make them cycle faster if you so desire.

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Find the My Profile option on the Privacy Settings page. Near the Game Details, click the menu. Then, from the drop-down option, select Private to make the Game Activity private.

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