OK... I loaded in to this happening. It broke both of my PCs due to the endless looping doing something that eventually gave me a blue screen of death. This post was HOURS before my trying. Could the patch have not been DISABLED to prevent the breaking of many PCs, stress on your servers, Etc.?
Or, is this an attempt to FORCE the use of the Steam interface? If it is, say so. I will not load it and will leave. But, be honest, say it. Don't backhandedly create problems for those not on the Steam interface, tell us, "All but the Steam interface is being discontinued."