Steam_api.dll missing - how to fix the Steam error
The Steam error seems to be in a wide variety of together perform slopes, therefore, there is no universal solution. One of the following approaches to a solution but it should work.
- Admin: you can Find the file "Steam.exe" on your Desktop, in the installation folder or in the Start menu of Windows. Click on the file with the right mouse button and choose the Option "run As Administrator". in some cases this is already sufficient to eliminate the error.
- Repair: as an Alternative, locate the faulty game in your Steam library, click on it with the right mouse button and select "properties". Under the tab "Local files" find the Button "game files on error check". Then the game is checked and, if necessary, repaired.
- Uninstallation: As the file "Steam_api.dll" it is a part of Steam, it is copied during Installation to your PC. The file should be missing so, install your Steam-Client; your games files, you can keep it. In the other articles, you will find a how-to on Uninstalling , as well as the latest Steam Version to Download.
Steam_api.dll replacing the manual in the Steam directory
Advanced users can replace the file "steam_api.dll" and save the path on a new installation. The origin of the replacement file is regarded as a relatively safe, nevertheless a certain residual risk remains.
- Open the website of the "DLL-Files.com" and download the "Steam_api.dll" down.
- Are you looking for the top right of the Explorer to the file "Steam_api.dll" and you open the path in the Steam directory.
- Then, you delete the existing "Steam_api.dll" and replace it with the newly downloaded Version.
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