[Solved] unable to initialize SteamAPI

[Lord RedArrow]

As the title suggests, I have a problem when starting the game. It shows a popup saying 'unable to initialize SteamAPI'.

I have tried different things already. Restarting steam, reinstalling steam, reinstalling the game, validating files and restarting the pc.

No results yet, I would love to play the game though. I hope someone can help me ;)

[Boris the Animal]

Go to steam settings and clear your browser cookies
If that doesnt work, this might >shut down steam goto >C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam and renname appcache folder to appcache1 then restart steam and it will make a new file.then it should work. This works for many steam game that fail.

[Lord RedArrow]

No results, any other suggestions on what to try?

[caldaar]

One thing, did you try running Steam as Admin.... I have seen some cases where a few files do not get registered and you need to do the first run with running Steam as Admin, and then opening RS.

[rcole_sooner]

Are the game and Steam installed on the same hard drive? If not, try installing them on the same hard drive.

[Boris the Animal]

I did some searching around on your error rather than focusing on it being a RS issue. There's a few tips on this page so rather than me copy and paste, you should have a look at it. Ignore the ones saying "Reinstall steam" of course, since you've done that.

Page 3 from Oscar is what I found particularly interesting if it would work for you.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/480490/discussions/0/1327844097117293195/?ctp=3

[Lord RedArrow]

Thanks Msyn, I read trough the discussion and found the solution.

Appearently you have to disable 'Auto-containment' in Comodo. So after all it is not a Rocksmith nor a Steam problem.

Thanks to anyone who tried to help me

[Boris the Animal]

Originally posted by Lord RedArrow:

Thanks Msyn, I read trough the discussion and found the solution.

Appearently you have to disable 'Auto-containment' in Comodo. So after all it is not a Rocksmith nor a Steam problem.

Thanks to anyone who tried to help me

Glad you've got it working. Have fun.