Everyone with "Failed to find Steam" Error, look here.

[Action Cow]

For some unfathomable reason, steam.dll is not included in the files folder for rome total war.
This is an easy fix, just copy Steam.dll from "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam" and paste it into "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rome Total War Gold"

Note: If you're using a 32 bit OS, ignore the (x86) and just go to program files.

This fix should work until and unless they have the sense to include it in the download.

[Smugass Braixen-Chan]

Very strange indeed. I didn't have this problem until the -second- time I tried running the game. The first time, the game worked fine for 2 hours until it crashed during a loading screen. At the time I passed it off as problems with trying to run an old game on 7. Perhaps steam.dll got deleted somehow. If Steam reads these, I hope that helps.

[Ninja Gaijin]

Try marking it, once you move it, as read only.

[Microsoft227sam]

Yo

[Fweggigun]

Wow. Thank you so much

[WORM_77]

very old thread I know but just wanted to say it also worked for me when this happened trying to run Sid Meier's Pirates. Yay!

[krashd]

Some games, particularly older games, assume that the steam path has been added to your computer's Environment Variables so they rely on the EV to find steam.dll. If you want to save space instead of copying steam.dll to different folders for different games you could just add your steam path to the EV and all games will find steam.dll in future.

[Luca.Primo]

This worked for me too, for the Hitman Codename 47, Thank you very much!

[colstv1]

Still works - CoD and CoDUO. Thanks.

[Attriud]

Originally posted by Action Cow:

For some unfathomable reason, steam.dll is not included in the files folder for rome total war.
This is an easy fix, just copy Steam.dll from "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam" and paste it into "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rome Total War Gold"

Note: If you're using a 32 bit OS, ignore the (x86) and just go to program files.

This fix should work until and unless they have the sense to include it in the download.

It worked!!!

Thank you!!!

[MintyPiglets]

Tried this fix for Star Wars Republic Commando, worked like a charm. Thank you

[HAYWIRE]

Originally posted by Action Cow:

For some unfathomable reason, steam.dll is not included in the files folder for rome total war.
This is an easy fix, just copy Steam.dll from "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam" and paste it into "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rome Total War Gold"

Note: If you're using a 32 bit OS, ignore the (x86) and just go to program files.

This fix should work until and unless they have the sense to include it in the download.

Worked. Thanks a lot.

[sim133]

Thx, worked at Tomb Raider Anniversary!

[Mat]

help i cant find steam.dll i can only see steamservice.dll

[The_Real_Kingler_99]

This worked for me with Tomb Raider: Anniversary, after it crashed the second time I tried to run in.

[Tosty_Bread]

Also worked for Hitman: Blood Money. Thanks a lot.