gameoverlayui.exe has stopped working

[Tatsugi]

Because of today's update of Steam, Steam Overlay began always crashing in all games with error:
"gameoverlayui.exe (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)" has stopped working

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: GameOverlayUI.exe
Application Version: 2.3.15.38
Application Timestamp: 529e9513
Fault Module Name: libcef.dll
Fault Module Version: 1.1025.1248.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 5279720e
Exception Code: 80000003
Exception Offset: 0002ff70
OS Version: 6.2.9200.2.0.0.256.4
Locale ID: 1049
Additional Information 1: 5861
Additional Information 2: 5861822e1919d7c014bbb064c64908b2
Additional Information 3: f3d5
Additional Information 4: f3d5be0cad2787556264647dc02181c3

OS: Windows 8 Pro x64

Has someone the same problem?

Temporary Solution:
After the launch of Steam, rename libcef.dll / chromehtml.dll (in Steam\bin folder). Return the name before restarting Steam (to prevent redownload libcef.dll / chromehtml.dll).
In sum, Steam Overlay working in English language, but In-Game Web Browser don't working.

[eL_PuSHeR]

Publicado originalmente por Mullins:

Publicado originalmente por Tﮔ eL_PuSHeR:

There is a new beta available. Is anyone brave enough to test it?. I am currently opt out of betas.
Hopefully this will be fixed soon. It's quite annoying.

Still broken. A shame we need to look for workarounds instead of having an official fix.

Damnit! Thank you for testing though.

[soupladle]

It's been over a week since this was discussed, but I am still having the same issue. Has there been a more permanent solution than temporarily renaming libcef.dll? It would be really nice to be able to take screen shots again.

[Tatsugi]

Would be better if they used Firefox engine instead of Chrome engine.

[TheNeckerCube]

Would be better if they cared :(

[eL_PuSHeR]

It's been already a full month since this issue was discovered. Any word from Valve? Is it going to be fixed? This is pretty annoying because it's not a game-related issue but one that is affecting the whole Steam platform. And now that we are talking about it: does anybody know if this is a Windows only issue or does it affect other platforms too like Linux/Mac?

[76561198000787271]

aque se viene esto de verdad no entiendo?? una ayuda por favor?

[TrOnIcWhIsKy]

the stange thing it only efects some users,got a few frends without the problem so valve wont rush to fix it,not a major problem to them.

[Mullins]

I ran Steam on a Virtual Machine, another PC and a laptop and it didn't crash so it's probably related to some other program I have installed.

[Tatsugi]

Maybe one of Windows Updates causing crash?

[TheNeckerCube]

Either way Steam doesn't care :(

[LuckyTRG]

good luck

[eL_PuSHeR]

I have found the culprit. We were already on the right track.

Steam\BIN\libcef.dll version (Chromium embedded Framework DLL) 1.1025.1248.0 is the culprit. The one inside my Left 4 Dead 2 bin directory is older and it works if replaced (version 1.989.464.0). Too bad everytime I restart Steam this libcef.dll gets resetted again. The only workaround is to open a game, get the gameoverlayui.exe crash with libcef.dll; close the dialog and replace libcef.dll with the older version while Steam is still opened. Annoying to say the least.

PS - Keep in mind that libcef.dll will probably be locked by Steam and cannot be replaced unless you get the gameoverlayui.exe crash dialog, which sometimes I don't get. In this case you cannot perform the above workaround.

[дерзкий кабан]

Thanks!

[TrOnIcWhIsKy]

Publicado originalmente por Tﮔ eL_PuSHeR:

I have found the culprit. We were already on the right track.

Steam\BIN\libcef.dll version (Chromium embedded Framework DLL) 1.1025.1248.0 is the culprit. The one inside my Left 4 Dead 2 bin directory is older and it works if replaced (version 1.989.464.0). Too bad everytime I restart Steam this libcef.dll gets resetted again. The only workaround is to open a game, get the gameoverlayui.exe crash with libcef.dll; close the dialog and replace libcef.dll with the older version while Steam is still opened. Annoying to say the least.

PS - Keep in mind that libcef.dll will probably be locked by Steam and cannot be replaced unless you get the gameoverlayui.exe crash dialog, which sometimes I don't get. In this case you cannot perform the above workaround.

So how is this better than renaming libcif.dll to libcif.dll2 or am i missing something.

[eL_PuSHeR]

It's not better, but now we positively know why the file is crashing (new version). We should inform Valve about these details. How do you submit a ticket? Anybody?

By the way. What happens when you just rename the dll? does overlay start working again?
By using the older libcef.dll, overlay comes to life again.