Steam: steam.exe - Entry Point Not Found Help!!

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TheEnterprise Feb 16, 2013 @ 8:28pm

When I boot up my account I sometimes get this error flat out about steam:

"The procedure entry point av_asprintf could not be located in the dynamic link library avutil-51.dll."

I press ok and it keeps coming back up everytime and I can't access steam. Sometimes when I boot up my account, this message does not appear, and there is a white box that says it is checking for steam updates. Then afterwards the error comes up. Sometimes steam works completely fine.

I looked up on the internet and I can't find any perminant fixes or explainations. I tried renstalling steam and system restore. The only thing I can think of to do next is reintall my operating system.

Windows 7 Home Premium
Intel i5 2500k
gtx460se
ASUS P8P67 LE
8gb ram

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Echoes Feb 17, 2013 @ 12:51am

For me, killing the Steam.exe process and restarting Steam works fine! Hope it works for you!

Quantum-Quill Feb 17, 2013 @ 3:52am

I'm having the same issue here, restarting Steam after ending the Steam.exe process works fine (thanks Echo!), but its irritating having to do that every time I boot my system. I'm going to submit a ticket to Valve, hopefully if enough people have this issue, they will address it.

Darestine Feb 17, 2013 @ 11:18am

Same, and works for me too.

Ryn Feb 17, 2013 @ 2:46pm

Same thing, and it's only since that last patch.

Electabruce420 Feb 17, 2013 @ 5:56pm

happening to me too, anyone have a fix?

Kangaroo Jack Feb 17, 2013 @ 8:10pm

That is exactly what is happening to me right now! Anyone know what's causing this problem?

Skulkan Feb 18, 2013 @ 12:29am

I'm having the same problem and found that it only happens when I have the program "Razer Game Booster" open. Is everyone who is having the problem running this program too? Reply if you are/aren't.

EDIT: Steam seems to run just fine even with Razer Game Booster open if I end steam.exe through task manager and reboot Steam.

Last edited by Skulkan; Feb 18, 2013 @ 12:50am

HolyNumber Feb 18, 2013 @ 3:03am

Yea, I have this problem and I run Razer Game Booster.
But I get the error even if Game booster is closed.

Hopefully it'll get patched.

Wrathy Feb 18, 2013 @ 5:57am

Yeah, same issue. I'm using Gamebooster as well. I'm just glad to know that it wasn't all the other stuff I've been doing to my computer that's caused it. Moved my O/S to a SSD and keep all my games and stuff on my other drive.

Electabruce420 Feb 18, 2013 @ 7:17am

Yes I'm using the game booster as well, but once I close-open steam works like a gem.

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Quantum-Quill Feb 18, 2013 @ 10:04am

Using the Razor Gamebooster as well. I submitted a ticket to Valve but have not heard back yet. I will update it to include this detail.

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cochiba Feb 18, 2013 @ 10:08am

Hi,
kann mir das einmal jmd erklären das ich es auch verstehe?
bei mir ist der Fehler invalid Key!
Spiel am Samstag bei MM gekauft!

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Xaihady Feb 18, 2013 @ 11:28pm

You guys have no idea how relieved I am to hear that I'm not the only one with this problem. I thought it was an issue with my Skyrim game, since it's already been giving me grief recently.
If nothing's inherently wrong with my games, then I'm not so worried about it. Still, does anyone know if this error affects the performance of Steam games in general?

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