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Issue with : "Error reading application id. Please either write it to steam_appid.txt or use the launcher!"
Now in this new s.hitty Steam update I get this error when I'am launchng Non-Steam game.
"Error reading application id. Please either write it to steam_appid.txt or use the launcher!"

HELP !!!
Last edited by JukeBox XXL; Nov 26, 2014 @ 12:57pm
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Bumbefly (we/All) Nov 26, 2014 @ 10:12am 
You use crakced games => Nobody is allowed to help.
Get CLEAN! (i did).
76561198060351449 Nov 26, 2014 @ 12:52pm 
But before new update I could launch and it was going normaly and I could use In-Game overaly.
It's like launching Non-Steam game. Think about it and for the record st.upid Steam dosen't accept Paysafe cards.
76561198060351449 Nov 29, 2014 @ 11:47am 
You are such a g.ays you know that !
F.uck the CLEAN s.hit ! I'am going to use Cracked Steam if issue dosen't fixes !
Bumbefly (we/All) Nov 29, 2014 @ 4:20pm 
You wrote you already use cracked games, but you removed that after my post.

Mods, please close this thread, this person is living in denial more then most any of the homeless and/or addicted i work with. I can't stand that, knowing & admitting i was seriously wrong since i was 11 but having learned so many "evil" that i am only 2 years clean now i am 48.
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To all the ppl working for Valve and Steam : Good job, keep it up!
Registration for games at first was just one more excuse for some of my friends to remain using crackware. Yet with the advantages you bring to the game, they are comming clean on computing too.
If Steam would give games for FREE like ORIGIN ( GAME ON THE HOUSE ), maybe I would be CLEAN. Still prices are expensive and it dosen't support Paysafe card.
Titan Aug 10, 2021 @ 6:57am 
Don't use Steam as a launcher... there's alternative on this... im running linux and i also have this problem... in proton... it's not that the game is cracked but it need to run with something...

~Find it yourself~
although i love cracking the uncrackable. <3
Soda Sep 12, 2022 @ 4:20am 
well just buy the original games i also don't have any Source(valve) games
i have the same issue with ( war thunder )
its a free game and iam trying to run on 32 bit
but the same steam_appid.txt issue happend to me
its stupid how you guys think only crack games have this issue
76561199172087546 Jul 21, 2023 @ 2:41am 
To the people here. Some people love playing video games and dont necessarily have supporting circumstances to support the developer by paying for the game. Its not that they dont want to. its that most of the poeple dont really have that much money to toss around spending lazily on gaming, the money has better places to go to. Please be a bit considerate and dont just straight up start hating and jumping to conclusions. Ask questions and give answers. if you dont have an answer do not spread hate. you do not know the next person s circumstances.
󠀡󠀡 Jul 11, 2024 @ 2:03pm 
One must wholeheartedly agree with User 76561199172087546. He offered an insightful and commendable observation.
Last edited by 󠀡󠀡; Jul 11, 2024 @ 2:06pm
󠀡󠀡 Jul 11, 2024 @ 2:05pm 
As for the guy from a decade past, I recall a file named rev.ini that Windows Defender often purges. Search for it on the web; that should do the trick, I reckon.
La6eaN Mar 20 @ 5:19am 
базар ни о чём
речь не о том, пират ты или нет
вас это не должно касаться
есть проблема, попросили помочь, если не знаешь катись прочь

the talking is about nothing
it's not about whether you're a crack or not
it shouldn't concern you
there's a problem, they asked for help, if you don't know, get lost
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