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Dorrian

Jan 2, 2013 @ 8:40pm

"Can't find steam" error message.

So first day I bought and tried this, it worked fine. Second day, I get this message. What? How do I fix this? It was annoying enough that this game has turned out to be a pretty poor port, but this is just adding salt to the wound. Any help? :\

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Maytan

Jan 3, 2013 @ 11:41am

I had this problem too. What fixed it for me was following some instructions that I found elsewhere on the web. (might've been the Steam forums)

I don't remember the poster's name, but here's what he said to do.

1: Right-click on "Computer" (in XP it was called "My Computer") and click on Properties.

2: in Vista / 7, on the left click on "Advanced System Settings". On XP, Google search for how to change your system path, because I can't quite remember where things were in XP.

3: In the Advanced tab, you'll see a button for "Environment Variables". Click it.

4: In the upper section of that new window, you should see something like "User Variables for [your username]". Scroll through to find the one called "PATH".

5: Highlight the entry for "PATH" and click "Edit...".

6: You'll get a too-small text box that has a field on the top for "Variable Name" and a field under it for "Variable Value". Put your cursor into the "Variable Value" field and hit the [End] key so you know you're not inserting text in the middle of another entry. If you push the right arrow key it should not scroll.

7: Add a semicolon [;] to separate your new entry from the others. This is the key to the right of the 'L' key, without pressing Shift.
Correct -> ;
Incorrect -> :

8: Paste in the path to Steam, which for me on a default-install Windows 7 64 system is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam

9: Press OK, and re-launch Steam so that it gets the new environment variables. (It might work without re-launching, but hey why not.)

10: Run the game!