How to Troubleshoot ‘Steam Keeps Crashing’ Issue on Windows PC

Steam has been known to crash from time to time, either at startup every time you run it, or randomly. This is a very common problem that is also mentioned on the official Steam forums. The fixes mentioned there don’t seem to work.

What causes the Steam client to crash?

  • The problem may be caused by an antivirus program on your computer.
  • If the data stored in the AppCache folder is corrupted, this can cause this problem.
  • Maybe a third-party application installed on your computer is causing the problem.
  • There are times when Steam requires high privileges to run certain processes. If it does not have administrator access, this problem may occur.
  • ClientRegistry.blob is where your registration information and installed games are stored. If the data stored there has been corrupted, it may be causing this problem.
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    How to Troubleshoot Steam_api64.dll Is Missing on Windows 10 PC

    This is a very annoying problem. You can’t play your game because of this error. You may not know how to fix it, and you may not even know what the missing file is!

    Below is an explanation of the missing file and some solutions that have helped many other Steam users recover the missing file.

    What causes Steam_api64.dll to be missing?

    You might have accidentally deleted the steam_api64.dll file, or the file was corrupted or misconfigured by malware installed on your computer. This problem could be caused by corrupted or missing files related to the game, which causes DLL errors, some temporary game crashes, and some other problems on your Windows computer. read more