FalloutNV.exe - System Error

[MephistoVI]

I've been searching and searching, and all I find is old topics that say to do things that do not work (already done them and still getting the same errors.) It says I am missing steam_api.dll, binkw32.dll, and libvorbisfile.dll in that order. Those three files are in the main Fallout New Vegas folder (installed to default location C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout New Vegas). I am using NVSE, the 4GB Fallout New Vegas file, and have everything as up to date as it can get, including Fallout New Vegas. The game played fine for quite a while, but in the last two weeks it started throwing those errors at me. The only change made around that time was upgrading to Windows 10 a month prior. Still played fine even after that. Directx says its up to date, so I don't think its that either. I have set nvse.exe, FalloutNV.exe, and fnv4gb.exe to run as admin, and to windows 7 compatibility. Any other suggestions?

[shadowslasher410]

Can we get an error code? Or is it just a generic 'Fallout New Vegas has stopped working' type thing?

[raydleemsc]

Steam Error - Application Load Error 5:0000065434

[shadowslasher410]

First, i'd suggest moving your steam install out of the program files directory (I have mine in c:\games). Here's an article on how to do that: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129

[SirTwist]

Have you set up a folder in your Data folder for NVSE? Have you done an .ini file for NVSE? That can be a small part of the problem. However, there is another problem here. It's a real mess of a problem, and it's not steam's fault, or your own. It's Microsoft's problem. You need to run your game, especially if it's in Program Files, or Program Files (x86), hierarchy, as administrator. The simplest, most expedient, is to go there, open the folder, right click on an empty space, and clear Read Only. Then right-click each .exe, go to properties, then Security. Change your settings there. And you should be good to go.

However, I do suggest you do something before moving your games around. That is this, don't install another game to the default location that Steam wants you to put it in. Instead, through Steam, you want to make a folder to install all your games to, that is outside of the Program Files area. You will still have to change up a couple things, but it's better to do that, than to have to go through hoops because Microcrap wants to micromanage your life.