General error steam initialization failed

[armourbearer1]

I got this once I launch game from steam. any way to fix it? ive tried reinstalling and restarting steam and computer.

 

[armourbearer1]

If this images dont show:

 

[AndrewT]

What happens if you run dowser.exe directly? eu4.exe directly?

 

[armourbearer1]

What happens if you run dowser.exe directly? eu4.exe directly?

If i run dowser.exe as administrator, the game runs normally. Does it mean i have to use this method everytime I launch the game?

 

[AndrewT]

At present, yes, I'm afraid. Hopefully this will be fixed in the first hotfix!