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dMw Chit Chat => The Beer Bar => It's my Birthday! => Topic started by: Eternaluk on May 30, 2007, 10:03:58 PM

Title: Error
Post by: Eternaluk on May 30, 2007, 10:03:58 PM
"Steam.exe(main exception):win32 structuredException at 00000000 : Attempt to read from virtual address 0 without appropriate access rights."

Well, Steam just updated, and now I can't start steam properly, what happens is I lcick on steam twice to start it up. "connection to steam account *******" (Account name/user name.) I've got steam to start up to friends, so I get friends list pop up, then it either doesn't respond, or I get the above message, and steam closes.
Just wondering if anyone else has had this before and if you've got a simple wayto fix it, i'm just going to have a look at the troubleshooting section on Valve site.


[EDIT] Still can't fix it, where was something very similar to what i've got now, but their answer didn't help..

[EDIT #2] Thanks Lee, all you've got to do is delete the clientregistryBLOB.
Title: Error
Post by: DuVeL on May 31, 2007, 06:43:06 AM
Lol, the BLOBfile thing has been posted loads of times all over the forums.
If Steam messes up (as usual), allways delete the registry BLOBfile first.
Wern't you 1 off the people that reacted with; How do you guys know all this?
Title: Error
Post by: Bk on May 31, 2007, 11:11:21 AM
Quote from: DuVeL;191875Wern't you 1 off the people that reacted with; How do you guys know all this?

If I recall correctly, that was me. The response I got was "google'd it" or something like that.:g:
Title: Error
Post by: Lee on May 31, 2007, 04:08:26 PM
No problem, as Duvel says i usually recommend deleting the blob file primarily before anything else if there are any steam problems as this seems to cure most of them. It was probably due to a faulty download or something.