Steam Client not launching; missing nw.exe
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When launching Screeps from Steam, I get an error that
\steamapps\common\Screeps\nw.exeis missing. This started after the most recent update. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling with no change. Anyone else having a similar issue?
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@jeb Sorry mate, update worked for me just fine. And can't reproduce, i reinstalled and it came up. Do a file check via steam.
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Hey @Shylo132, thanks for the reply. Verifying the files did not resolve the issue.
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@jeb Check your screeps slack DM's. Maybe that will work!
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im getting the same
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Do you have antivirus software enabled? Try to disable it and make a clean reinstall.
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Had the same issue. Steps to fix.
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Uninstall Screeps via steam.
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Goto your steam folder and delete the Screeps folder. (ex: Steam\steamapps\common\Screeps)
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Install Screeps via Steam.
I attempted the other fixes recommended before this and they did not work.
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Thank you. I'm not sure what happened, but after leaving for a few hours, I came back to it working. When I reported the issue, my steamapps folder only had the server directory, but now it has the rest of the game files.
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@jeb That's what I was noticing with mine as well. Issue may be with the Steam client erroring out while downloading updates or treating it as complete while it is still in progress.
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@glucosedaddy I tried those same steps but it still didn't work. As I mentioned above, after leaving the house for a while, I came back to things working. Not really sure what happened.
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@artch I don't think an AV had anything to do with this. Likely a short-lived issue with Steam.
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@jeb Looks like it was a Steam issue. The appmanifest file that gets created for installs and updates is missing for Screeps at around the time I performed the update. My guess is that the Steam client retried the download for you sometime later whereas I was way too impatient for it. lol
