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Hi all, Steams new update loads me a black login screen, so I reverted to a previous steam version. I inserted a .cfg file into the steam root directory, as well as added a few command lines to prevent the steam updater. People everywhere say this works, but PlayonMac launches a "failed to load steamui.dll" error and closes. Here is my debug report, any help would be very appreciated!

 [02/08/23 02:33:44] - Running wine-3.17 steam-2022-27-07.exe -noverifyfiles -nobootstrapupdate -skipinitialbootstrap -norepairfiles -overridepackageurl (Working directory : /Users/xxxxxxxxxx/L0030:fixme:winsock:set_dont_fragment IP_DONTFRAGMENT for IPv4 not supported in this platform
0030:fixme:shell:SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID L"Valve.Steam.Client": stub
[2023-02-08 02:33:44] Startup - updater built Mar 15 2022 17:15:38

ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".

Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check

[2023-02-08 02:33:44] Failed to load cached hosts file (File 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' not found), using defaults

[2023-02-08 02:33:44] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal

[2023-02-08 02:33:44] 1. http://media.steampowered.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'

[2023-02-08 02:33:45] Shutdown

0030:fixme:kernelbase:AppPolicyGetProcessTerminationMethod 0xfffffffa, 0x33fe9c

 

 

The “Failed to load steamui. dll” error window appears if your Steam installation is corrupted somehow. The steam. dll failing to load indicates that essential Steam or Windows file(s) is missing, corrupted, or infected with malware, making Steam unable to load SteamUI.