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The Error 80 Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:50 am
by Norroen Dyrd
Hello!

Today I have experienced the Error 80 for the first time. Steam prevented Skyrim from launching by giving an error message, the error code being (duh!) 80.
I solved the problem by rebooting my computer, but I am concerned about it happening for the second time.
My search in the Internet gave me to understand that this is quite a common issue with Steam users, regardless of the game they try to start.

I would appreciate it if the users here shared their knowledge of the issue and their experience of tackling it.

P.S. I don't know if there is a thread about this already, so if there is, I would ask the moderators to merge the two threads.

Re: The Error 80 Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:21 am
by wyldefx
It has only happened to me a few times, twice on Skyrim and once on Dishonored. In all three cases, restarting my computer (reboot) was all that was needed to fix it. I wouldn't worry too much. Like you said, it happens to everyone sooner or later. And as long as a reboot will fix it, its not that big a problem.