Failed to load the launcher DLL

[nub]

Wow that reply to your thread was rather savvy.

Try Happy's ideas and see if they work. I never run the game right after a compile because it's less optimal for your components. Hammer is a RAM whore, and having Episode 2 on top of that is just more RAM down the drain.

[xoqolatl]

Option to run the game after compiling uses some weird config, not the one you play with.

[The Watcher]

Why won't anybody help me with the similar problem I have.

EDIT: It has been resolved, finally. A big thank you to Dionysos for helping me resolve it.

[Kelikan]

Thanks for the in depth solution Mr Happy but I'm not trying to run the game from Hammer. I'm trying to run the game from Steam.

[JeamesP]

did you put any dll files in c:/windows/system32, delete them but make sure you only delete the ones from the hl2 episode 1 bin folder.

[TorQueMoD]

Its what JeamesP said... check your windows\system folder for any of the dlls that are found in your sourcesdk/bin folders. I downloaded a "missing" dll and placed it in my system folder because I was trying to get Cannon Fodder's model decompiler working and when I deleted the dll from the system folder, the game launched again.

Thanks JeamesP cause I never would have associated the problem with a dll in the system folder.

[GiantSwede]

I was able to solve 'Failed to load the launcher DLL: The specified procedure could not be found.' by deleting vstdlib.dll in C:\WINDOWS\system32. (Using Windows XP) The problem occured after installing Studio Compiler. I got an error message after launching Studio Compiler. ("The procedure entry point Q_vsnprintf could not be located in the dynamic link library vstdlib.dll") Some quick google advice said that I should put vstdlib.dll in C:\windows\system32 to solve the issue. It didn't work, and putting it in the bin folder didn't help either. I am sure that other factors can cause this message, just letting you kn ow what solved it for me. (P.S. vstdlib.dll is still in my bin folder, and I am still able to launch cs:s from steam.)

[Rong]

Here's how I fixed this.

Go to STEAM.
Click on the TOOLS tab.
Install LEFT 4 DEAD DEDICATED SERVER.

It will work now.

[vcool]

Hey mate, no reason to necropost. This thread is a year old.

Also, I didn't know The Watcher was banned.