

If you try to run a game that requires Steam without the client being active, you will encounter an error. Fix 1: Run Steam As Administrator Prior To Starting The Game Some might work for you, while others probably won’t, depending on your specific case. That is why we recommend trying each of the fixes listed below. Instead, users had to devise numerous different methods to solve the problem. This error is made even more notable by the fact that there was no single solution that worked for everyone. There are numerous Reddit threads and posts on the official Steam Community Forum addressing this issue, confirming how widespread the 5:0000065434 error is.

This makes it slightly more complicated to solve. But there are people claiming it did work for them.Based on our research and troubleshooting, the 5:0000065434 problem can occur because of a few different reasons. I can't recommend to do this, because I have no idea if it has a chance to work, or if there are risks associated with doing it. As a workaround: I saw the recommendation to copy the steam.exe into your Oblivion folder (if you have Steam).

Again, if you have a pure Oblivion installation on one of your PC's already, then this idea is pointless. If the problem reappears and the deinstallation was complete and successful, you know it's Oblivion and nothing else. To make sure this isn't the case, uninstall Oblivion completely (including additional content or utilities), and then reinstall Oblivion, but nothing else. Do you have mods, mod-managers or OBSE installed? If yes, they might cause your problem, too. The error seems to affect other people, too (although not associated with GOG). Search the internet for "oblivion steam error" or "oblivion 5:0000065434" or similar. Irrelevant, if Oblivion had never been installed before the error appeared on one or both of your PC's. For example after an incomplete deinstallation (which the user may not even recognise without checking the registry contents). Both Morrowind and Oblivion may cause problems, if their registry entries contain garbage.
