Can't find running Steam instance in Dayz [Fix]

DayZ is a survival video game released in 2018 by Bohemia Interactive. Initially, it was only available for Windows, then slowly they released versions for Xbox and PlayStation as well. It quickly became popular and now millions of gamers are playing this amazing game.

But recently, we have received reports of issues related to the DayZ game that many gamers around the world are facing. When gamers tried to launch the DayZ game, instead of launching the game, it threw an error message window and the game application crashed.

The error message players receive when trying to launch the DayZ game is shown below.

Unable to find a running instance of Steam

There are several possible reasons why this could happen on Windows systems, much to the frustration of gamers. We’ve picked out a few reasons and listed them out.

• There is a problem with the game files.
• Insufficient disk space.
• No administrator rights.
• The steam server is down
• There is a compatibility issue between the Steam app and the Windows version.

After analyzing these points, we were able to compile some solutions that will definitely help users fix them, which will be explained in detail in the following article.

Try Solutions - Try clearing the disk space on the drive where the DayZ game is installed on your system. Because when the space in the drive gets smaller, it tends to throw such errors as mentioned above in this article. So we recommend users to use the Disk Cleanup application to clean up disk space.

Fix 1 – Verify Integrity of Game Files

If the game files are corrupted or not properly organized in the system after any recent update, errors like the ones discussed above in this article can be triggered. So verifying the integrity of the game files can solve this problem.

Here are the steps on how to verify the integrity of your game files.

Step 1: Press the Windows key and type steam on your keyboard.

Step 2: Select the Steam application from the search results as shown in the image below.

Step 3: Once the Steam app is open, log into the app using your Steam account credentials.

Step 4: Once logged into the Steam app, go to LIBRARY at the top.

Step 5: Under Library you will find all the games you installed using Steam.

Step 6: Right-click DayZ Game on the left side of the Steam application window and click Properties from the context menu, As shown in the screenshot below.

Step 7: When the "Properties" window appears, select the "Local File" option in the left menu.

Step 8: On the right side, click on the Verify Game File Integrity option and wait for it to finish verifying the integrity of the game files.

Step 9: Once completed, close the Properties window and the Steam application.

Step 10: Now try to launch the game without errors.

Fix 2 – Run Steam Application as Administrator

The Steam application may be missing administrator rights, which may be the cause of the error when trying to launch the DayZ game on the system. So we need to give the Steam app properties administrator rights and check its compatibility mode with Windows systems.

Please follow the steps below.

Step 1: Press the Windows and E keys simultaneously to open File Explorer on your system.

Step 2: Then copy and paste the following path into the address bar, and then press the Enter key.

C:\Program 文件 (x86)\Steam\

Step 3: This will open the Steam folder on your system.

Step 4: Inside the Steam folder, you can see many other folders and files.

Step 5: Now find the steam.exe file and right click on it.

Step 6: Click Run as administrator from its context menu.

#This will open the Steam app without any errors.

Fix 3 – Run the Steam app in compatibility mode

Some users claim to have resolved this issue by checking compatibility mode and selecting the appropriate Windows version for the Steam app. Let’s see how to accomplish this using the following steps.

Step 1: Open the Steam folder as described in steps 1-3 of the previous method.

Step 2: Search for the steam.exe file and right-click on it.

第 3 步：在上下文菜单中选择属性选项，如下所示。

第 4 步：打开“属性”窗口后，首先转到“兼容性”选项卡。

第 5 步：现在单击以兼容模式运行此程序复选框，然后从下拉列表中选择Windows 8 。

第 6 步：最后，点击Apply和 OK。

修复 4 – 清除 Steam 配置设置

一些 Steam 用户报告说，他们可以通过清除 Steam 配置设置来解决此问题，您可以使用以下说明的步骤执行该设置。

步骤 1：同时按下Windows和R键打开运行框。

第 2 步：在运行命令框的文本框中输入steam://flushconfig ，然后按Enter键。

第 3 步：这将打开名为 Steam 的对话框- 清除系统上的下载缓存。

第 4 步：请单击“确定”继续。

第 5 步：这将开始清除 Steam 应用程序配置设置。

第 6 步：完成此操作后，您需要重新打开 Steam 应用程序，并且需要使用您的 Steam 帐户凭据再次登录。

修复 5 – 执行网络适配器疑难解答

如果此错误是由于系统上的网络适配器的任何问题引起的，那么我们可以通过运行 Windows 系统的内置疑难解答程序对网络适配器进行故障排除来解决它。

让我们看看如何使用以下步骤完成此操作。

步骤 1：按Windows键并键入疑难解答设置。

第 2 步：从搜索结果中选择疑难解答设置选项，如下所示。

第 3 步：出现故障排除页面后，单击可用列表中的其他故障排除程序。

第 4 步：在此页面上，您需要向下滚动到网络适配器选项。

第 5 步：现在单击其运行按钮，这会弹出故障排除向导。

第 6 步：按照屏幕上的说明检测并修复与网络适配器相关的问题。

第7步：完成后，您可以关闭故障排除页面。

修复 6 – 检查 PlayStation 和 Steam 服务器的状态

有时由于来自游戏玩家的大量请求，Steam 的服务器会暂时关闭。这也适用于 PlayStation 的服务器。对于定期维护，Steam 会关闭其服务器一段时间，因此在此期间服务器也会保持关闭状态。

检查Playstation 服务器、Steam 服务器和DayZ 游戏服务器的状态后，如果已关闭，建议您等待几个小时，然后尝试在 Windows 系统上重新启动游戏。

修复 7 – 重新启动系统和游戏

通常，此类错误可以通过重新启动系统几次然后尝试启动游戏来解决。一些游戏玩家已经尝试过这种方法，他们能够修复此错误并启动游戏而没有任何问题。

此外，请确保系统上没有太多不必要的后台应用程序同时运行。

修复 8 – 获取 DayZ 游戏的独立启动器

这是您可以尝试通过从可靠的第三方来源安装 DayZ 游戏的独立启动器来在系统上无任何错误地启动 DayZ 游戏的解决方法。

以下是有关如何获取 DayZ 游戏的独立启动器的步骤。

第 1 步：打开系统上的 Web 浏览器应用程序。

第 2 步：在新选项卡中，将以下 URL 复制粘贴到地址栏中，然后按Enter键。

https://dayzsalauncher.com/#/home

第 3 步：这将启动 DayZSA 启动器主页。

第 4 步：现在单击位于主页底部的下载按钮，如下所示。

第 5 步：这会立即开始下载 DayZSA 启动器设置文件。

第 6 步：完成后，您可以转到系统上的“下载”文件夹，然后双击安装文件。

第 7 步：执行安装独立启动器应用程序的所有说明。

第 8 步：完成后，您可以打开启动器应用程序并开始使用 DayZ 游戏。

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