Right-click on and select Properties . Navigate to the Installed Files tab.
: Open your antivirus (Windows Defender or third-party) and look for steam-api64.dll in the "Quarantined" or "Blocked" list. Select Restore and Exclude it from future scans. Verify Game Files : Open Steam Library Right-click Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition . Select Properties > Installed Files . sleeping dogs steam-api64.dll missing
When a game like Sleeping Dogs launches, it makes a "call" to this DLL file. It needs this file to do things like: Right-click on and select Properties
Modern antivirus software aggressively targets DLL files used for DRM because they behave like "cracked" files. Sleeping Dogs is an older game, and its DRM signature looks suspicious to some heuristics. sleeping dogs steam-api64.dll missing