Gotham Knights application load error: How to fix the 3:0000065432 error code

If you have been hit by the Gotham Knights application load error, here are some tips for you.

Unlike the failed to join session error and the D3D12 error, the application load error is not related to Gotham Knights, but rather to your Steam client.

Before, only the Bethesda games such as Fallout 4, Doom, Skyrim, and so on were affected by the application load error. Now it seems that Gotham Knights is also afflicted by this problem.

There is hope, however. Here are some tips for you to try if you encounter the Gotham Knights application load error.

How to fix the Gotham Knights application load error

You are looking forward to fighting the evil forces in Gotham City and keeping the peace of the city, but you are hit by an application load error instead. Is there a way to make it work? Yes!

We've come up with some quick fixes to help you get back on track. Try out the following pointers and you will be back in the game in no time.

• Open Steam, go to Properties of Gotham Knights and paste: -force-d3d11 in the Launch options.
• Restart the Steam client.
• Clear Steam cache.
• Try running Gotham Knights as well as Steam as administrator.
• Verify the integrity of the game in Steam.
• Whitelist Gotham Knights and Steam in your anti-virus and firewall programs. F-Secure, in particular, has been known to cause this error.

Hopefully, one of the suggestions we listed will work for you. If not, we recommend you contact the support team at Steam for further guidance. They will be able to help you with your issue.

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What is Gotham Knights application load error?

The Gotham Knights application load error 3:0000065432 happens when you try to launch the game. As we mentioned above, the problem is not with Gotham Knights, but rather with Steam. There are many reasons why it may occur, and here are a few of them:

• Antivirus conflict.
• Corrupted game files.
• The game is not installed in the original Steam directory.
• Corrupted Steam cache.

In most cases, your security programs are causing the issue, and excluding the game and Steam in your anti-virus and firewall programs should fix the Gotham Knights application load error 3:0000065432 for you.