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TF3 will not start, ' Could not initialize user profile backend'

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ValveSoftware/Proton#10249 · opened 2026-10-12 by johanfruiter · updated 2026-10-12 · 1 comments · github
Jjohanfruiter 2026-10-12 github

My system information
Steam client version 1788652215
Distribution Mint
Opted into Steam client beta?: No
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
GPU: Nvidia
Proton version: 11.0-2 (but the error also occur with other versions

Hi, I downloaded Transport Fever 3 last week. First I could play it without a problem. After a couple of days TF3 wanted to update the program and started downloading a long time. After that I was not able to start TF3 anymore. The program produced a popup window with the text ' Could not initialize user profile backend' I searched all the logfiles but there are no messages referring to this error. What can I do?
Kind regards, Johan

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-10-12 github

Hello again @johanfruiter, with games run with Proton, we're using one issue report per unofficially supported game title, so I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/10225#issuecomment-6124244740.

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