In Steam, right-click Sleeping Dogs > Properties > Local Files > Verify integrity of game files to replace missing or corrupted files.
Security software may mistakenly quarantine sdhdship.exe as a threat, preventing it from launching. Sdhdship.exe Entry Point Not Found Sleeping Dogs
The issue was a missing or outdated d3dcompiler_47.dll . I downloaded the official Microsoft “DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010)” and also installed the latest DirectX Web Installer . After that, the error went away. Alternatively, replacing the game’s bink2w32.dll with an older version from a backup worked for some people. Try running in Windows 7 compatibility mode too. In Steam, right-click Sleeping Dogs > Properties >