diff --git a/steam_helper/steam.cpp b/steam_helper/steam.cpp
index b1637074..36bbe677 100644
--- a/steam_helper/steam.cpp
+++ b/steam_helper/steam.cpp
@@ -1057,6 +1057,7 @@ static BOOL steam_protocol_handler(int argc, char *argv[])
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     HANDLE wait_handle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+    HANDLE event2 = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
     HANDLE event = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
     BOOL game_process = FALSE;
 
@@ -1070,6 +1071,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         /* do setup only for game process */
         event = CreateEventA(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, "Steam3Master_SharedMemLock");
 
+        /* For 2K Launcher. */
+        event2 = CreateEventA(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, "Global\\Valve_SteamIPC_Class");
+
         CreateThread(NULL, 0, create_steam_window, NULL, 0, NULL);
 
         set_active_process_pid();
@@ -1111,6 +1115,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     if (event != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
         CloseHandle(event);
-
+    if (event2 != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+        CloseHandle(event2);
     return 0;
 }