Error: Couldn't Initialize Steam! (Is it running?)

[Praesdynamite]

So I am trying to publish my very first addon but I have hit a brick wall. Every time I run the batch file in the same folder as gmpublish.exe I run into this error:

C:\Users\MyLastName\Desktop\GMPUblish>gmpublish create -addon "C:\Users\MyLastName\D
esktop\shitthrower.gma" -icon "C:\Users\MyLastName\Desktop\shitthrower\poop.jpeg"

Garry's Workshop Publisher 1.0
[Compiled Jun  8 2014 - 17:16:08]
Error:

Couldn't initialize Steam! (Is it running?)


C:\Users\MyLastName\Desktop\GMPUblish>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

This is my command line for the batch file:

gmpublish create -addon "C:\Users\MyLastName\Desktop\shitthrower.gma" -icon "C:\Users\MyLastName\Desktop\shitthrower\poop.jpeg"
pause

Don't ask about the SWEP it is just a joke for a friend.

Has anyone else ran into this error? And yes, I have Googled it.

[Rubat]

First of all, do not move gmpublish.exe anywhere, use it from the gmod directory ( steam/steamapps/common/garrys mod/bin )

Secondly, do not upload crap content to workshop.
Read the rules here: [url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Workshop_Addon_Creation[/url]

[Praesdynamite]

lol ok...... I was planning to make it private just for my friends. Otherwise I completely understand.