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Gta Iv Installation Problems Windows 8

 

How to play GTA IV on Windows 8/ 8.1 & 10 (step by step) After that, do not log into the Rockstar Games Social Club. Instead you go to the installation folder of GTA IV (go to program files or the program files (x86) folder - Steam - steamapps - common - Grand Theft Auto IV - GTAIV). Then you create a new textdocument and call it commandline. Running GTA IV on Windows 8. Previously, the game was running just fine, but after the Windows 8 upgrade I started to have problems. I was able to run the Steam client, see GTA IV in my games library and even run the game itself. However, after starting the game by clicking the “Play” option in the main menu, a message was being.

Its legal and possible to copy over the game contents from the other PC and transfer the files to the same installation directory on your PC. Once the files are in the same directory 'C: Program Files Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto IV' begin the installation from the DVD. The installation will detect the existence of the game data and will skip the transfer process.

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However the installer will run a sumcheck to ensure there has been no tampering with the files so it will still take some time to install. I found this out when i formatted my PC. My games are located on another HDD, when i reinstalled it only took 2mins compared to 20min (starting from scratch).

I encountered 3 separate issues trying to run GTA IV on Windows 8.1 1. Game wouldn't load at all after clicking Play within Social Club 2.

Game get stuck with a black screen 3. Game gets stuck on loading screen I managed to get it going again with the following steps, i reverted my install and ran through it again to verify, i wasn't able to work out which step fixed what, so your best bet to follow each step and hopefully it works for you as well:) 1.

Gta Iv Installation Problems Windows 8

Install GTA IV from Steam as normal. Try to launch the game, copy the serial, and let it install its dependencies (WLFG, SecuROM, etc.).

Hondata s300 driver. USB Device Drivers. These are standalone installers with the USB device drivers for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 & 10. Note that the USB drivers are exactly the same as those included with the SManager software download above, and the install process is also the same as well. S300 USB Drivers (8MB). KPro USB Drivers.

Once complete it will bring up social club. Create an account for social club and/or login. From this point it should be failing to work? If so, read on. Go to Programs & Features and uninstall any Windows Live for Games Redistributable's (there will definitely be at least one) 5. Install the following redistributable: 6. Go to and login with your gamer id / windows live ID.

It will ask you to accept new terms. Launch windows live gaming app and login with your gamer id / windows live id 9. Go to C: Program Files (x86) Steam SteamApps common Grand Theft Auto IV GTAIV 10. Right click GTAIV.exe, go to properties and click on Compatibility 11. Tick 'Run this program in compatibility mode for:' and change it to Windows 7.

(maybe do gta4Browser.exe and gtaEncoder.exe for good measure I've not extensive tested yet) 12. Back to steam try to launch the game again, it should bring up Social Club, login again if need be and click Play. The game should now load. On first play it will bring up windows game thing again and ask you to sign to save progress, you will need your cd key again.