Grand Theft Auto 4 - Install Wont Start

[Mark]

You can follow the instructions here.

http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/3186-remove-anoying-send-feedback-link-window-titles.html

 

[JerzeyLegend]

Also use the liveless patch.

 

[Fleurdelys]

Hey, I'm running on Vista but I saw this thread so thought I would ask here.

This is my problem.

The autorun looks like this:

First time I ran it, I clicked the big button to the left, even though I couldn't see what it said, assuming it would be install. And it installed the Rockstar Social club thing. After that nothing happened so I figured I should run the autorun again, I did, and the autorun looked the same as before. So I clicked the big button to the left again, asuming it would be the installing of the game, and I got this message:

And I can see some of you guys got the same message, so I tried downloading and installing the GFWL update and I tried running it in XP compatibility mode, but non of it worked, still got the same message! Help please!

 

[Mark]

You need to go into the GTAIV folder and change the setup.exe to install with Xp compatibility mode and then it should work, you cant just change the main setup as that is mostly to install the Social club, also go into the redisdributable folder and install the 2 programs in there before your main install C++ and GFWL.

 

[Fleurdelys]

Thank you, that worked. I got it installed now.

New problem!

When I lauch the game I get this:

EDIT: Oh, just read that it had something to do with the Service Pack 1.0 not being installed. But I remember reading that if you got updates along the way through Windows Update you would be equal to the ones having downloaded the full Service Pack, that's why I didn't do it, hmm...

 

[Mark]

Here you go mate try replacing these files with the one off my working game and hopefully that will do the trick
GTAIV

 

[Fleurdelys]

I replaced them, now it gives me a little different message, still the same "RMN20" error, but it also says it's because I need Service Pack 1 or higher. So I'm going to try that tomorrow, thank you so far, I'll get back to you.

Since replacing those files obviously changed the message occouring when I tried launching the game, I'm a bit worried it could ruin something else or change something..? Or won't it hurt at all? Never tried replacing game files like that before.

 

[Mark]

I had a problem after install and it would not run for me at all had some screen come up saying it was checking for something or other I don't remember what but after that it would just close and nothing else happened.

So my work around was to copy the whole folder from my Vista install and replace the folder in Windows 7 and that has worked for me without any problems, I was even able to launch the game directly from the Vista install, so I am fairly sure that it wont effect anything else.

When you launch the game make sure all compatibility modes have been unchecked as it will not run with them on.

 

[Etherwinter]

Hii~ I've been googling around for a fix for this and this seemed to be the most promising place.

But... I've tried all the fixes here, and none of them work--even installing the C++ and GFWL before setting the compatibility on the setup.exe (in the GTAIV folder) to Windows XP SP2 but no matter what, I keep getting what this guy got:

One thing I noticed, though; when trying to install the C++ (vcredist thing) the little green bar goes up about 9/10 of the way and then the window just disappears... So... I dunno what's going on.


Also:

Windows 7 Build 7000
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 2.7GHz
2.5 GB DDR2 RAM
Nvidia 8400GS 512MB

 

[dzhidaj]

1. Set registry to this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows]
"CSDVersion"=dword:00000300

2. Restart

3. Install (without any compatibility modes)

4. Set registry to this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows]
"CSDVersion"=dword:00000000


5. Restart

Enjoy! =)

 

[ABuNeNe]

Hi all, I've already completed the game installed in WinXP? I'm dual booting Windows7 on another drive. Both are NTFS. Can I run the game installed on the WinXP on Windows7?

 

[Mark]

Yes you Probably can, but you would be better off installing it again and do a custom install and select the same location on XP, that way it saves you the space.

 

[ABuNeNe]

Yes you Probably can, but you would be better off installing it again and do a custom install and select the same location on XP, that way it saves you the space.

Any idea how to do that without doing a installation on Windows 7?

 

[Mark]

I did it yesterday, just install and select custom and change the drive letter to your XP partition and install it over your previous one, mine took about a minute to install because it is already there and it's only really adding registry values to Windows 7.

 

[holo88]

i installed it yesterday, no probs except ~3.2 fps
that and 'Social Club' was chewing on ram, like it was cool.

....quickly uninstalled

 

[lani941]

OK I have now been able to find a way to play and this how I did it.

1. To install the game you have to do it with XP compatibility mode.
Note: you will have some issues at the end of the installation, just ignore and finalize the install.

2. Go to the disc and open and go to this file and install.

View attachment 2085

2. Now go to the disc and select this file and install it.

View attachment 2086

3. Download the Games for Windows Live Update http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=98609

If you try to run the game before you install the update you should be prompted to install it before you are able to play.

4. Once you have installed the update you then have to turn off any compatibility modes that you may have on as I found out, with XP mode I was told that I needed service Pack 3 and in Vista Mode I was told I needed service pack 1 so I unchecked it and ran as Administrator anyway.

5. Start the game enter your live ID and your game key and then you should be able to play.

oh yeah tham man thats right i solved the problem in Win 7 thx...

 

[sktigerjs]

I'm having a problem too, I followed all the directions but I get this error message:

http://www.villagephotos.com/utils/image.aspx?u=2006-8\1207125\GTA 4 install problem.png.jpg

 

[Smartd]

I have installed windows 7 built 7000 32bit and I install gta4 with no problem.
The only problem that I have is when I am playing the game there is a glitch when you drive a car and hit a wall the camera starts to wobble.

One other major problem that i face when playing the game is the graphics settings are all set to the lowest point. and if i try to adjust i GET ERROR system doesn't have enough resources.
I have played gta4 on my current hardware with windows xp sp3 and I was able to play quite well on medium settings.

Nvidia 8600
2gig ram
2.5 intel pentium dual core

If anyone has the same problem or a possible solution please let me know

 

[Fredrikkk]

I am having problems as well! I have the RC1 with 2.0 ghz, 4 GB ram and ATI Radeon 4570 512 mb. I get a (-5001 0xffffec75) error, and it will not go any further. I have installed the WLG update and RGSC as well, but with no luck. Any help?

Thank you!

 

[cameron12]

I had the compatibility mode enabled. I attempted Windows XP Compatibility and then Vista after that failed. They both ended up failing. What I have been reading is GTA4 install stopped working because of something to do with the Securom Protection since build 6956 I believe it was which makes me all the more pissed off.