Below I have posted a screenshot of the error I am receiving. Freshly reinstalled GTA IV today and put everything in needed. When I first go to Run GTA IV Application as an Admin, the CMD appears and the error occurs. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you very much!

 

 

VVV Screen shot of Error

http://gyazo.com/7e631cbed8cac7dec4a280400629dfe7

 

That's strange. Could I see a screenshot of your entire GTA IV folder, please? 

Heres all of my folder.
http://gyazo.com/0e692631be2be4075760651742c4e5e2
http://gyazo.com/1af0703e122f40e003b1f72b0c22fbad

http://gyazo.com/0e692631be2be4075760651742c4e5e2

Are you using any cracks? 

Nope, legitimate copy purchased on digital library of BEstBuy.com (I used to play all the time with no errors and I stopped for like 3 months, restored PC yesterday morning and this came up last night when I re-installed)

When launching the game, which file do you use to launch the game? 

GTA IV Application and I run it as an admin

You mean GTAIV.exe? If yes, do not do that. You are supposed to be using "LaunchGTAIV.exe". Try that and see if it works better. 

Got that! Thank you very much, Any chance of helping me with a WS10 Error I get on startup now?

Yes, download and install this (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5549). 

Now when I go to Run LaunchGTAIV as an administrator, the CMD pops up then disappears about 5 seconds later and nothing more after that. lol. sorry for all the problems

No problem :) Is the "run as administrator" flag/box checked under compability settings (Right click > Properties > Compability tab) for GTAIV.exe and LaunchGTAIV.exe? 

I dont have a compatability tab  (Windows 8) but I just right click and run as admin. 

Do you have the latest GTA IV patch? 

I believe I do, Not sure where I got it from. http://gyazo.com/299f408457a8f55e32463a5089443605

I believe its in there. If not can you supply me with a link please. THanks :)

Download, run and install this from the directory you get when extracting it (http://support.rockstargames.com/hc/en-us/articles/200145406-Grand-Theft-Auto-IV-Patch-7-Title-Update-v-1-0-7-0-English-1-0-6-1-Russian-1-0-5-2-Japanese-). Run as administrator :) Note: Run the .exe file. :)

So put all of the files in GTA Directory and then run the .exe  Correct?

No, just run it from the extracted directory. No need to move it to the root dir :) 

Luv you so much. Haha. Thank you very much!

Haha no problem :D Please tell me...did it work? :)