I bought GTA V of steam and installed everything to my D drive where I download all of my steam games. I tried opening the game and I got an error message saying, "The Social Club fialed to load due to an incomplete installation (code 16). Please exit the game and re-install the latest version of the Social Club: (link provided)." I went to the link and followed all the steps with no luck. I get the same error every time I try and open GTA V. My guess is that when I download and install the latest version of social club, because it is an automatic installation and I can't direct where it installs, it is being installed on my C drive. I'm assuming that because the game is on my D drive and social club is on my C drive that is why it isnt registering as having the latest version of the game... Any ideas on ways to fix this? I cannot put my game on my C drive either because the game is way to large. 

Rockstar has answered a ticket with no solutions. If anyone has any idea of a way to fix this please let me know

I don't think that is the problem, however I could be wrong. Have you tried re-installing the game or if you're using Steam verifying the integrity of game cache?

I havent done a complete re installation but I have verified the integrity of the game cache. 

Okay, this page could help you. You should follow the steps described and see if it helps, if not please tell me and I'll try to provide further help.

Okay, this page could help you. You should follow the steps described and see if it helps, if not please tell me and I'll try to provide further help.

​Yeah I already checked out their website before asking on here. I followed all those steps with no luck. Right now I have moved stuff around to put it on my C drive with the social club, I'll let you know what happens

That didn't work. I installed it on the same drive as the social club and the game still won't get passed the error code

You could try a complete re-install of both the game and Social Club and see if it helps, also Rockstar's support may be able to help even though their replies are usually pretty useless.

I just tried doing a complete re install and made sure they're both on the same C drive. That didn't work, I'm still getting the same error code. I put a ticket into their system and their first response was awful. Waiting to hear what else they have to say. 

Okay. What did they say?

Okay. What did they say?

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We recommend uninstalling Social Club and then reinstalling it manually from the page. When installing the second time:

1. First, be sure GTAV is not running in the background. Open the Task Manager and end the following processes if they are running (right click the process and click "End Process"):

a. GTA5.exe
b. PlayGTAV.exe
c. GTAVLauncher.exe

1. Ensure you have administrator rights on your computer. Run the Social Club Installation application as an administrator by right clicking the application and choosing "Run as Administrator."

For more information, please go through the link below:-

https://support.rockstargames.com/hc/articles/204075496

For further issues, please feel free to contact us.

Best regards,

Danny S.
Rockstar Support

 

 

Then,

 

We request you to install the latest patch, which resolves the issue that you are facing right now.

Please refer the following link for more details regarding the latest patch:

https://support.rockstargames.com/hc/articles/205509157

If you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

Best regards,

Danny S.
Rockstar Support

Well that's useless. No wonder people don't like their "support"... 

Have you tried running Steam as admin or launching the .exe directly as admin?

I saw someone here say this fixed another Social Club -related issue, might possibly want to try:

Go to C:\UsersYOURNAME\AppData\Local and delete the RockstarGames folder

Edited April 20, 201511 yr by Chickenify
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Well that's useless. No wonder people don't like their "support"... 

Have you tried running Steam as admin or launching the .exe directly as admin?

I saw someone here say this fixed another Social Club -related issue, might possibly want to try:

​Yeah their support is awful. 

I have tried both of those things, no luck on the steam one and if I run the exe as admin it gives me an error saying that it wasn't started via steam. 

I did the deletion idea and it didnt work. 

Well sh*t. I honestly have no idea how to fix it.

I'll do some research this afternoon and see if I find anything useful.

Awesome thank you I really appreciate it

​if I run the exe as admin it gives me an error saying that it wasn't started via steam.

​Don't run the .exe as Admin, run Steam as Admin. Thereby, anything that Steam executes will automatically start in Admin mode.

I actually recommend to run Steam as Admin by default.   Right-Click Steam on your Desktop > Properties > Compatibility tab > tick mark "Run this program as an Admin" > Apply > Ok.

​Don't run the .exe as Admin, run Steam as Admin. Thereby, anything that Steam executes will automatically start in Admin mode.

I actually recommend to run Steam as Admin by default.   Right-Click Steam on your Desktop > Properties > Compatibility tab > tick mark "Run this program as an Admin" > Apply > Ok.

​That didn't change anything unfortunately 

Rockstar claims this issue is because my computer is not up to specs. I beg to differ. That shouldn't give me a social club error saying i don't have the latest version. Anyone have any ideas?