So i was playing LCPDFR, the game crashed, and wouldn't start. I had to delete every single last folder/ thing

Infinite loading screen,

GTA IV: EFLC.

Not steam.

Windows 8

HELP PLS?

Hi.

I'm confused on what is going on here. Did you delete everything in your GTA IV Directory? Or did you just delete everything involving LCPDFR?

Hi.

I'm confused on what is going on here. Did you delete everything in your GTA IV Directory? Or did you just delete everything involving LCPDFR?

I uninstalled the WHOLE game, deleted every file (Including LCPD). Now i have an Infinite Loading screen. When i re-installed the game.

Okay, I understand now. Do you have any other modifications besides LCPDFR?

Uninstalling because of one crash was a very bad move. Is there a minidump.dmp file in the main directory? Is ScriptHook and such still installed? Does the "Loading - mission name" pop up? If your running from a GFWL autosave try logging out of GFWL before pressing "Play" to access the game so it starts a new save game and you can from there find out if it's a corrupt savegame causing the issue.

Edited September 7, 201510 yr by EvanA

When re-installing the game, you didn't forget the commandline.txt did you? A lot of people seem to forget to add that when re-installing the game.

Uninstalling because of one crash was a very bad move. Is there a minidump.dmp file in the main directory? Is ScriptHook and such still installed? Does the "Loading - mission name" pop up? If your running from a GFWL autosave try logging out of GFWL before pressing "Play" to access the game so it starts a new save game and you can from there find out if it's a corrupt savegame causing the issue.

e.e I uninstalled everything. Including Save games.

When re-installing the game, you didn't forget the commandline.txt did you? A lot of people seem to forget to add that when re-installing the game.

What commandline.txt?

commandline.txt allows it to run with computers that don't match the initial settings; though you still need a graphics card that is from this era of technology, it also allows some computers near the edge of the minimum specifications to run the game(albeit with lowered graphics; may not look as nice).

I once had a laptop and this solved the issue - otherwise it just looped through the loading screen. Otherwise, the crash may be an issue with an update whether it be a windows update, driver update, hardware update, etc.