just installed GTA on my pc and when i go to launch the game i get a "fatal error" message. can anyome help?

....care to explain said error? any messages? any mods?

no mods. literally JUST installed the game, social club and windows live. clicked the desktop icon to pla and it comes up "fatal error WS10" and takes me right to my desktop

There are a few suggestions here, try them

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=380818

Completely removing games for windows live/windows live marketplace and reinstalling all that, updating display drivers etc.

i have looked at at least 10 forums, watched 20 videos and NOONE explaines how to fix it.

So you'll just ignore that thread then?

So you'll just ignore that thread then?

i didnt ignore it that was actually the first thread i went to for help but still did not work

reinstall gamesforwindows live

also...if you did bother to read the thread Eklab gave you....

Troubleshooting: GTA IV WS10 Error Fix

I spent hours trying to fix this problem. After much research and experimentation I finally got GTA IV running.

Here is my suggestions:

- Update to the newest NVIDIA (180.84)/ATI (8.12) driver

- Update to the most recent drivers for your motherboard chipset

- Update to Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 ((this should be .net 4 as this is an old ass post)

- Restart your computer

If it still doesn't work try the following:

- Reinstall GTA IV

So please..continue to complain that "NOONE explaines how to fix it." as I see several suggestions on fixing this issue

Edited July 12, 201213 yr by Asuna