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Edit: Make sure the one SERIAL/PRODUCT KEY is redeemed to the GFWL account that you want to use, because that is where it will always be generated to and trying to use the same key on a differ account will not work. You would literally have to buy a new copy of the game just for the "product" key so you can redeem that key and use it to the account..

I typed in the SERIAL key when installing the game.. now in-game for me to sign-in to GFWL in-game it is saying that I require a valid product key which is the same as the SERIAL key I suppose, yet when typed in it says its invalid. Edit: I've looked around on google.com and still have not found the solution. They say after you redeem the code that it should be in my GFWL marketplace downloads but there is no GTA 4 download in the marketplace for me to get the new product key code. If there is another link on this forum that talks about it, then posting it here would be great as since the game works now its off topic about the product key and the community staff might not appreciate it too much to stay off topic.

Genius, uninstalling it from program files and moving it to the (x86) worked. The game is running, I re-installed the title update in the x86, after that, badda boom badda bing worked out great. I still haven't tried the LIVE yet, going to test that now and if that runs okay where I can play multiplayer then I'll move on to installing LCPDFR and hope that I don't mess up somewhere. Added: Alright, now I know about the product key with "steam" but I did not buy from steam, I bought from amazon, so how am I supposed to use the steps to redeem the code if I did not use steam?

Downloaded from amazon.com... saved the file, ran it, it downloaded the autorun file which took about 12-14 hours to download. Afterwards, I started doing the steps from the guide on installing it to the computer. Edit: Would it matter if my GFWL is in Progams(x86) and not with the GTA folder in just regular program files?

Lol this is not bringing my hopes up. But if you guys have any suggestions I am willing to try whatever to get the game to work and hopefully LCPDFR will go smoothly.

When I view the properties the only tabs that show up are "General", "Digital Signatures", "Security", and "Details".. nothing else

Did as instructed, still not the solution to my problem.

LauncGTAIV.exe has no option in the properties for capability modes

I got to launch GTA, Little black box shows up and then disappears, nothing happens afterwards. So I guess this an uncommon problem?

digital version.

Yes sirrr. 1.0.7.0 installed, UAC disabled, GFWL, CC+, NET 4, etc. all installed. New computer, legal copy from amazon.

No mods have been installed even though LCPDFR is what I'm after. Just what was on the guide has been installed.

Your a good man ineseri, found it. Okay I'm going to test it out now. Edit: Well, it didn't work unfortunately like I was hoping. Maybe another solution?

When I type in UAC in the start menu, it does not pop up, its saying "No apps found" etc.

It says "Yes" I can run everything, the only thing that it shows up as a yellow flag is that I have windows 8 and the other OS.

Okay, so I have followed the instructions for the amazon section of the download. net 4, cc+, GFWL, title update, etc. ran as administer etc. Now I am at the testing it out, I go to LaunchGTAIV.exe and run as admin, the small black loading box pops up for about 2 seconds and then disappears. Nothing happens afterwards, so what did I do wrong then?

Okay so I went and bought a BRAND NEW ALIENWARE LAPTOP, if this doesn't work, then I don't know what else does. It also has windows 8 and I just want to know the step by step guide to install gta 4 onto the laptop with windows 8. I really don't want to screw up this time and obviously I'm trying to make this work so a link or someone post a step by step guide would be most appreciated.

I don't know man, this is getting ridiculous on my part just to try to play a game. Sure going through some little modifications to make the game compatible is alright but pulling my hair out trying to get this game to work is almost not worth it. I went and bought a brand new computer that the service employees there told me this game should run on this computer and yet I've still haven't achieved my goal. Now I can not uninstall the folder because it says there is an app running or opened somewhere. And there are no processes running for GTA 4 or social club on the task manager so I think I'm about through trying to get this to work out. Its just crazy how some people can get it and some people can not but anyways thanks for your help, I appreciate it.

None of those are running in my task manager, same problem occurs.

And how do I find if the SecuRom launger is running or not? And when I find it, what necessary steps would I need to do to make sure its not running.

Did that, not working.

Okay well apparently I can not uninstall the GTA 4 installation folder that I downloaded from amazon.com because it says the folder or application in the folder is already opened or running somewhere, but its not.

I bought the copy of amazon.com as a PC Standard Edition Download so there is no CD for the installation.. all comes from a folder. I can uninstall the (auto-run) or GTA 4 installation folder and re-download (which takes an impatiently amount of time), try again and hope for the best. Or maybe there is another solution that I'm missing? No, I see that I haven't disabled it so I'll go ahead and do that now.

I've already done most of what you said before I un-installed the game the first and second time. Now since I've un-installed the game the second time (to start fresh and try again), at the end of my GTA 4 installation setup it tells me that the "setup requires a disc change" which makes no sense to me as I've already installed the game twice and now this. I have no idea how to fix this. Running windows 8 Processor: Intel® Pentium® CPU G2030 @ 3.00GHz Memory: 8GB Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT615 2GB I don't know what else to put, but yes the game setup requires a disc change now, and probably after that I'll get something wrong with the loading screen, and then after that I'll probably have problems downloading LCPDFR. I'm not looking to play online, if there is a way to fix this with just playing offline (yes I know about the xliveless) then let it be. I would like to play online but if it can not be done then oh well. I run all the apps as admin, changed capabilities, etc. I've done a lot of research on trying to make this work, I'm almost fed up and hope that the Alienware X51 computer will run GTA 4 and start fresh from there if this computer is now bent up from me modifying everything trying to get this game to work. EDIT: Also yes I would believe this is a legit digital copy from amazon.com PC (Standard Edition) Download *something similar to that*.

Of course I have seen many posts on the problems that has to do with GTA 4 and LCPDFR installation on windows 8, etc. Yet I've seen threads that many people get cut off by the community team because of repeated topics. Well here I am, and I'm going to make a repeated thread and topic (no offense to the community team) because I need information directly and not surfing through the forums for directions or information because for the last month I still have no solution and the more I keep -trying- to fix the errors, crashes, infinite loading screen, compatibility, etc. the I seem to just dig myself a bigger hole. So for the community team please if you would do not close this topic and just say "Oh repeated topic, blah blah." because like I said, I've went through many of the forums topics on these problems and I either don't understand half the info or it doesn't work and ruins what I have already gained and sets me back. So we'll see how long the topic stays up, I'll explain my situation. I have a Lenovo C540 all-in-one computer. I installed RGSC and GTA 4, made the commandline.txt for it so the infinite loading screen could stop and all that. I installed the latest GWFL and 3.5 network framing, pretty much everything needed from the LCPDFR checklist (which is later after installing GTA 4). The game work fine, a little slow on loading but worked fine, I figured that all out from using forums and such. Afterwards I installed LCPDFR. Soon as I installed the mod, the game would not even load up the startup logos or even the screen. I had a small black box screen (looked like a little box that read scripts out or something) pop up and then disappear and nothing happens afterwards. I tried downloading the title-update, looked on forums, browsed the web, etc. to fix this problem. Nothing worked so I uninstalled GTA 4 and RSGC completely and the mod as well. I re-installed RSGC and GTA 4 and did the same as last time to get the game running except now I started to get the black screen loading screen, and then crash when I hit spacebar to skip the cinematic. So, I went through some steps trying to figure out the problem here as well, nothing worked once again. I un-installed everything again and attempted to re-install -again-, but now when GTA 4 setup tries to install the game, after the downloading bar reaches 100% it says it cannot find the "file path" or something similar to that and that it needs to have a new path to go to install or find the folder to install it or I don't know really, something about its not finding a path and leaves me to cancel the installation. So now, I can not install GTA 4 at all on my computer because of this simple fact. Of course many people bought GTA 4 to play the mods that it produces, as in my case LCPDFR. I been trying for a whole month to install the game and the mod and get it working fine but yet all I've been is disappointed and now my hopes are very low. I'm sure the community team is going to close this topic (no offense again, I've just seen it in a lot of forum topics where people just needed direct help cause they don't know the whole "computer language" whatever like me) but if anyone could help my out, I would really like to get the game going, working, and enjoy the money I spent towards it. Also, I bought this copy from amazon so obviously the product key does not work on GWFL and I do not have steam so I can not redeem the code simply cause I don't know a whole lot about steam, neither do I want to really download it unless necessary. Thanks, Gate (I'm not downing on the community team, I'm just saying I need direct help and not just a link to another topic that I've probably already looked at and spent 30 minutes of my life reading posts that got me no where.)