Hi guys i found Something I hope it will help you it helped my friend He has Windows 7 64x and he has a security called norton internet securety (antivirus) and when he enters into the game it deletes file very important from the ELS 7 File So close your antivirus while your playing the game It helped him So Download ELS 7 Again disable(close) antivirus Copy Every Thing From there to your Grand theft auto IV folder Copy Replace You dont need to unistall the game or something Just Block Antivirus While your playing Block it means (Close) while you playing I registered to this site to rite it so people could play the game and enjoy it Remmber to open the anitivirus when your done playing and its not a virus I have antivirus called avast and it does not delete the file i hope it helped you .