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Could you try to reinstall the game and then apply the patch again? I'm not really sure what could be wrong atm. Try and install these to begin with though: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30653 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5549

Is the "run as administrator" flag still checked?

Ah, sorry, I misread it then. Hope it goes well!

I don't really play online sadly, but there is a thread for organizing online games. It's found here: '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>>

Haha I am glad to hear it :)

I figured as much, I did the same once upon a time :p

Are you running the exe, or the msi file?

Could you take a screenshot of that? That doesn't seem right at all.

Make sure that you run "TitleUpdate" and then launch the game after it's complete.

Correct. But that is why you have backups. But it's up to you what you will use, you asked for advice and that is what I got :)

Do you have the latest patch installed? http://support.rockstargames.com/hc/en-us/articles/200145406-Grand-Theft-Auto-IV-Patch-7-Title-Update-v-1-0-7-0-English-1-0-6-1-Russian-1-0-5-2-Japanese-

I'd say OpenIV is even more user friendly, as it uses a nice theme and some good functions (preview models for example). You can also drag and drop several files at once, into the directory. No need to save, or rebuild as the program automatically does that for you. The taxi-bug happens when GTA IV runs out of available video memory. To compensate for the memory loss, GTA IV loads the model that has the least amount of polygons. In this case, that car-model is the taxi. If you have a very large vehicle file, the bug will be more prominent and the script may be less likely to fix it.

For example; I want to replace the police slot. Now, If I choose to use the software you suggested, it does it pretty much automatically. Easy, but I have really no control over what it did. This may just be me, but I want to do the actual replacing myself, so I use OpenIV where I have to replace it myself.

I find it safer to use OpenIV, and more stable. I know what I replace when I use OpenIV, unlike the vehicle mod installer.

List all the files in the directory, or take a screenshot with the printscreen button. 1. Press printscreen button 2. Copy and paste into paint 3. Upload to imgur.com 4. Post link here.

Could I see a file listing or screenshot of your GTA IV folder?

It's in the root directory, it may just be named "LaunchGTAIV" if you haven't enabled file extentions to be shown in Windows.

I recommend you to use OpenIV instead. And I am not sure what you mean with faster? It takes like... 1 minute to install the cars? Maximum amount of cars depends on how large they are. Larger file size = more crashes. It also, of course, depends on your computer specs.

I am very glad that it worked! Happy gaming :)

No, that does not matter. When LCPDFR is activated, all islands are unlocked. Do you have either DSOUND.dll or XLIVE.dll in your GTA IV directory? Also, please install these http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30653 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5549 (If you haven’t updated GFWL, use this).

Let me know how it goes!

How often do you experience crashes?

As I said, that depends, on where you live for example. Anyway, I use a i7 Intel CPU.

Well, running the game as administrator completely is one way. To do this, Go to the GTA IV folder, right click on GTAIV.exe, Properties, Compatibility and select 'Run this program as administrator', do the same exact thing to the LaunchGTAIV.exe.

That depends. Go to your local tech store and ask around.