[kamild1996]

A few days ago I started to play GTA EfLC. Because of the tips from another forums I've decided to move from Windows XP to Windows 7. But I no longer have GTA DVD's. If I will reinstall my operating system, GTA would work without having to reinstall the game? Please for fast help!

Sorry for my english...

[T-ru]

You need from games for windows live (GFWL last version), Rockstar games social club (RGSC), update visual c++, directX update, video drivers ... I do not remember other things.

[kamild1996]

QUOTE (T-ru @ Sunday, May 20 2012, 12:53)

You need from games for windows live (GFWL last version), Rockstar games social club (RGSC), update visual c++, directX update, video drivers ... I do not remember other things.

Right but I mean things like registry entries of the game...

[T-ru]

QUOTE (kamild1996 @ Sunday, May 20 2012, 12:57)

Right but I mean things like registry entries of the game...

Just try it

[kamild1996]

QUOTE (T-ru @ Sunday, May 20 2012, 13:21)

QUOTE (kamild1996 @ Sunday, May 20 2012, 12:57) Right but I mean things like registry entries of the game... Just try it

But which entries? ;p

[PrometheusX]

QUOTE (kamild1996 @ Sunday, May 20 2012, 13:34)

QUOTE (T-ru @ Sunday, May 20 2012, 13:21) QUOTE (kamild1996 @ Sunday, May 20 2012, 12:57) Right but I mean things like registry entries of the game... Just try it But which entries? ;p

I don't think the registry will be deleted if you upgrade, since all programs and such are kept.

[Spider-Vice]

Problem is he can't upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 directly, only XP > Vista > 7 so he must've reformatted or installed on-top, creating a WINDOWS.old folder where GTA IV is. GTA IV has some registry entries, not a lot but GFWL and such do, they're scattered around so I'd recommend a way to reinstall the game or GFWL, SocialClub, etc.

[unc13bud]

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A few days ago I started to play GTA EfLC. Because of the tips from another forums I've decided to move from Windows XP to Windows 7. But I no longer have GTA DVD's.

makes me want to say "arrrr". how within a week do you not have this discs anymore? what happened to them? did your dog eat them? cat scratch them? overweight aunt sit on them? mine sit on top of my machine or stay in the disc drive, forget aesthetics or optical drive wear and tear...

[jaqpotjaq]

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[yojo2]

I've reinstalled my OS a few times since I've installed GTA4 and EFLC, and these games still work fine.

[PrometheusX]

QUOTE (yojo2 @ Monday, May 21 2012, 07:25)

I've reinstalled my OS a few times since I've installed GTA4 and EFLC, and these games still work fine.

You mean upgrade? from XP to 7 directly?

[mkey82]

You can reinstall the OS and play most games with no problems. The only thing that can and will fudge up is the third party software and possibly the game updates as some patch installers will not be able to find the directory in which the game has been installed.

AFAIK for GTAIV only patches 6 and 7 require the game path to be found in the registry or otherwise they'll just abort the process. Of curse, you can easily unpack the installer and just apply the new files over the olds one manually. Again, AFAIK none of the patches add anything of significance to the registry, anyway.

If you have game version 1.0.6. or 1.0.7 you don't need the separate RGSC app, only reinstall GFWL. If you don't need on-line, just use xliveless. Of course, Securom will ask for activation once you reinstall the OS, so the proper procedure is to
a) revoke your current Securom license
b) realize you may be losing on of the GFWL activations which may and may not be limited to 5 or 10 (don't shoot the messenger)
c) simply run the launcher once in windows 7 and input the product key to have it activated via Securom
d) once you install GFWL, it may prompt you to input the product key one more time. If you don't get prompted, then most probably you haven't lost your previous GFWL activation

[yojo2]

QUOTE (PrometheusX @ Monday, May 21 2012, 09:39)

You mean upgrade? from XP to 7 directly?

Nah, I meant formatting the system partition and installing a clean OS. If GTA4 works after reinstalling OS, then it should work after upgrading too.

[pixiebee]

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