tommo120 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 So basically I've owned Vice City on steam for quite some time now and decided I wanted to play through it again, unfortunately when I try to launch it I get the two little intro videos and then the game crashes and I get the "gta-vc.exe has stopped working" message. I thought perhaps re-downloading a fresh copy of the game would work so I deleted all the files and let steam re-download them but that didn't work either I'm running Windows 7 64 bit, I know for a fact my hardware is fine since I've had it running on this PC before albeit not on this operating system. I have searched through the forums for hours now and tried almost everything I can find to fix my problem but with no luck so I'm just hoping that someone can come along and save the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girish Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 If there's a gta_vc.set file in the User Files folder, delete it. You can also try running the game in Windows XP/98 compatibility mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommo120 Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 If there's a gta_vc.set file in the User Files folder, delete it.You can also try running the game in Windows XP/98 compatibility mode. Well like I said I spent hours searching different forums for solutions, those 2 being the most obvious and the first things I tried. Thanks anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girish Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Are you sure no other software is interfering with the game? Like your anti-virus. Make sure you close all running applications before starting the game. Also, disable UAC from Control Panel, if you haven't done that already. Can you tell us what other solutions you have tried? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lissel Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Yeah, I'm having the same issues as OP. I've tried disabling UAC, deleting the file in my documents, run in compability and to kill every other process by USER (myself). Still the game won't boot, instead it just enlarges everything on the desktop and freezes everything. Ctrl+Alt+Del makes me able to turn of the programme though. Also this window that says "unhandled exception" appears. I've tried trobleshooting on that window (at this forum) but it seem to be a very general window. I'm running on Windows 7 Ultimate Nvidia Geforce 8600GT AMD Athlon x2 2.6GHz 4 Gigabytes of ram (effectively 3.4) I do not run on any mods, bought the game from steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr6676 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Have you tried turning off Data Execution Prevention? I was having same issue until I added it to exception list. System screen(windows key+pause/break)-->Advanced System Settings-->Performance Settings-->Data Execution Prevention click add, the add vc.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lissel Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Thanks man, that worked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tejasm Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I have the same problem. I have disabled UAC,put gta-vc.exe in compatibility mode and changed the data execution prevention. however mine still crashes about 96% into loading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spuds725 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Please start a new thread for your problem and post more info Read the pinned thread that tells u what to include in a help thread. From your limited info.. Look at the solution i suggested in the recent windows8 thread and/or look at the bug lists Spuds' GTA V 100% Checklist // My IV & Vice City Videos "I want to design a video game where you take care of all the people shot in all the other video games.... It's called Busy Hospital II" -- Demetri Martin RIP BDP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moin91 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 I purchased new prosessor of AMD 2.9GHZ, 4GB RAM, with 2GB Graphics, I disabled UAC from control pane , delete vc.set from my document, Run GTA in compatibility mode of windows xp sp2 and also turn on DEP for gta_vc in windows 7 64bit. But i still unable to play vice city, it is continuously crashing after some time while running. Plzzz help me,, and give the correct solution for running the Game::: Thnk you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spuds725 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 You should start your own thread rather then piggybacking on other peoples threads... Very easy to confuse their info with yours. Have you read through the pinned threads? Lots of useful info in there. Any error message when it crashes? Is the game modded..... Post this and any other petinent info in your help thread. Spuds' GTA V 100% Checklist // My IV & Vice City Videos "I want to design a video game where you take care of all the people shot in all the other video games.... It's called Busy Hospital II" -- Demetri Martin RIP BDP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moin91 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 i cant understand what u r telling, plzz give me the complete soution, i m confuse regarding pin thread and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miro Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 We can't give you any solution if you don't help us help you. What does actually happen? Do you get any error? Did the game work before? Have you installed any modifications? Tried removing the gta_vc.set file located in the Vice City User Files folder? Did you pirate your game or something? Try to answer these questions and we might be able to help you. Dead (Retired) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moin91 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 no i did'nt get any error, its simply hang the game and on screen i get a message that vice city is crashing. no i did not installed any modification. i removed gta_vc.set file but after running the game it will create again. no not pirate a game. my pc is new and i simply installed vice city using winrar by extracting into the D directory,, witout any setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miro Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Wait, how did you install the game without a setup? Is that even possible? Did you buy the game or where do you have it from? Dead (Retired) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moin91 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 i have winrar file, by exracting the file i got the gta-vc.exe and i simply run that file.,, is there anything wrong in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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