GTA4 not responding on launch

[MSanti98]

I just finished doing a fresh re-install for GTA4 and now it will not respond after i launch the game. When i try launching the game it will go through the trademark and the rockstar and GTA4 symbol and then it'll blackscreen and nothing happens.

 

 

OS:Windows 7

GPU:GTX 550 TI

CPU:Dual Core intel @2.33 GHz

4 Gb RAM

 

[Red Hat]

Hi there!

 

Are you having the latest Driver of your GPU installed? If not, go here.

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

 

Are you having the latest version of Abode Flash Player Installed? If not, go here.

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

 

Are you having the latest version of Games for Windows Live Installed? If not, go here.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=5549

 

Now re-install GTA IV and re-start your PC.

 

Then download the latest patch for GTA IV and run it.

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-

 

Now re-start your PC and try to open the game.

[Girish]

In addition to what kev210 said, try deleting all files from the Settings folder located at C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\Settings

[EvilDog77]

There's a bug going around at the moment that results in the symptoms you have described. I also have this bug. The game loads and presents the Rockstar logos, then the disclaimers, then a black screen. After about 45 seconds to a minute the character select screen appears. Try waiting and see if this works for you.