Can't Launch FiveM; "Error: Gta V is already running" please help

GTA V version? Latest
Up to date? Yes
Legit or Pirate copy? Legit
Steam/CD/Social Club? Steam
Windows version? 10
Did you try to delete caches.xml and try again? yes
Error screenshot (if any)


System specifications
System Model: MS-7752
BIOS: BIOS Date: 03/25/13 11:11:39 Ver: 04.06.05 (type: BIOS)
Processor: Intel(R) Core™ i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (8 CPUs), ~4.2GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
GPU: gtx 1660

What did you do to get this issue? started FiveM the first time.
What server did you get this issue on? not related
CitizenFX.log fileCitizenFX_log_2020-06-16T131614.log (21.7 KB)
.dmp files/report IDs82c7bdbd-9ddc-4d6a-b12d-47240f987613.dmp (110.4 KB) 196dabc2-500a-405e-8508-0422042f8173.dmp (111.0 KB) e76820a7-6141-40db-a606-4f9cb9ec3832.dmp (110.1 KB)

If an issue with starting:
GTA V folder screenshot


GTA V/update/x64/dlcpacks screenshot
Filepath to FiveM folder
FiveM client folder screenshot
Did you try to disable/uninstall your Anti-virus? Yes

Also add what you already tried so far.
Tried every combination of running R* Launcher and/or Steam, as admin.
verified game cache.

i installed GTA V, Launched it and played through prolouge. Shut the game down and installed Fivem. However FiveM never fully launched, i get an error, the one in screenshot. And from there nothing happens. It does not matter when i attempt to launch FiveM, steam and r* launcher both fully closed via taskmanneger. Or when i have just done a full restart of the PC. I always get that same message.
I feel as if i have tried everything at this point, and spent hours trying to work out the issue.
Please help.

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Does this happen once you restart your PC as well?

It could be because some rockstar updating services are running stopping GTA.

Yes. Ive also tried manually stopping every rockstart related process. Still same thing

Where is your FiveM installed?

Hello everyone, maybe I have exactly the same problem. For almost two months now, I haven’t been able to do anything with Five M. I’ve tried everything over and over again but it doesn’t want to work. The Five M stops working after a few seconds and the error report does not give me any information.
I have also seen this error from R *. I think I have seen it after reinstalling the Five M or when I verify the GTA.
I install the Five M installer in the GTA folder to do the installation, is that correct?
The “AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM.app\plugins” folder is empty.
This is my old post and the problem still exists

@M.Jay You are the only one who has tried to help me and I appreciate that.

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C/user/appdata/local/FiveM

It seems I found a solution.
I think the issue was, that when uninstalling FiveM. I was still left with a couple of folders in the Application data folder. Specifically the “bin, cache, citizen and plugins” folders.
I got rid of them by running my pc in safemode. Then reinstalled FiveM.
However i still get the “Error: GTA V is already running message” but now FiveM launches after a few seconds.
Im not entirely certain how i solved the problem, but it seems to be solved.

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