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What is the issue you’re having?

I just downloaded both Gta 5 Legacy and FiveM and im getting this error when launching FiveM. I am unable to even open FiveM, the error prevents this.

What have you tried already to fix the issue?

Reinstalled Rockstar Launcher, FiveM, GTA 5. Researched heavily before posting this.

Windows version

windows 11 2026-07 Update (KB5121767) (26200.8894)

System specifications

Ryzen 7 7800x3d, RTX 5080, 32gb ram

Antivirus software

bitdefender turned off

CitizenFX crash zip file (‘Save information’ on a crash)

CfxCrashDump_2026_07_29_23_50_50.zip (64.6 KB)

Additional comments

I have already been through probably 15 of the past forum posts just to figure nothing out. I switched from gta enhanced with fivem to legacy with fivem. The enhanced version worked perfectly, only switched for more server accessibility.

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