Game crashes a couple seconds after booting up

[yuduf]

Environment questions

**GTA V version: latest
**Up to date: yes
**Legit or Pirate copy: legit
**Purchased where - Steam/Rockstar Launcher/Epic: rockstar
**Windows version: 10 pro
**Did you try to delete content_index.xml and try again? yes
**System specifications: gtx 1060 6gb i7 6700k 16gb ram
**CitizenFX crash zip file (‘Save information’ on a crash): doesn’t let me upload
**logs/CitizenFX_log files: also doesn’t let me upload
**.dmp files/report IDs: [Window Title]
Error GTA5_b2545.exe!sub_1412E0E18 (0x201)

[Main Instruction]
FiveM has encountered an error

[Content]
An exception occurred (c0000005 at 0x7ff7a6971019) during loading of menuAud:/x64/audio/dlcTuner_sounds.dat in data file mounter class audMetadataDataFileMounter. The game will be terminated.

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If you can’t start the game at all

**GTA V folder screenshot: Imgur: The magic of the Internet
**GTA V/update/x64/dlcpacks screenshot: Imgur: The magic of the Internet
**Filepath to FiveM folder: AppData/Local/FiveM
**FiveM client folder screenshot: Imgur: The magic of the Internet
**Which antivirus/firewall software are you using? Windows Defender
**Did you try to disable/uninstall your Anti-virus? yes

Important parts

**What is the issue you’re having? The game crashes approximately 5 seconds after booting up FiveM

**What are you trying to do? Play

**What have you tried already to fix the issue? anything i found in the other forum posts that might be similar

**Error screenshot (if any): Imgur: The magic of the Internet

**What did you do to get this issue? this has been an issue since i got a new ssd and thus had to reinstall FiveM

What server did you get this issue on? Be specific and name some, ‘all of them’ by itself isn’t useful! doesn’t have much to do with servers

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[Painwithin]

Verify your game files and see if that resolves it.