Game says it's already running, always, as a reason for not running?

[GamingGuy4321]

Been able to play the day before any ideas?

[Artok]

CTRL-Shift-Esc (task manager), check in Processus tab games process called RDR2.exe (end task)

or restart your computer

[GamingGuy4321]

The problem is it continues even after I shut down my pc, and isn't even open on task manager

[Artok]

What about the Rockstar launcher or Social Club" is it running ?

Try opening it and/or reinstalling Social Club. It is the one that "launches" the game so it should be the one in trouble

[GamingGuy4321]

Will try to reinstall

[Artok]

Game running, in task manager's Detail tab :

(Rockstar) Launcher.exe
RockstarService.exe
SocialClubHelper.exe (3x)
PlayRDR2.exe
RDR2.exe

and others from Steam

[GamingGuy4321]

Launcher was reinstalled no go, and in the details rdr2.exe shows but is suspended

[Artok]

Have you tried giving ADMIN rights to all R* programs. Some people do, I did at launch (but it's rarely an issue)

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddeadredemption/comments/ds8mzb/rdr2exe_suspended_cannot_launch_already_an/

"No need to do safe mode or anything uneccessary things. Just download process explorer and launch it scroll down of proccesses untill you see greyed out suspended RDR2.exe and force kill it. Pc will take little dump and you are done, also delete exe shortcut from your main folder and rockstar launcher settings file from your documents and relaunch it and let it generate new one and you are good to go."

You can kill task in Windows Task Manager normally

[GamingGuy4321]

Firewall is set to allow red dead, and both have admin rights

[GamingGuy4321]

How do I force kill it it says access denied when i try

[GamingGuy4321]

Well it's working now even though i tried shutting it down before, idk what to do with this game

[derda244]

I have the same problem and already downloaded the process explorer but as Gaming Guy experienced I cannot kill RDR2.exe although I started the program as an admin. Can you help me there?
EDIT: Fixed the problem by deleting the RDR2.exe , restarting my System and then let Steam download the missing data again.