GTA V/Social Club Code 9 error.

[Dr John Abbott]

I'm ready to rip my hair out. I recently purchased a small SSD to run windows 10 on. I installed steam on my F drive and mapped all my libraries to the F drive as well including My Documents. I have tried all kinds of things but Social Club keeps installing on the C drive and then I get a Code 9 error when initializing. I have found lots of instruction on fixing Code 9 errors but none seem to work for me. Any ideas?

[psykoteky]

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My documents on F (not default) is "usually" a problem - depending how its routed there (or has Onedrive issues...) When did this start happening? OS update? Change something?
GTAV PREFERS A DEFAULT my documents location.

To be sure social club is installed entirely-
Open c:\program files/rockstar games - delete social club folder
Open c:\program files x86\rockstar games - delete social club folder
Open my documents - RENAME rockstar games to rockstar games-OLD
Open steam/steamapps/common/steamworks shared/_commonredist/vcredist/2012
Run both x86 and x64. Uninstall. Run both again and install.
Open steam/steamapps/common/steamworks shared/_commonredist/directx/jun2010
Run dxsetup as admin - restart pc.
Open steam/steamapps/common/gtav/installers - RIGHTCLICK socialclubsetup - run as admin.
(if you have the R* / nonsteam version - be careful not to delete gtav entirely...)
(Direct download - occasionaly outdated - http://patches.rockstargames.com/prod/socialclub/Social%20Club%20Latest%20Setup.exe
Rightclick steam, run as admin, try gtav.

If there is ANY error when installing social club - restart the pc. Try to install it again.
Sometimes there is an error with a temp folder - restart pc - find that folder - delete it.
(usually users \ "username" \ appdata \ local \ temp)
Sometimes the entire temp folder needs to be removed/renamed/recreated.
Some have had zero hard drive space and needed to clean.
(social club itself needs to uncompress to install - and uses the windows temp)
Some have also stated they needed to empty the recycle bin.
Others - needed to go to windows / safemode to manipulate the folder.

Steam version -- Changed any compatabilies/runasadmin on the gta5.exe or gtavlauncher.exe ? Undo them also to test. Some system need them, some don't. Run steam itself as admin. R* ver -- "some" users require *run as admin* - leave those - undo OS compats.

If your "program files" and "program files x86" are setup on a drive other than C:
You may have issues. You can also try copying the "rockstar games / social club" folder from each of those locations to their c: variant to test.

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The windows 10 fall creator update - with the exploit protection, mandatory ASLR, /controlled folder access- can cause problems if you enable too many / or don't allow access. If you've turned them all on - try disabling, and then going through the social club install again.

Other antivirus, firewall, security apps etc - need to also be disabled for testing.
If it still doesn't work - uninstallation of some of them - may be required.
When in doubt - rule it out.
*ESET Mcafee and Bulldog at time of this post caused issues even while in sleep.
Uninstalling them til gtav works is preferable. Others may need uninstalling too as time goes on / apps are updated.

Oct-2017 NOTE-- Win10 fall creator update - with mandatory ASLR and Controlled Folder Access- can cause problems. (google to find them)
Mandatory ASLR - disable. (or add exception for each program (just disable -.-)).
Controlled Folder Access - disable, or... can leave on, but add exceptions for-----
gta5.exe, gtavlauncher.exe, program files/rockstar games/social club/subprocess.exe

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You can check with regedit (which you run as admin) --- and navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
And look in the right pane for Personal - what does that say?
It should say %USERPROFILE%\Documents
You can forcibly change it here as a test.
(make sure to exit regedit afterwards)

Open windows explorer - go to c / users / username
Rightclick My documents - properties - location tab.
Restore to default / apply/ok.

Then - exit steam, rightclick steam, run steam as admin - test gtav.
Still don't work? Open my documents - RENAME rockstar games to rockstar games-OLD
(your saves will be in renamed folder - my docs/rockstargames/gtav/profile/profilename)
Try gtav again.

Still? Delete my docs / rockstar games (now new/useless - you are doing directions right?)
Then CREATE rockstar games folder. And inside - CREATE "gta v" and "social club"
Try gtav again.

Some users have needed Onedrive running (because it was setup that way).
Others have found it necessary to close it. YMMV.


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---AND/OR---- to test ----
You can also test by creating a new LOCAL windows user - give it admin access.
Log into it - let it do the first time setup - and then start steam, try gtav.
If it works this way - it is definitely an issue with the my docs/perms.

A few unconfirmed users also had luck by going to program files / rockstar games / social club - and running the uninstaller straight from that directory, and reinstalling it. YMMV. (it made no sense - I suspect steps missed)

Bear in mind, old thread, old fixes, old problems. New problems may have same code and not same fixies. May have different code but same fixes. Who knows what the future holds as R* (and end users with their not so perfect/default pc setups) - continue to update/change things. Fun stuff.

Can't get it working still? -.-
I can teamviewer and look - assuming - you've done the above. -.-

or ---

Go ask someone getting paid to help fix shiz -
I suggest you go here and livechat - maybe they can help you -
https://support.rockstargames.com/categories/200013306?step=26dc898a
/goodluck

[Dr John Abbott]

I purchased the SSD a few weeks ago and I think I got it working once since then but the next time it didn't work. I think there was a big update after that. C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\OneDrive\Documents is what that regedit location says but the profile was one that was created by Windows from my Microsoft profile. I have since deleted that profile and made a new one so maybe that's part of the problem. The SSD is only a 32GB and is mostly full already despite my attempts to only install things on the F drive.

[Dr John Abbott]

Wow! I forced changed that regedit location to the correct user profile and now it works! Thanks!

[Deygus]

This is freaking bs that gtav isnt working cus of this problem if you ask me. I've suddenly started experiencing this issue and now trying to fix it. :/

[Chadabi]

I tried all the steps and it finally worked. I don't even know which step worked

[cerealkilla86]

same error code 107 for me i can ply like a hour then crashes everytime

[psykoteky]

Same error is not a 107. Thread is for code 9. Usually cant even go ingame... muchless play.

/insertactuallogrequesthere.

[cerealkilla86]

can someone please help im new to this game on pc an it jus keeps crashing i play for a bit then it jus crashes says it unespecidly stoped tf is going on please help

[psykoteky]

@Thinkrusty - added. Let me know when you are around and- hope I have time.
*fixed.

[Rasul Al_Mohammad]

Hello, I have tried a lot and could not solve the problem. Please help

[death]

hello

[Rasul Al_Mohammad]

مرحبا

[psykoteky]

Tried 'a lot' is not 'all'. Bumping with non-sense goes no where.
(I mean, this thread started in 2016, and last post 2019 til recent)
(many things have changed with gtav, launcher, social club - including errors)

I suggest you go here to R* and livechat - maybe they can help you -
https://support.rockstargames.com/categories/200013306?step=26dc898a
(this link is not the only place - look in product activation, and others as well)
/goodluck

[Rasul Al_Mohammad]

There are no chat options with them

[psykoteky]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2948940099