Can't Relaunch GTAO After Quitting Once - "An Instance of Grand Theft Auto V is Already Running"

[gibus]

I decided to go from EGS to Steam in order to escape from this bug (and also because I just generally prefer Steam due to its numerous conveniences) but now it turns out I can't relaunch the game after selecting "Exit Online."

Leaving to GTA V and quitting from it doesnt work.
Verifying integrity of game cache didnt work.
Closing steam, opening it again, then launching GTA V again didnt work.
Disallowing Rockstar Games Launcher from booting on startup didnt work.
Forcing RGL to launch as admin didnt work.
Forcing GTA V to launch as admin (alongside above) didnt work (though Windows never prompts me about launching the game in admin, guess that's RGL's job)
Searching for GTA V in Task Manager to try and end it doesn't work (in fact, it doesn't even appear after a quit despite RGL believing otherwise)
Reinstalling the game didn't work.

And I have likely tried numerous other fixes. Anyone encounter the same or a similar problem and know any solutions?


UPDATE: Looks like uninstalling Logitech GHub resolved it.
UPDATE 2, 1/13/2022: Issue occurred again, but was easily resolved when I input "taskkill /f /im gta5.exe" in Command Prompt launched as admin.

[SqueakyTweaky]

Reinstall game

[gibus]

Originally posted by SqueakyTweaky:

Reinstall game

Didn't work, just tried

[psykoteky]

Can also happen due to ghub if you have that installed, or other programs/onedrive preventing proper shutdown - generally this still allows it to appear in taskmanager though, or closes when you close steam or the R* launcher. You also didn't mention steam itself as admin (and of course +r* launcher, social club, and gtav - which some users have needed to do).

Problems with vcredists can also cause same/similar behavior as above - and IIRC - some of those did not show gtav in taskmanager (some stating taskkill /f /im gta5.exe (or pid) from admin command prompt could close it). I'd likely suggest an AIO to uninstall/clean/reinstall them vs doing the manual uninstall/reinstall or repair dance which does not always work.

This is the info I've used since the launcher release to fix many.. many.. of these -
https://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/discussions/0/2253434652389187525/#c2253434652389483301

edit - as for ghub, and/or those that need it -
"**April2021? - Note -- some version of ghub are currently preventing gtav from closing correctly, possibly also keeping the launcher from closing correctly, possibly updating correctly - and making other troubleshooting issues worse. Force close, update, or uninstall it while testing. 2020.11.9270 <--- I am (still) on this version 'without issue' currently." ----- more investigation later on = the game throws an error code in the log when crashing, and takes up space with .dmp files - but it doesn't prevent the game from closing entirely.
-similar info-
https://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/discussions/0/3202619734251983374/#c3202619734252135524

[gibus]

Originally posted by psykoteky:

Can also happen due to ghub if you have that installed, or other programs/onedrive preventing proper shutdown - generally this still allows it to appear in taskmanager though, or closes when you close steam or the R* launcher. You also didn't mention steam itself as admin (and of course +r* launcher, social club, and gtav - which some users have needed to do).

Problems with vcredists can also cause same/similar behavior as above - and IIRC - some of those did not show gtav in taskmanager (some stating taskkill /f /im gta5.exe (or pid) from admin command prompt could close it). I'd likely suggest an AIO to uninstall/clean/reinstall them vs doing the manual uninstall/reinstall or repair dance which does not always work.

This is the info I've used since the launcher release to fix many.. many.. of these -
https://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/discussions/0/2253434652389187525/#c2253434652389483301

Yknow I never considered Logitech GHub. Do you think closing GHub (or maybe even uninstalling - don't really use it that much anyway) would help?


Besides that, damn is it incredible how much work you've put into resolving this issue. Glad I decided to post about this in Steam Discussions or else I wouldn't have found you. I appreciate all the advice, though I've come to a bit of a neutral solution: just force close GTA V in task manager. If I need to save I can easily just leave to GTA V itself before closing. It doesn't resolve the issue entirely, but it does let me relaunch GTA V after closing. I'll try and see if your suggestions work when I have the time though, likely over this weekend as I have MLK Jr Day off. I'll start today to see if uninstalling GHub does anthing.

[gibus]

Originally posted by psykoteky:

Can also happen due to ghub if you have that installed

Update: Amazingly enough? GHub was the problem. Didn't use it much anyway. Working fine now, can quit and relaunch without issue. Thank you!

[Juggernaught]

Playing on EGS in 2025. It's insane other programs like G-Hub can cause these issues.

For me, I found logging off and back on allows me to replay the game. But I was still annoyed at having to do that. I just tried quitting G-Hub and staying in windowed mode until passed the warning page on saving icons and such. It works well! Thank-you