game not running and cannot stop the process from task manager; says access denied.

[amalraj462]

when i tried to launch the game through steam, it stated that it is running on steam but the game never started.. but when i try to stop it from steam, it says stopping but never completely stops. so now i try to stop the process through task manager. and it says access denied.

[psykoteky]

Could be lack of admin/permissions. I'd start with testing starting R* launcher as admin, or steam as admin after that. Of course, you need to get the processes closed first. A pc shutdown/restart 'should' doe it - not sleep/hibernate nonsense. There is also tasklist and taskkill commands from an admin command prompt that may prove useful.

Then you get into alllll the other causes for delays in the game loading besides admin - onedrive, my docs, background apps, os config, av/sec, mods, problems with vcredists, directx, N/KN windows/media feature pack missing, file corruption, connectivity settings/issues, and more.

This is the info I've used to fix R* launcher/social club/gta5 already running issues for years-
https://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/discussions/0/2253434652389187525/#c2253434652389483301

Perhaps something will be of use-
/goodluck