Installation in 5 Steps | English

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Wesker: I suppose I should thank you...

Resident Evil 5 | Installation

Steps

1° Start Installation
Once started wait until complete.

2° Start the Game
Once you start the game, some missing files will start to install and then Windows Live will give an error.

3° Attention - WINDOWS LIVE
DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THIS GAME FOLDER. What we must do to solve this error is to access the folder, in a dark window it will have a title saying "Games for Windows Marketplace", there will be three light blue boxes, we must click on the second "Log Folder" to go to the game folder.

4° Access the OFFICIAL FILES of the Game inside its folder.
Then we will have to click on "GFWLive" to later go to "Downloads", then we have to double click on the file that says "gfwlclient.msi" to install it (REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE OFFICIAL FILES PROVIDED BY CAPCOM FOR INSTALLATION ON STEAM) we must also install the next one that says "xliveredist.msi" (ALSO OFFICIAL).

5° Now you can play it :)
It is rare that it does not install on its own but hey, a long time game that has not been maintained by Steam and Capcom is disappointing but still worth 5 minutes to install.

I hope I have helped, good luck with the emblems !!

Extra Advices (not necessary)

Thanks to DeityUK for the advice below, also, thanks WESKUSSY for the advice too, maybe for those who can not download the game properly, maybe this is the missing piece for them.

DeityUK / 22 August / 7:56
Hi! For those who are unable to follow the method to get it working (it still works on Windows 10), and may be for @Brig1 to improve on the guide:
It is worth noting that the files required "gfwlclient.msi" and "xliveredist.msi" ONLY EXIST when the Window Live installation FAILURE screen is still on display. When you click Exit / Quit, the files would be deleted immediately by the system!
So basically in Step 3, when the Windows Live installation failed, you click on the "Log Folder" button, that will open File Explorer to the "Log Folder" folder. You need to go up one layer and visit the parent GFWLive folder. And then go to the sub-folder "Downloads". If the Windows Live installer is still running, then you will see the two files mentioned above. Run them as suggested in step 4

WESKUSSY 15 Sep
i was still having issues with RE5 after following this guide, my game would run but would minimise itself and i couldn't actually see the game if that makes sense? even though it was actually running. i had the same issue with RE6 and found that for some reason it didn't work properly in fullscreen mode and it turns out this was my problem with 5 too!
to fix this go to CAPCOM > Resident Evil 5 and open the "config" file with notepad. look for the FullScreen=ON line and change it to FullScreen=OFF
i don't know if there's anyone else out there with this problem but just in case, here's your solution :')

[Flinch (Fallout AU)]

UPDATE: You don't need to worry. They did remove the GFWL thing.

[Doohicky]

Thank you!!!

[Karmichael]

_sett1ngs,

while in that window, look at the top of the window where you would see the current files that are open. EXAMPLE: (C:) Steam SteamApps Common. And now you should be looking at the games etc that are installed in steam.

That was an Example, but while you are in the folder with the file: setup.exe. Look up to the Locations Bar, and you will then see the files you need to click on to install RE5.

I hope that helps.

[_sett1ngs]

when i enter the log folder it shows me only setup.exe what now?

[Bruhteck]

Super! Endlich läuft das Spiel. Vielen Dank!!

[Brig]

Great! I'm glad I could help

[Penis Lord]

Worked like a charm. Thank you so much mah dude!

[Karmichael]

Brig, Thanks again man for bringing up verifying the files, and I still can't believe I spaced that out and hadn't done it myself.

[Brig]

Awesome>:D! I am happy for you Karmichael

[Karmichael]

Brig, omg all I needed to do was to verify the files and everything fell into place. Thanks so much!