r/GrandTheftAutoV • u/DueJob195 • 18h ago
Image Found a solution for "Unexpectedly exited" error
GTA V Enhanced crash on launch (exited unexpectedly / 0xc0000005), finally fixed
Posting this in case it helps someone, because I spent days on this.
My setup: ASUS ROG Strix G16 laptop, i9-13980HX, RTX 4060, Windows 11. Epic Games copy of GTA V Enhanced running through the Rockstar launcher.
The game would close before any window even showed up. The Rockstar launcher just said it exited unexpectedly, and the log showed exit code 0xc0000005. Same thing every single time.
What fixed it for me:
I changed two things, restarted, and it worked. I don't know which one actually did it, so I'd do both.
I updated all my Intel drivers using Intel Driver & Support Assistant (from intel.com/dsa). It updated the Intel graphics, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drivers. I think this was the real fix, because the crash dump showed the Intel integrated graphics driver loaded inside the game. I'd only ever been updating the NVIDIA driver and forgot the Intel one matters too on laptops with two GPUs.
I set the Windows power mode to Best Performance when plugged in (Settings > System > Power & battery). A Windows update had reset mine to Balanced.
After both, restart the laptop and launch the game.
Stuff I tried before that didn't fix it on its own:
Verified game files in Epic and the Rockstar launcher. Deleted settings.xml. Checked the game folder for mods (there weren't any). Uninstalled the Rockstar launcher and Social Club, deleted their leftover folders and reinstalled. Completely deleted and reinstalled the game. Updated and clean installed the NVIDIA driver. Set GTA to NVIDIA GPU only in the NVIDIA control panel. Switched to dGPU only mode (Ultimate) in G-Helper. Turned off the NVIDIA overlay and Discord, and disabled all other overlays. Turned off Memory Integrity. Did a clean boot. Ran SFC and DISM, both clean. Ran a memory test, also clean. Rolled back the latest Windows feature update. Also checked the KB5124010 Windows update that Microsoft said crashes some games, but it wasn't the cause for me.
So if you're on a laptop with Intel plus NVIDIA graphics, try updating the Intel drivers before you reinstall anything. Would've saved me a lot of time.
One more thing: back up your Documents\\Rockstar Games\\GTAV Enhanced folder before following any guide that tells you to delete stuff.