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1- If you already have it installed, please uninstall GFWL (Microsoft Games for Windows Redistributable and Microsoft Games for Windows Marketplace) and run a CCleaner + clean registry.

2- Restart your PC.

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3- Download GFWL on this link only ! (do not install the one you can download on microsoft driver support webpage)

Game For Windows Live[community.pcgamingwiki.com] <= install this one ! It's the one microsoft try to install but is outdated and cannot connect to the internet.

4- Sign in or create a GFWL account with your Hotmail/Outlook address.

Make sure you have the right password, that it's up to date and have verified it IMPORTANT ! If you haven't used your Hotmail/outlook account in a while you have to sign-in to the Microsoft web page first or you will be stuck in a "Connecting" loop forever !
Also your password CANNOT be longer than 15 characters or it will not log in.

YOU NEED TO BE SIGNED IN TO MICROSOFT/XBOX ON YOUR COMPUTER FOR GFWL TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT ! YOU CANNOT USE A LOCAL PC ACCOUNT !

===> https://account.live.com/proofs/AppPassword?mkt=en-us

5- Launch Operation Raccoon City and log in with your account

IF THE GAME WON'T LAUNCH DO THE EXTRA STEP OF THIS GUIDE FIRST

6- When you start the game it will ask you for the serial code that steam supply you with, enter it.

IT CAN TAKE UP TO 5 MINUTES FOR GFWL TO LOG YOU IN ! IT'S NOT STUCK ! just GFWL working at his own pace. . .

7- *depends on your version* It will ask you to Update GFWL, accept, close Operation Raccoon City and start the update process

8- Launch Operation Raccoon City and finally you should be all set to play !

9- ENJOY !

(optional step)

10- Run a CCleaner to delete the old GFWL Registry

11- Restart your PC.

(optional step)

For some user you might be unable to connect online until you've added Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City and Game for Windows Live to pass throught your firewall !

(WINDOWS 10) - Go to your Settings icon on the windows menu, in the search bar type "firewall" and select windows defender firewall. There manualy add 'GFWLive.exe', 'GFWLClient.exe' and "RaccoonCity.exe"

- You can find them here :


and

After you installed GFWL go to this folder :


In the search box in the top right type 'xlive' then search, a few files are going to show up, select them all and right click them, then "copy" (DO NOT USE "CUT")

Go to :


Paste the files there, then restart your computer.

This should help in case you Windows version install the GFWL files as if it was a 64Bit program.

- IF THE GAME CRASH TO DESKTOP:

Go to My documents \capcom\RERC and DELETE the "settings.dat" File !
(if you have made change to your computer this file makes the game crash, don't worry it does not affect your save file !)

- (ONLY IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING LOW FPS) Go to the install folder:

(C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City)

• Right click on "RaccoonCity.exe" and select "properties"
  
• Click the "Compatibility" tab and check the "Compatibility Mode" box and select "Windows 7"

Play with friends as it is a much better co-op game than a solo one !