Max Payne 3 INITIALIZING Problem Fix.
It worked on retail win 7. (64-bit) home premium.
Things you need before starting.
- Make sure you are having .NET Framework 4.0
- Update to win 7 Sp-1 click here to download Sp-1 update (before updating read the guide.)
- Social Club Setup (link is given below)
Follow these steps and hopefully it works for you!
Watch the video below before going through the guide
Part One :- .NET Framework 4.0
Install .NET Framework 4.0 & Social Club Setup . Reboot then.
After reboot,
- Click on "start"
- Click on "Control Panel"
- Click on "uninstall a program" or "Programs and Features"
- Click on "turn windows features on or off"
- Make sure it looks like the image below
- Click on Cancel.
Part two :-Making little changes
Go to your Max Payne folder located here:
- c:\steam\steamapps\common\maxpayne3\
Or for retail
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockstar Games\
CUT and move the Max Payne 3 folder and paste it to C:
You should now have
- C:\Max Payne 3\all of your Max Payne files here.
RENAME the folder to MaxPayne3 (no spaces)
So you should now have
- C:\MaxPayne3\all of your Max Payne files here.
Now go to start and go to run, then run regedit and go to this key.
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Rockstar Games\Max Payne 3
Click the key on the right called Install Folder and change it to
- C:\MaxPayne3
Now disable local network or remove the wire from the internet port.
Watch this video before you go the next step.
Now run /click on on,
Watch this video before you go the next step.
Now run /click on on,
- PlayMaxPayne3.exe in the c:MaxPayne3 folder.
Now you will be prompted with this screen
Click on offline mode and start playing.
Updating to win Sp-1
- For update Itanium 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 click the 1 option.
- For update for 64-bit machine running or Windows Server 2008 R2 click the 2 option.
- For update for 32-bit machine running Windows 7 click the 3 option.
Good luck...hope for the best...fell free to comment.
I am using retail 64bit windows 7.
