Alternatively, go into Task Manager and you should see more than one "gta-vc.exe" process!!! Close 'em down and relaunch Vice City. Windows 7 Solution (this may work on Vista too)-- Right click the VC icon and select the compatibility tab-- DO NOT CHANGE THE COMPATIBILITY of the program-- click the "disable visual themes" check box. Posted January 3, 2011. girishb said: If there's a gta_vc.set file in the User Files folder, delete it. You can also try running the game in Windows XP/98 compatibility mode. Well like I said I spent hours searching different forums for solutions, those 2 being the most obvious and the first things I tried. Not sure if it matters, but having the older versions installed might help. Better yet, Install this by extracting and running the DXSETUP. Create a shortcut for Vice City on your desktop, And set that as compatibility for Win 98. Restart your computer and run the application as admin, let me know if that works. Tharknight. GTA Vice City not working FIX Windows 7 8/8.1 vista 10. how to make Vice city run on Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows Vista and Windows 103D analyze Download I have GTA VC for PC Steam version and everytime I try to save it says "Save Failed". So I dont play past the first part because I cant continue it. I tried everything but nothing works. -Yes I tried reinstalling it, same thing happens. -Yes I tried running it in compatibility mode in Win XP, Vista, etc. -Yes Im running it as administrator. Go to My Documents > GTA Vice City User Files and delete gta_vc.set file then set compatibility mode to Windows XP to gta_vc.exe. After you enter the game, configure the video settings as you like. After you enter the game, configure the video settings as you like. Subreddit for the Rockstar game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Members (windows 7, xp, 98), changed the advanced system settings but nothing seems to be working After the installation it says cannot find 640x480 video mode. I tried literally everything, reinstall, change the compatibility to every windows (7,98,xp..ect), launch in 8 bit and everything what i read. I downloaded the silent patch, the ddl, it started to work but it was very laggy, and wasnt able to change the screen resolution in the game LCBLm.