If you want to make it crash, it will crash. The application will work if you do things right. I just wanted to share it as I know there is more people in my situation. Make sure you wanna do it, you cannot go back on that operation.Īlso I have included a List option so you can export it and maybe send it to a friend, so you can see your file structure for mods or something like that.Īs I don’t have a lot of free time, the application is very simple. Now you can select all, or the ones you want to delete, and hit the Delete button. You will get the list of changes made to your GTA V folder. The original database will be loaded into the program. Click on Load DB and navigate to that file you created before (or some weeks ago) and click Open. Make sure your root folder is correctly selected (yes, again). Ok so you want to delete everything right? Or maybe check how much sh** you have installed? Ok, let’s go for it. It is the default installation from Rockstar Installer (Not steam). If you don’t have the game recently installed and need the Default Database no worries: I have included it for you on the download file. Name it the way you want and save it on a safe place (better outside the GTA V folder) Once selected, click on Generate Original DB.

The program will check for GTA5.exe there, so make sure you select the correct one. If you have just installed your GTA V and the folder is clean, or you want to save your actual folder status, then get ready to generate your own database.įirst, select your GTAV root folder. Step 1: Get your original database generated Important note: You may need to run the program as Administrator, as permissions will be required to Delete Files on the GTA V folder

So I got tired, open up Visual Studio 2017 and developed my own application to check what changes has been made to the folder and delete the files I need. I was having a lot of problems with GTA V after updates, because the mods get corrupted and, as I cannot find what files were new to the game at what files were old, I had to reinstall the game, with downloading 60GB which could be a nightmare if Rockstar Servers are not in place.

Gta v original file checker