It is not needed anymore for the GOG version but it is still best to find and remove it just in case it may cause issues. GFWL is 'Games for Windows LIVE', which was required to play FO3 with Steam. That's why I was happy to hear this game worked right outside the box. I don't know what GFWL is? Or where to see if it's still therre? But i uninstalled it when I returned the game. Did you have the old Steam version installed and if you did, did you uninstall it and remove all its remnants including GFWL?Īlso, what type of graphics card/APU are you using?Īnd I had it on Steam first. I click 'Play New Game.' It launches for about a second and you can see the load screen.
Nothing works.Īnd I've tried the 'Solved' solution to, and nothing. I've uninstalled and reinstalled many times. But it's never listed among the games you can choose. I've tried going into my firewall settings to try and add FO3 to my firewall exceptions list. And every time that launches from the Get Help button it errors out. It tries to download Games For Windows Marketplace. Check with your software provider for an updated version that runs on this version of Windows.'
'This app can't run because it causes security or performance issues on Windows. When I launch the game initially I get a message that says
