high
confirmed
Windows · AGN-KB-CFX-0007
Entry Point Not Found
The message
Entry Point Not Found
Another program has put the wrong version of a shared Windows file into a system folder, and FiveM is tripping over it. The fix is real but it involves a Windows system folder, so it is worth doing with someone rather than alone.
What you see
- A Windows error box with this exact title appears when FiveM starts
- Other applications may misbehave in similar ways
What usually causes it
- Cfx.re documents the cause as incorrect DLL files placed in C:\Windows\system32 by other applications — specifically v8.dll, v8_libbase.dll and v8_libplatform.dll
- A third-party program installed shared libraries into a Windows system folder where they do not belong
Worth checking first
- Note the exact file named in the error box, if it names one
- Note whether any other application recently installed or updated
Safe steps, one at a time
- Restart the PC first and try once more — this costs nothing and occasionally clears a transient case
- Make sure Windows is fully updated
- The documented Cfx.re fix involves removing specific files from a Windows system folder. AGN will not walk you through deleting anything from C:\Windows\system32 — the risk of removing the wrong file there is too high for a chat window
- Take this entry, and the Cfx.re client-issues page it links to, to a technician you trust, or open an AGN ticket and staff will go through it with you carefully
These are suggestions, not instructions. Do only what you are comfortable with, back up anything important first, and stop if a step does not match what is on your screen. Advice, risk and responsibility.
When to stop and ask staff
Escalate to a human every time. Do not let automation issue system-folder deletion steps.
Looks like
Player computer
What staff will need
- Screenshot of the error box
- Any file name it shows
- Recently installed software
Applies to
Independent of AGN version.
Last reviewed Fri Sep 18.
Still stuck?
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- Out of disk space or a nearly full drive
- Unsupported or out-of-date Windows build