FiveM Could Not Find Game Executable: Resolution Guide

reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V" /v InstallFolder

InstallFolder    REG_SZ    C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V

GTA5.exe (3,734,528 bytes - v1.68)
GTAVLauncher.exe
PlayGTAV.exe
common.rpf (68,894,720 bytes)
x64a.rpf through x64w.rpf

:: Locate Steam installation
for /f "tokens=2*" %%a in ('reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Valve\Steam" /v InstallPath 2^>nul') do set STEAMPATH=%%b

:: Set registry key
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V" /v InstallFolder /t REG_SZ /d "%STEAMPATH%\steamapps\common\Grand Theft Auto V" /f

:: Alternative 32-bit systems
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V" /v InstallFolder /t REG_SZ /d "%STEAMPATH%\steamapps\common\Grand Theft Auto V" /f

:: Parse Epic manifest
for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('powershell -command "Get-Content $env:ProgramData\Epic\EpicGamesLauncher\Data\Manifests\*.item | Select-String -Pattern 'Grand Theft Auto V' -Context 5 | Select-String 'InstallLocation'"') do set EPICPATH=%%i

:: Clean and set path
set EPICPATH=%EPICPATH:*InstallLocation": "=%
set EPICPATH=%EPICPATH:",=%
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V" /v InstallFolder /t REG_SZ /d "%EPICPATH%" /f

:: Default Rockstar path
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V" /v InstallFolder /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V" /f

:: Custom installation query
for /f "tokens=2*" %%a in ('reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Rockstar Games\Launcher" /v InstallFolder 2^>nul') do (
    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V" /v InstallFolder /t REG_SZ /d "%%b\Grand Theft Auto V" /f
)

:: Delete existing configuration
del "%localappdata%\FiveM\FiveM.app\CitizenFX.ini"

:: Launch with path reset
"%localappdata%\FiveM\FiveM.app\FiveM.exe" -sp_BackupDirectory "C:\FiveM_Backup"

[Game]
IVPath=C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V
SavedGamePath=%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA V
DLCPacksPath=update\x64\dlcpacks
Language=american

:: For moved installations
mklink /D "C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V" "D:\Games\GTA5"

:: Take ownership of GTA directory
takeown /f "C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V" /r /d y
icacls "C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V" /grant %username%:F /t

$gtaExe = "C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V\GTA5.exe"
$version = [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($gtaExe).FileVersion
if ($version -ne "1.0.2802.0") {
    Write-Host "GTA V version $version incompatible. Update required."
}

:: Scan all drives for GTA5.exe
for %%d in (C D E F G) do (
    for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir %%d:\GTA5.exe /s /b 2^>nul') do (
        echo Found: %%i
        reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V" /v InstallFolder /t REG_SZ /d "%%~dpi" /f
    )
)

Expected: GTA5.exe SHA256: 4F196D589C25D3C2E832C062BFA75E4A3C26B8D81D0CFB5B579DCCAB08522C60