Installed GTA 5 Steam version greyed out, Discovering Existing Files, then completely redownloads game?

Yesterday I was playing GTA5 Steam Version just fine, today the "Grand Theft Auto V" font-color in my Steam Library isn't white anymore just greyed out, also the Installation button returned, all fine and good I thought, I had this Problem before, Steam would just find the existing files and I'm good to go but after the loading bar reaches the end it displays "Steam is now downloading GTA 5" which pretty much sucks, I mean it's 60GB come on...

Anybody else had this problem with another game perhaps?

Best Answer

Worked for me since i was moving a couple of files around in my folder

Open steam and go to steam/settings/downloads

click on steam library folders

make sure the folder your games are in is selected properly

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Quick Answer about "Installed GTA 5 Steam version greyed out, Discovering Existing Files, then completely redownloads game?"

Check your SteamApps/Common folder to see if GTA is still there, if it is, make sure Steam is downloading onto that partition, in case you have multiple. ...
Yes the GTA V folder is still there.

How do I get Steam to recognize an existing game on a different drive?

If you had previously installed the games to an alternate location outside of your main Steam folder please try the following:

Launch Steam and go to Steam > Settings > Downloads and click the Steam Library Folders button. ...

Near the top of the window click the "+" button and select the folder with your installed games.

How do I restore GTA 5 on Steam?

From the Library section, right-click on GTA V and select Properties from the menu. Select the Local files tab and click the Verify integrity of game files button. Steam will verify the game's files and restore them to the originals.

How do I restore my original GTA 5?

1 Answer

Open OpenIV and install the ASI Loader and such under 'tools > ASI Manager'. ...

When you go to edit any RPF or important file, or you go to replace files that were included with the clean game, right click on the item you are going to edit/replace and click "add to mods folder".

How do I fix GTA not launching on Steam?

Right-click on Steam and choose Run as administrator. Launch Rockstar Launcher as administrator. Relaunch GTA V in Steam to check....Try these fixes:

Run as administrator.

Disable your NVIDIA device.

Reinstall the program.

Verify Integrity of Game Files.

Update graphics card driver.

Disable your antivirus software.

Game Already Installed Yet Steam Asks to Install Game Again! Easy Solution.

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