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Quick start

FiveLaunch is a profile launcher for FiveM. Each client keeps its own mods, plugins, and graphics settings, so a clean RP setup and a ReShade build can sit side by side without touching each other. This page gets you from download to a working launch in about five minutes.

Install

Section titled “Install”

  1. Download FiveLaunch-Setup.exe from the latest GitHub release.

  2. Run the installer. It installs per user, so Windows won’t ask for admin rights. The first screen explains what the app changes and asks you to confirm you have a backup.

  3. Open FiveLaunch from the Start menu or the desktop shortcut.

Back up first

Section titled “Back up first”

Copy your FiveM folders and settings before you link anything. FiveLaunch takes its own safety snapshots, but your own copy is the fastest way back to a clean state if something goes wrong.

How to back upWhat to copy, plus a one-command PowerShell snapshot.

Point FiveLaunch at FiveM

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FiveLaunch looks for FiveM at the default path, %LOCALAPPDATA%\FiveM\FiveM.app. If you installed FiveM somewhere else, open Settings and set FiveM.app location to your FiveM.app folder.

Create your first client

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  1. Click New at the top of the client list.

  2. Name it and pick an icon if you want one. Clean, ReShade, or the name of a server you play on all work.

  3. Open the client and set its link options. The table below has a safe starting point.

Section titled “Starting link options”
Option Set to Why
mods On The client gets its own mods folder.
plugins On The client gets its own plugins folder.
pluginsMode junction Fastest, and fine for most plugin setups.
citizen Off Advanced. An incomplete copy breaks FiveM.
gtaSettings Off Turn it on once everything else works.
citizenFxIni Off Turn it on once everything else works.
Pure mode Off Only for servers that require it.

If you run ReShade or shader add-ons, set pluginsMode to sync. Sync copies the plugins into FiveM.app/plugins, which is where path-sensitive tools expect to find them.

Client options in depthWhat each per-client toggle does.
Plugins, ReShade & ENBjunction vs sync, and what breaks.

Launch

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  1. Close GTA V and FiveM completely.

  2. Click Launch on the client. FiveLaunch links or syncs that client’s folders, then starts FiveM.

While you play, the tray icon shows Playing <client> with the elapsed minutes. If you see file-lock or permission errors, close any overlays, confirm the game isn’t still running, and launch again.

If something breaks

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