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VALORANT
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10mo ago
rachel
I have van-81 error
Pls help i tried everything
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R
rachel
Pls help i tried everything 💔
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 5:09 PM
;vgc
V
VANGUARD Main
•
3/4/25, 5:09 PM
Open the Task Manager
> Details tab
End the task on all VALORANT
, Riot Client and VANGUARD
-related apps
/services
Open the Control Panel
> Uninstall a Program
Uninstall Riot VANGUARD
Open CMD as Admin and type these commands
:
sc delete vgc
sc delete vgk
Navigate to your C
: Drive
, then Program Files
Find the VANGUARD folder and delete it
Open the Riot Client and click update
Restart your computer after the update
After you
’re done with that
:
Press Windows key
+ R
Type services
.msc
Look for vgc
Right
-click on vgc
> Properties
Change the startup type to automatic
Start the services
(if not started already
)
We will be waiting for your response
, thank you
.
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 5:09 PM
^ follow these steps
M
Metamorphosis
;vgc
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 7:31 PM
i already have done that aswell
R
rachel
i already have done that aswell
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 7:34 PM
Does your game crash
, or does it not start at all
M
Metamorphosis
Does your game crash, or does it not start at all
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 7:48 PM
i mean my riot client opens up abd i can play press on balorant but on the loding screen it says
“no connection error van
-81
”
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 7:48 PM
and i have to quit
R
rachel
i mean my riot client opens up abd i can play press on balorant but on the lodin...
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 7:49 PM
Is the vgc startup type set to auto
:thonk
:
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 7:50 PM
Press windows key
+ r
Type services
.msc
Look for vgc
> right click
> properties
Change startup type to automatic
And click on start
M
Metamorphosis
Is the vgc startup type set to auto :thonk:
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 7:54 PM
yes
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 7:54 PM
i watched countless tuts on yt idk why its not working
R
rachel
i watched countless tuts on yt idk why its not working
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 7:54 PM
Trying doing a clean boot
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 7:56 PM
Press windows key
Search
“msconfig
”
And open
“System Configuration
”
Head to
“Services
” tab
Check
“
Hide all Microsoft services
”
And then
“Disable all
”
And find
“vgc
” and enable that only
Open task manager
> startup apps
And disable everything
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 7:56 PM
And restart pc after
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 8:08 PM
tysm
R
rachel
tysm
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 8:08 PM
Did that work
?
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 8:08 PM
:val
_Uhh
:
M
Metamorphosis
Did that work?
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 9:06 PM
i wish it did
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 9:06 PM
im gonna break this computer in a minute
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 9:06 PM
When you click start in services
, does it start or give you any error
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 9:08 PM
the thing it it doesnt
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 9:08 PM
i probs fucked it up already bu watching tuts on yt
R
rachel
the thing it it doesnt
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 9:11 PM
So nothing happens when you click start
?
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 9:12 PM
Doesn
’t show any error either
?
M
Metamorphosis
So nothing happens when you click start ?
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 9:15 PM
the loading screen comes uo and then
“network connection error van
-81
” pops up and then it says quit
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 9:15 PM
No not that
M
Metamorphosis
Press windows key + r Type services.msc Look for vgc > right click > properties...
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 9:15 PM
^
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 9:15 PM
Oh
M
Metamorphosis
•
3/4/25, 9:15 PM
Here
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 9:15 PM
No nothing happens
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 9:15 PM
ive teied that like 3 times
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 9:16 PM
im just gonna yapp un my player support because I AM DONE
J
junimo
•
3/4/25, 10:20 PM
could you send me your vanguard logs please
@rae
J
junimo
could you send me your vanguard logs please @rae
R
rachel
OP
•
3/4/25, 10:24 PM
Um how to do that
J
junimo
•
3/4/25, 10:24 PM
C
:
\Program Files
\Riot Vanguard
\Logs
J
junimo
•
3/4/25, 10:24 PM
if you could zip up that folder and DM to me that
'd be great
J
junimo
could you send me your vanguard logs please @rae
J
Jidat
•
3/4/25, 11:37 PM
Can ya look at mine aswell
:
v
a
l
_
H
e
l
l
o
B
r
o
:
. Whenever i open the pc and open the game for the first time it gives the
-81 erroe
. I need to restart the game every single time
(it works whenever i open it the 2nd time
) it is just quite annoying
J
Jidat
Can ya look at mine aswell :val_HelloBro:. Whenever i open the pc and open the g...
J
junimo
•
3/4/25, 11:38 PM
yeah sure
, dm
J
junimo
yeah sure, dm
J
Jidat
•
3/4/25, 11:38 PM
Also it happened after the hotfix a couple days ago
J
junimo
C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\Logs
R
rachel
OP
•
3/5/25, 9:26 PM
i dmed u btw
!