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Install and troubleshooting guides

Step sequences drawn from official quick-start notes and common forum failure modes: crashes, overlay conflicts, shader downloads and antivirus flags.

Quick start

Install ReShade on a game

Official flow: Run setup tool → Follow instructions → Close setup → Start game.

  1. 1

    Download and run the setup EXE

    Use ReShade 6.8.0 from the download page. Install .NET Framework 4.8 if the tool will not start (required since the 4.4-era setup update).

  2. 2

    Select the game executable

    Point setup at the real game .exe, then choose the rendering API the title uses (Direct3D, OpenGL or Vulkan).

  3. 3

    Check the effect packages you need

    Standard effects and SweetFX cover many presets. Optionally browse a preset .ini so only required effects install.

  4. 4

    Close setup, then launch the game

    Open the ReShade overlay with the default Home key (unless remapped) and load or build a preset.

Common failures

When the game or setup crashes

Patterns reported in community troubleshooting threads.

Setup tool will not start

  1. 1Install the latest .NET Framework 4.8 package for Windows.
  2. 2Re-download the 6.8.0 EXE and compare the published SHA256 if the file looks truncated.

Game crashes right after launch

  1. 1Confirm you are on a current ReShade build.
  2. 2Fully close MSI Afterburner / RivaTuner Statistics Server and retry. Overlay stacks often conflict.
  3. 3For some DirectX 11 titles, community notes suggest renaming dxgi-named injectors to d3d11 when appropriate for that install.
  4. 4If a new release is not yet whitelisted by anti-cheat, try an older official build or remove ReShade for that title.

Effects archive

Unable to download shaders

Setup sometimes fails while fetching the standard effects repository.

  1. 1Retry the network step from setup when your connection is stable.
  2. 2If it keeps failing, place Shaders and Textures folders manually into the ReShade folder beside the game executable (community workaround described in troubleshooting posts).
  3. 3Prefer installing only the packs your preset needs to reduce download size.

Security scanners

Antivirus false positives

  1. 1Expect heuristic flags after a fresh release. Injectors look similar to malware loaders to some engines.
  2. 2Compare SHA256 or the X.509 thumbprint from the download integrity section.
  3. 3Restore the file from quarantine only after the hash matches. Do not disable antivirus permanently.
Trust & Security policy

Removal

Uninstall ReShade from a game

Automatic

  1. 1Launch the setup tool and select the same game executable.
  2. 2Choose the API, then when asked to overwrite or uninstall, choose uninstall (community: click No on overwrite to remove).

Manual

In the game directory, delete ReShade.ini / preset ini files, injector DLLs such as d3d9.dll, d3d11.dll, dxgi.dll, opengl32.dll (depending on API), and the reshade-shaders folder.

Habits that help

Best practices

  • Enable Performance Mode in the overlay when you are done tweaking, so unused techniques compile out.
  • Share only *.ini presets. Never ship binaries or full shader trees with friends.
  • Stack fewer heavy depth effects on mid-range GPUs. SMAA plus a mild grade usually costs less than deep DoF stacks.
  • Keep one overlay stack at a time while diagnosing crashes (close RTSS / Discord overlay temporarily).
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