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# How do I download and install?

1. ### Registration and key activation
   1. After your purchase, your license key is emailed to you automatically. If it isn't in your inbox, check your spam or promotions folder. You can also find it in your [game keys](https://www.realdudesinc.net/account/keys).
   2. Go to the [Ethereal website](https://etherealmenu.cn/index.php?register/) and register an account (skip if you already have one).
   3. Once logged in, head to Account settings > Account upgrade.
   4. Paste your key into the purchase field and hit Purchase to redeem it.
2. ### Download the Ethereal app
   1. Back on the main page, a new Ethereal App download section will now be visible.
   2. Turn off Windows Defender or any other antivirus before downloading, otherwise it will delete the loader.
   3. Click Download and grab the .zip file.
   4. Inside the zip there's an installation guide.txt. Read it before installing, don't skip it.
3. ### Required System Settings (MUST BE DONE BEFORE LOADING)
   1. Disable Secure Boot (done in BIOS, not Windows)
      1. Restart your PC and tap Del, F2, or F10 while it boots to enter the BIOS/UEFI menu.
      2. Find Secure Boot, usually under the Security or Boot tab.
      3. Set it to Disabled, save and exit.
      4. Steps vary by motherboard. If you get stuck, check [Microsoft's official guide](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/disabling-secure-boot?view=windows-11).
   2. Antivirus
      1. Windows Defender or any third-party AV must stay off while using Ethereal.
      2. Also turn off Core Isolation: Windows Security > Device security > Core isolation details > switch Memory integrity off, then restart.
4. ### Launch the game FIRST

   The order matters here. Do not open the Ethereal app yet.

   1. Start GTA V Enhanced with BattlEye enabled.
   2. Wait until you reach the main screen, the one where you choose between Story Mode and Online.
   3. Stay on that screen. Don't enter Story Mode yet.
5. ### Now open the app and inject

   1. With the game sitting on the main screen, open the Ethereal app.
   2. Click the controller icon and select GTA V Enhanced. The selected version glows darker so you can tell it's active.
   3. Click the ? icon, browse to your GTA V install folder, and select PlayGTAV.exe.
   4. Press Start and wait for it to fully finish loading.
   5. Once injection is complete, go into Story Mode. Done.

   Heads up: if you open the Ethereal app before you're at the main screen, you'll get an "engine not online" error. Close everything and redo steps 4 and 5 in the right order.


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