Try adding the folder as well as pluto to exclusions. Also launch pluto as admin, and regarding the duplication, the .new file should delete itself automatically, its purpose is to update the updater itself. You launch it via the original plutonium.exe, if the error still prevails, try deleting it and redownloading it from http://cdn.plutonium.pw/updater/plutonium.exe

@leftz why "Leftz"? Your name isn't spelled with a capital L.

@HannesC It worked thank you

@HannesC i am having the same issue i did what you said but still not working,can you explain how i do the dnv part? just to confirm,ok so i did the dns part but nothing happened

@HannesC I got the same issue he has, tried turning off the windows defender but still nothing

Or alternatively restarting your pc works as well.

i did everything i redownloaded the launchera few times , i deleted plutonium in %localappdata% i added plutonium on exeption list on windows defender and i runned piry.exe afew times to see if im missing files

@Dss0 its ok i fixed it

@coldblooded1210 Next time create a new thread instead of replying to older threads. However, install the 2 resists and run dxsetup.exe inside the directx folder https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1gG_DXaZfAUETfXaYJzCP36ImvE_bO_x9&export=download

@Jesus-Santrich Download this https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1gG_DXaZfAUETfXaYJzCP36ImvE_bO_x9&export=download extract it to any location (you can delete it afterwards) and install the 2 vcredist's and directx.

@holdeeen Download this https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1gG_DXaZfAUETfXaYJzCP36ImvE_bO_x9&export=download extract it to any location (you can delete it afterwards) and install the 2 vcredist's and directx. Where is your plutonium.exe located? can you post the entire filepath to that?

Can you post a screenshot? Also try installing these redists and dxsetup.exe inside directx folder https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1gG_DXaZfAUETfXaYJzCP36ImvE_bO_x9&export=download