What is this? Brand new install. Did the latest patch. Installeded Fomm and FOSE. The FOSE will not launch.

A quick flash and this: Fallout3.exe- Ordinal Not Found / The ordinal 5360 could not be located in the dynamic link

library xlive.dll.

This is an error from a Fomm crash dump:

Monday, July 22, 2013 - 10:31:52 PM
Fomm 0.13.21
OS version: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1

System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.
at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)
at System.Version..ctor(String version)
at Fomm.MainForm.checkForUpdateToolStripMenuItem_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

The only thing I did before all this was right after the install the game, I optimized the ini for quad core

per instrutions. I am W7 Ultimate. Thanks!

Have you installed the latest version of the GFWL client?

This.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/pc/downloadclient The version that shipped with FO3 is out of date and no longer works.

GFWL...well I never!

I'll give this a shot. Thanks Gentleman.

I thought the whole idea of installing the game in a different location was to avoid UAC and windows live. To avoid crashes.

Fallout 3 used Windows Live for DRM. Bethesda switched to Steam for DRM when they released New Vegas and have stuck with it since. But the Steam version of Fallout 3 still requires the Windows Live client be installed on your computer, even if it isn't actually being used for anything.