Warzone and MW2 Season 5 Reloaded dropped on 30 August, 2023. It brought huge amounts of content to the title but, like with Season 5, there have been issues around players finding that necessary files aren’t installed, even when they boot up the game. Here’s how to fix the files not installed issue.
How Do You Fix Warzone & MW2 Files ‘Not Installed’ in Season 5?
If players are being told that they need to install and update game files in order to play Season 5 Reloaded, the best way to do so is to open Call of Duty’s ‘Manage Files’ option. To do this:
- Navigate to ‘Settings’, using R1/RB after pressing the Options button.
- Scroll down to the bottom, where a Manage Files option will display.
- Your game will display the files and titles that require installation.
- Select the files you want to install, or opt to ‘Full Install’.
- Your console / PC should begin the download as it would any other update or download.
Some players reported that their system automatically started the downloads after a few minutes, so there is a chance you may already be doing it when you go to manually check.
Others have struggled with initiating the downloads and needed to restart their game in order to get it to work properly. Some also said that they needed to restore the game’s license in order to begin the updates.
If needs be, reinstalling the entire game (whether MW2, Warzone or both) will fix the problem. Naturally, it’s a long way round and hopefully won’t be necessary.
It’s a frustrating trend in recent CoD updates, with game files seemingly uninstalling for little reason. When players just want to dive into the new content, the last thing they want is to be hit with lengthy updates.
Hopefully, this guide has helped you with the Warzone and MW2 ‘Not Installed’ issue. While here, be sure to explore the relevant links below, including every DMZ change the update brought.
