Manually Injecting ReShade
Use Case
Certain games do not support automatic ReShade injection during runtime. This is especially common for UWP (Microsoft Store) games, which often disallow automatic injection. Thankfully, Crosire has developed a tool for manual DLL injection into games.
When manually injecting ReShade using Crosire's Inject Tool, you have to manually install shaders as well.
Identify Your Game’s Architecture and Rendering API
If you already know your game's architecture and Rendering API, you're more than welcome to skip this part of the guide. However, if you are unsure, make sure to navigate to the PCGamingWiki website. This website is home to many wiki pages with just about every game that exists on PC.
Download the ReShade Injector
Choose the injector based on your game's architecture:
Download the ReShade Setup Tool
The next step will be to download the latest ReShade installer from the official ReShade website. The installer holds the ReShade binaries required in order to manually install ReShade.
Download and Install 7-Zip
This guide uses 7-Zip in order to extract the ReShade binaries from the ReShade Installer. You can download and install the latest .msi version from 7-Zip's official website. Keep in mind that WinRAR can serve as an alternative, but this guide utilizes 7-Zip for convenience.
Extract the ReShade DLL
Once 7-Zip is installed, right-click the ReShade Installer ReShade_Setup_x.x.x.exe, hover over 7-Zip, and select the "Open archive" option.
Upon clicking "Open archive," a new window will appear that holds the two ReShade binaries. You can extract the DLL that relates to your game's architecture by dragging the file out of the 7-Zip window to your desktop.
| ReShade Binary Architecture | DLL Name |
|---|---|
| ReShade's 64-Bit Binary | ReShade64.dll |
| ReShade's 32-Bit Binary | ReShade32.dll |
Move the ReShade and Inject Binary
You will need to move the ReShade DLL and Inject EXE into the root folder of your game, the same directory where the game's executable is located. If you're unsure of your game's executable location, follow our guide on identifying your game's executable.
Manually Inject ReShade
The last step for using the ReShade injector is quite simple, but you may need to follow closely. Make sure to close your game, and then navigate to your game's directory. Then, open a command prompt terminal by typing CMD into your File Explorer's address bar.
Once CMD has opened, make sure to type: inject[32/64].exe "name_of_the_process.exe" and hit Enter.
After you've hit Enter, you will need to launch your game. If successful, ReShade will be injected on the launch of your game!