Fix: Resident Evil Village WMVideo Decoder Error

Resident Evil Village is one of the survival horror video games that has been developed and published by Capcom in April 2021. It’s available for PS4/PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Google Stadia, and PC platforms. If you’re using the Windows 10 (N) version or possibly a heavily modified version and facing the Resident Evil Village WMVideo Decoder Error while playing the title on your PC, you can follow this troubleshooting guide.

To be very specific, whenever you try to open up the Resident Evil Village game on your computer, you may receive a Capcom Installer Message window on the screen. It basically says “You need to install “VIDEO CODEC : WMVideo Decoder” to start the game.” So, you’ll have to simply click on the ‘I accept the above message’ checkbox to enable it and click on Exit.

Fix: Resident Evil Village WMVideo Decoder Error

But unfortunately, some PC users may not see this message if they’ve restarted their PC. Well, don’t worry because you can easily get this option by simply opening up the Steam client > Go to Library > Head over to the Resident Evil Village title > Right-click on it > Hover over Manage > Click on Browse Local Files.

Here you’ll see a new window will open where you’ve installed the Resident Evil Village video game on your PC. Just look for the InstallerMessage.exe file from the list. Now, all you need is to double-click on it and you’ll find the Capcom InstallerMessage window again on the screen.