Figured out what to do.
How long does it generally take to patch? Will a message tell me when it's down. I ask because it simply looks like nothing happening
Downloaded the apps to try to region free a game (Hokuto Musou) but when trying to run programs an error message pops up saying "windows cannot access specified path, file or device. You may not have appropriate permissions to access the item".
This pops up for both gamehacker 5.2 and xextool...