PC: gta_sa.exe has encountered a problem...

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Wanted to yaz to know because it took me a long ass time to fix it.

I started getting the "gta_sa.exe has encountered a problem" while
trying to start (double clicking on it's icon) the game. I wont bore ya
with what I tried but it turned out to be a corrupt gta_sa.set file in
the dir "GTA San Andreas User Files" in My Documents.

The final solution, since I didn't have a backup, was to copy out my
save-games, re-install, and copy back in the saves. Pretty sure that's
the user settings... key controls, display, etc because mine were gone
when I copied it back in. So if you have a config you like, backup that
file to another dir.

My only guess as to how it got corrupt is I sometimes alt-tab out of
GTA:SA to check stuff. I've never ran a mod, cheat, or trainer.

Just wanted to save someone the grief I went through today!