My friend's seeking for help

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It might be possible that the resolution he's trying to run it in isn't compatible with his monitor.
He should create a shortcut to gta_sa.exe on his desktop, right click > properties. Under the Shortcut tab, there's a box labelled "Target".
At the end of what's written there, after the " at the end, write: -window or -windowed. Either will work. If it starts, he needs to go into his options, and set his resolution to something lower.

If he still gets it, the "compatibility" error could be compatibility with the OS. He needs to right click on gta_sa.exe, properties > Compatibility. Run in compatibility mode for Win XP, or Win 2000.


If not, I don't know, I don't use Windows 7. Sorry.

Another solution to this issue is going to

C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\GTA San Andreas User Files\

And deleting the file gta_sa.set, then starting the game.