MTA:SA launcher code
MTA:SA error CL09
MTA could not delete a file it wanted to replace.
How to fix it
Close MTA and GTA, then try again
A running game, or a security tool holding the file, is the usual cause.
Repair your MTA installation
Run the current installer from multitheftauto.com over your existing installation. It replaces MTA's own files without touching your settings.
Still not fixed? Copy the whole message, not only the code, and check your log in the Fix tool. It is read on your own computer.
About this code
CL codes come from MTA's launcher, before the game starts: installing an update, finding GTA, loading MTA's own files or starting gta_sa.exe. MTA's own documentation gives CL09 as File deletion failed.
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Where this comes from
Read on 5 September 2026 and written in our own words here.