MTA:SA launcher code
MTA:SA error CL12
MTA cannot find GTA's registry entries, so it does not know where the game is.
How to fix it
Close the launcher
Close MTA before you repair its installation.
Source: MTA help
Run the current official installer
Download MTA from its official site and install the client in the place you want it. Use the installer. Do not import registry files instead.
Source: MTA help, MTA download
Start the copy you repaired
Start MTA from the installation you just repaired. If the warning is still there, tell MTA support the exact message and whether the installer finished.
Careful: Do not use registry fixes copied from forum cases that are about something else.
These are the steps of the guide CL12: MTA registry entries are missing.
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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 CL12 as Registry entries missing.
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Where this comes from
- wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/Error_Codes?oldid=81428
- help.multitheftauto.com/sa/trouble/reg-entries-missing/
- multitheftauto.com/
Read on 5 September 2026 and written in our own words here.