darksand4.png Error

[SnakeRustler]

Issue
Whenever I launch Factorio (Version 10.12) and the loading bar gets to 87%, it crashes, saying "Error when loading darksand4.png". I tried opening it on my computer (I.E. image viewer outside of Factorio) it doesn't work, and explorer.exe stops responding.

Is there a way for me to fix this problem without having to reinstall? I just spent seven hours on a world for the past few days after buying it.

If I do have to reinstall, then I'll probably attempt to back up the save and reinstall. But if I don't that would be convenient.

[FishSandwich]

You won't lose your saves or setting if you reinstall.

For your problem, it could be solved if you update the game to the most recent version(0.11.8)

[cube]

darksand doesn't sound like a name from the base game. What mods do you have enabled? Maybe post a log file, but simply deleting mods directory and reinstalling your mods should help.