This tutorial will help you to fix “The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142)” error while trying to run programs in Windows 10/8/7.

Many user Windows have reported that they faced Application error 0xc0000142 when you tried to start up an AutoCAD based program (or run cmd.exe). This error is caused by a corruption or a malfunction with the program you’re trying to launch.

The main reason for this error is usually because of dll load error. This means that the dll that is required to launch your programs (or any games) is no longer valid or signed. Hence you just replace the dll file with a proper dll files will fix error 0xc0000142. If you’re victim of this problem and receiving this error message with any of the programs, this tutorial will help you.

FIX: The Application Was Unable To Start Correctly (0xc0000142) In Windows 10/8/7

1. The first thing, if you are running the program or application with standard user privileges, you try running it as administrator.
2. If error 0xc0000142 still persists, reboot your computer then check if you can launch the application.
3. In order to solve application error 0xc0000142, you can also re-install the program or application.
4. Make sure that you’ve installed latest Microsoft’s latest .NET Framework in Windows 10/8/7.
5. This error message may happen when the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package is not properly configured. Hence, if there is a C++ installation error, I recommended you uninstall the C++ modules on the system and reinstall.

• Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package for 64-bit operating systems (x64)
• Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package for 32-bit operating systems (x86)

6. In order to fix error 0xc0000142 (or error 0xc000007b, 0xc0000005, 0xc0150002, 0xc0150004, 0xc0000018, 0xc0000022), you should always keep your DirectX up to date. Download DirectX Runtime Web Installer from here.

If all suggestions above didn’t solve the application error 0xc0000142, go to the following solutions:

Method 1. Perform clean boot

Step 1. From the Taskbar, type msconfig then select System Configuration desktop app (the top result) to open MSConfig.
Step 2. Then, switch to Services tab and check Hide all Microsoft services and click Disable all.
Step 3. Restart your system then check the status of the problem.

Method 2. Run SFC (System File Checker)

If you have this trouble with native Windows features/programs, I suggest you run SFC (System File Checker) to repair system corruption.

Step 1. Right click on the Windows button then you select Command Prompt(admin).
Step 2. When Command Prompt window opens, you type sfc /scannow and press Enter.
Step 3, Wait for the process to finish, you reboot the machine and check if you can run the application.

Method 3. Using Regedit.exe

You should be able to solve this problem by using Regedit.exe. You need to change the value of LoadAppInit_DLLs key to 0. To do that, follow these steps below:

Step 1. Press Windows Key + R then type regedit.exe and press Enter.
Step 2. Navigate to this path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion \Windows

Step 3. From the right pane, you locate LoadAppInit_DLLs and change its value data from 1 to 0.
Step 4. Click OK then restart your computer.

Hope something helps you to fix this problem. If you want to copy this tutorial on your website, please write source and link to Windows 10 Tips. Thank you.

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