DCS.exe Application Error 0xc0000142??? Please help

[rcoplien]

Ok my DCS World works fine but when I try to start DCS World openbeta I get the following error

DCS.exe-Application Error

The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142)

 

I just installed the newest version of open beta and it been working fine but now it started giving me this error? is it because I copied my DCS F-16 stick control settings from DCS world to DCS World Open beta??

Edited April 23, 2020 by rcoplien
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[hornblower793]

Have you tried running a repair (Skatzilla's utility makes this very easy)

 

If you haven't and this doesn't solve the problem then try removing the copied file (I assume copied into your saved games folder) and see if DCS will start

 

If not, rename the entire OB saved games folder and retry. If this works then try copying the files back in

 

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[rcoplien]

Thanks. Ill try it out. Where is his utility at?

[rcoplien]

darn none of the above helped. I may need to uninstall and reinstall then. I did notice that beta has a new feature with the keybindings. I wonder when I copied my F-16 bindings from DCS world to beta if that messed something up.

[BIGNEWY]

Hi

 

please follow my crash advice below in my signature.

 

also check your antivirus id not creating problems for DCS

 

thanks

[rcoplien]

I just ended up doing a reinstall. Only av I have is ms defender. Nothing 2rd party

[BIGNEWY]

I just ended up doing a reinstall. Only av I have is ms defender. Nothing 2rd party

 

Can you attach your fresh crash log after it happens.

 

thank you

[Clipper]

I know this thread has nine months in the forum but I want to document what has happened me today related with the Error 0xc0000142. And what I did to solve it.

It was impossible to startup DCSW. It gave a Initialization 2 and when closing the box it indicated the error.

All Steam games I have worked fine. So it seemed a WIndows related issue. However the solutions in YouTube and elsewhere were incapable to fix the issue.

 

 

But it is important to tell you that "before" the initialization error started, I had another error related with worldgeneral.dll (only once).

 

This is the log I had at that moment:

 

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=== Log opened UTC 2021-01-06 00:35:41
2021-01-06 00:35:40.895 ERROR   SECURITYCONTROL: Manifest check failed for file 'bin/worldgeneral.dll'
2021-01-06 00:35:40.896 WARNING SECURITYCONTROL: IC fail: bin/worldgeneral.dll
2021-01-06 00:35:40.903 INFO    DCS: Command line: "S:\Steam\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\bin\DCS.exe" 
2021-01-06 00:35:40.903 INFO    DCS: DCS/2.5.6.59625 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.19042)
2021-01-06 00:35:40.903 INFO    DCS: DCS revision: 179622
2021-01-06 00:35:40.903 INFO    DCS: Renderer revision: 21314
2021-01-06 00:35:40.903 INFO    DCS: Terrain revision: 21287
2021-01-06 00:35:40.904 INFO    DCS: CPU cores: 4, threads: 8, System RAM: 16331 MB, Pagefile: 9216 MB

*********************************************

 

I replaced the dll with one in my backup (did not work) and later one sent by a friend. It didn´t work either.

I tried to stop the antivirus, to disable W10 startup apps at Task Manager level.

I did a lot more of tests restarting every time. Nothing worked.

 

Finally I deleted the dll. Tried to startup. The program complained the missing dll. And then I copied worldgeneral.dll back to the bin folder.

And miracle! DCSW started up.

I did not need any verify file process.

 

BTW, the problem came from nowhere. There is no explanation at all of the origin of the error but amy be Windows related.

I thought this could help future users that may need to solve this issue.

 

I am having a lot of problems with this game, mostly related with crashes at mission loading level. A few BSODs as well. I have learned to clean my computer before playing (using Chrome or other apps is forbidden before playing DCSW). Crashes are everywhere, at any map and any module.

But this Error 0xc0000142 is something new.

[Flappie]

Thanks for your feedback, Clipper.

 

If you keep having crashes for unknown reasons, don't let your PC go away with it. Post a new thread and attach your dcs.log file.

[Clipper]

Thanks Flappie.

 

About the error 0xc0000142, though I gave a valid solution for my case, I am sure that this error may be caused by many different causes in combination with Windows.

 

And about my daily crashes I may post an extensive report here with all my pains. Though under "some" control, I would like to play without needing to do what I do every day to play DCSW.