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Tips on Fixing the application error 0xc0000142
February 5th, 2010 by admin
The application error 0xc0000142 can happen due to a variety of causes. Normally a reboot suffices to fix it but you may need to do some other things as a permanent solution. This error is usually a failure to initialize a DLL correctly.
If more than one applications are affected by this, then do a sfc /scannow from a dos prompt on the install disk. This will scan all the system files and replace them with known good versions for the OS. Once the process is complete reboot your machine.
As mentioned above, the application error 0xc0000142 can be caused by any variety of reasons so the solution above may not fix the issue. So you may need to run some type of registry cleaner. Just make sure you back up your registry before you try to accomplish anything so you do not have bigger issues later.