I have been having this error now consistently for over 2 weeks. whenever i leave my pc on for a while say 5-6 hrs or i am playing a game and exit it, the pc hangs and i cant open any thing including task manager without gettinng that darned error message.i cant even shut down properly.I dont know what started it or when it even started. I did increase my memory from 1gb to 2gb if that helps.

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When you get the 0xc0000142 error, is this a "blue screen" error or is it part of a message that displays in a small message box in the middle of the screen? Either way, what does the rest of the message say?

Originally Posted by DJNafey

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When you get the 0xc0000142 error, is this a "blue screen" error or is it part of a message that displays in a small message box in the middle of the screen? Either way, what does the rest of the message say?

It is in a little box in the middle of the screen. It actually says, "the application failed to initialize (0xc0000142). Click ok to terminate"

Originally Posted by ovoj

"the application failed to initialize (0xc0000142). Click ok to terminate"

That's interesting - that suggests that it's not a hardware fault, which is what is usually associated with errors containing those hexadecimal codes (e.g. 0xC0000142). Instead, it sounds like a software problem. It might be a Windows component that has failed to initialise (start up) or it might be another application that you have installed. Does the message box have a title bar at the top that says which program or EXE filename is trying to start up?

theres no box at the top or anything. it occurs after i use a software like a game, any game. when i eventually exit the software, the problem starts. any program i try to open gives the message.i tried deleting some software and it hasnt happened in a while so im hoping thats that.