Application unable to start correctly (Oxc0000018)

[lynspottery]

I've been experiencing these Chrome issues for the past several weeks and have no idea why its happening. I've tried all published "fixes" without success.

I've clicked OK to close the error box and then restarted Chrome. But I am getting tired of these ....does anyone have any idea why this happens and if its related to Windows 10 ?

Also would really appreciate knowing a good fix for this.

 

[Colif]

Do you have Malwarebytes AntiExploit installed

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/the-application-was-unable-to-start-correctly/cd96802d-7ac7-4e5f-899b-4ce7195900b1?auth=1

if you do, it seems solution might be just remove it and reinstall it: https://forums.malwarebytes.org/topic/171714-solved-error-opening-browserapps-on-windows-10/

if you don't, have you tried reseting chrome? small chance its one of its add ons at blame. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/3296214?hl=en

 

[lynspottery]

Do you have Malwarebytes AntiExploit installed

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/the-application-was-unable-to-start-correctly/cd96802d-7ac7-4e5f-899b-4ce7195900b1?auth=1

if you do, it seems solution might be just remove it and reinstall it: https://forums.malwarebytes.org/topic/171714-solved-error-opening-browserapps-on-windows-10/

if you don't, have you tried reseting chrome? small chance its one of its add ons at blame. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/3296214?hl=en

I do not have a malwarebytes AntiExploit installed. I did try the browser reset you suggested but nothing changed. Is there anything else that might be causing this?

 

[Colif]

So you tried to regedit fix as well? http://superuser.com/questions/610495/the-application-was-unable-to-start-correctly-0xc0000018-windows-8-x64

can try running sfc/ scannow into command prompt with admin rights.

 

[lynspottery]

So you tried to regedit fix as well? http://superuser.com/questions/610495/the-application-was-unable-to-start-correctly-0xc0000018-windows-8-x64

can try running sfc/ scannow into command prompt with admin rights.

Ok, interesting...I ran that sfc /scannnow and the program found and fixed some corrupted files. However, why on earth is the program a system32 and not 64?

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Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.10586]
(c) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired
them. Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For
example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. Note that logging is currently not
supported in offline servicing scenarios.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>
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[lynspottery]

As to whether or not this will fix the initial problem with Chrome remains to be seen. Thanks for the input, i learned something new today.