Hello,
I've been struggling for the past few days with a fairly common error from what I can find. As mentioned in the title it's the 0xc000007b error when opening an application. I've been trying to fix it myself by searching the internet for different fixes.
Thus far I've tried everything on this page
http://www.techcrises.com/how-to/how-to-fix-error-code-0xc000007b-in-windows-7-8-8-1/
I've also tried downloading and replacing files from here
http://freewisdoms.com/download-dll-files-commonly-used-by-games/
And I've also installed a program called 'aio-runtimes' which seemed to install a lot of older programs I may not have had in my computer.
This is a recent problem which appeared couple of days ago when I updated my computer from windows 8.1 to windows10. On top of that, once installing the new windows (I did this due to my old one breaking down completly) I ran roguekiller and malwarebytes. This was my first time using these programmes and after the main scan I ticked all the boxes for PUPs even the ones that weren't auto ticked. I may have accidentally removed some files that shouldn't have been removed.. but the disk scan and repair would have fixed that, I would think.
As you can see, I've tried different methods and it still comes up with the same error. I feel stuck and require assistance in this matter.
Edit: Just to be clear. The order I did things.
Using Win10
Broke my OS
Reinstalled win8.1 from official disk
Tried my old games (which worked before) ... some didn't work
Upgraded to Win10 (games still didn't work)
Installed drivers such as net framework, amd graphics drivers, java, visual C++ and ran malwarebytes with roguekiller
Tried the old games (which worked at the very begining)... didn't work (the 0xc000007b error on launch)
Searched internet, found the 'replace these dll files' method and tried that by giving me full control over system32 and syswow64 folders
Tried the games... didn't work
Used the first link to try all the methods.. still no success
Downloaded aio-runtimes which installed visual c++ 2005,2006,2008,2012,2013 and I already had 2015. It also installed net framework and java of some older versions I didn't have
Games still didn't work
Came to here for help
UPDATE: Reinstalled Windows 10 with the 'keep your old apps' setting. Games still don't work
UPDATE 2: Reinstalled Windows 10 fresh using the 'do not keep anything' option. Used the official AMD disk to install the drivers... games still don't work... I'm getting really desperate now..
UPDATE 3: So I was thinking why is this problem only the case with some games and not the others. I tried to find similarities and realised they're all relatively recent games all released after the initial release of Win10 (I think, not 100% sure). So I thought maybe it's to due with not having the latest build of Windows. So I spent all night and today up until now to update Windows to its latest build available just to discover it has had no impact and the games still don't work..
If it has any relevance, the games in question are 'dark souls 3', 'AC: Chronicles series', 'Attack on titan. Wings of Freedom'
If it would be just one game it wouldn't bother me... but that's quite a list I've found just in couple of days, I dare not to think what else I may not be able to run in the future.
I've been struggling for the past few days with a fairly common error from what I can find. As mentioned in the title it's the 0xc000007b error when opening an application. I've been trying to fix it myself by searching the internet for different fixes.
Thus far I've tried everything on this page
http://www.techcrises.com/how-to/how-to-fix-error-code-0xc000007b-in-windows-7-8-8-1/
I've also tried downloading and replacing files from here
http://freewisdoms.com/download-dll-files-commonly-used-by-games/
And I've also installed a program called 'aio-runtimes' which seemed to install a lot of older programs I may not have had in my computer.
This is a recent problem which appeared couple of days ago when I updated my computer from windows 8.1 to windows10. On top of that, once installing the new windows (I did this due to my old one breaking down completly) I ran roguekiller and malwarebytes. This was my first time using these programmes and after the main scan I ticked all the boxes for PUPs even the ones that weren't auto ticked. I may have accidentally removed some files that shouldn't have been removed.. but the disk scan and repair would have fixed that, I would think.
As you can see, I've tried different methods and it still comes up with the same error. I feel stuck and require assistance in this matter.
Edit: Just to be clear. The order I did things.
Using Win10
Broke my OS
Reinstalled win8.1 from official disk
Tried my old games (which worked before) ... some didn't work
Upgraded to Win10 (games still didn't work)
Installed drivers such as net framework, amd graphics drivers, java, visual C++ and ran malwarebytes with roguekiller
Tried the old games (which worked at the very begining)... didn't work (the 0xc000007b error on launch)
Searched internet, found the 'replace these dll files' method and tried that by giving me full control over system32 and syswow64 folders
Tried the games... didn't work
Used the first link to try all the methods.. still no success
Downloaded aio-runtimes which installed visual c++ 2005,2006,2008,2012,2013 and I already had 2015. It also installed net framework and java of some older versions I didn't have
Games still didn't work
Came to here for help
UPDATE: Reinstalled Windows 10 with the 'keep your old apps' setting. Games still don't work
UPDATE 2: Reinstalled Windows 10 fresh using the 'do not keep anything' option. Used the official AMD disk to install the drivers... games still don't work... I'm getting really desperate now..
UPDATE 3: So I was thinking why is this problem only the case with some games and not the others. I tried to find similarities and realised they're all relatively recent games all released after the initial release of Win10 (I think, not 100% sure). So I thought maybe it's to due with not having the latest build of Windows. So I spent all night and today up until now to update Windows to its latest build available just to discover it has had no impact and the games still don't work..
If it has any relevance, the games in question are 'dark souls 3', 'AC: Chronicles series', 'Attack on titan. Wings of Freedom'
If it would be just one game it wouldn't bother me... but that's quite a list I've found just in couple of days, I dare not to think what else I may not be able to run in the future.