[SOLVED] Samsung Magician will not launch after a Windows 10 update ?

[Tailas]

I had a Windows update that I installed last night before I went to bed. After coming home from work today, I received an error that said:

Magician has encountered an error and cannot continue. Press 'OK' to launch the application again or 'Cancel' to quit the application.

I looked it up online and tried various solutions I came across, such as turning off Windows Defender and reinstalling, uninstalling Magician and reinstalling a previous version, and various other things. Nothing has worked.

When I try to reinstall any previous version, I get this message:

Create process failed; code 193.
%1 is not a valid Win32 application.

I'm assuming these errors are caused by the Windows update, but I cannot figure out how to correct it. Does anyone have any ideas?

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

When posting a thread of troubleshooting nature, it's customary to include your full system's specs. Please list the specs to your build like so:
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include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard?

 

[Tailas]

Sorry about that.

CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11700KF @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHz
CPU Cooler: H100i ELITE CAPELLIX
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z590 UD AC (BIOS version American Megatrends International, LLC. F2, 1/6/2021)
RAM: Thermaltake TOUGHRAM RGB DDR4 3600MHz 16GB
SSD: Samsung SSD 980 1TB
XPG SX6000 Pro PCIe Gen3x4 M.2 2280
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PSU: CORSAIR RM850 (this I am not sure about 100%)
Chassis: iBUYPOWER Slate 4 MR Mirror Finished Tempered Glass ARGB Gaming Case
OS: Windows 10 Home Version 22H2
Monitor: GIGABYTE M32U 32" 144Hz 4K FreeSync Compatible Gaming Monitor

 

[Tailas]

UPDATE - the was another update to Windows that I installed, and after that I was able to reinstall and open the program.