In this manual details how to fix the error 0xC000012F or 0xc0000020 Bad Image when you start applications and games in Windows 10, about the causes of such an error.
Ways to solve the problem Bad Image 0xc000012f and 0xc0000020 when starting programs and games
In most cases, the cause of errors "The program is not intended to perform in Windows or contains an error" with an error status 0xC000012F and 0xC0000020 is damage or incorrect version of the DLL library specified in the error test. This may be happening as a result of failures or installation or removal of other (not related to problematic) programs, and sometimes - as a result of downloading DLL files from third-party sites to correct other errors. The DLL file name specified in the Bad Image error message can help us, deal with the fact, for example:
- If files with names starting with MSVCr., msvcp and some others, for example - ucrtbase.dll The problem seems to be in the Microsoft Visual C ++ Redistributable components libraries. Solution: Fix the installation of components in "Programs and Components" (Select the component, click "Change", then fix or Repair), or delete the existing distributed components of Microsoft Visual C ++, and then re-download and install the Microsoft Visual C ++ redistributable libraries. Specific year C ++ can be defined by the name of the file and install only the components of the desired year, preferably - and x86 and x64 (even in Windows 10 x64 there are 32-bit library x86). This, for example, one of the frequent causes of such an error when starting Origin.
- If a library causing an error is in the folder DriverStore. It is most likely that the driver of some device is likely. You can find the driver to the name of the file using the search by the search, and then delete the driver and install it manually (downloaded from the official site) re-on. Most often we are talking about the video card driver, especially if the error occurs when playing games. Here it can be useful: how to remove the video card driver completely.
That is, the logic of action in the general case is:
- We define, part of what is the DLL specified in the error message. To do this, it is usually enough to use the search on the Internet.
- Re-install this component of the system and check whether the problem was solved.
There is one common exclusion: if an error message contains some kind of library, which is part of the game or program, and it in turn is not very licensed, then your antivirus or built-in Windows 10 defender may cause.
In this case, the decision can be the following actions: We delete a program or game, turn off the antivirus, re-install the program with an error, check whether it works if you add a folder with the game or the program to exclude an antivirus or a Windows protector (how to add a program in Exceptions of the defender of Windows 10). In the same scenario, if the error does not disappear, sometimes it makes sense to search another source of downloading the same application - perhaps where you downloaded it, the file contains errors.
Additional methods fix the error
If the above did not help (just in case, inform in the comments, what kind of DLL and when starting what program an error occurs - I may tell you actions), try the following options:
- In case the program or the game worked properly more recently, check if there is Windows 10 recovery points on the date when there was no problem. If there is - use them.
- If an error message 0xC000012F or 0xc0000020 reports some kind of system DLL, try recovering the integrity of Windows 10 system files.
- Try running a program in compatibility mode with the previous version of Windows.
- It is worth checking, although this is a rare case, and whether the error appears if you perform a clean loading of Windows 10 - if not, apparently, the start prevents some third-party software.
Also, if we are talking about an old version of some program, and there are newer options in stock, try to install and test them.