Error 0xc0000142 :The application was unable to start correctly

Asked By Hanley Samson 90 points N/A Posted on - 10/27/2012

Whenever I try to install a computer tools or applications, an error message encounters, pasted below as a screen shot.

pctsSvc.exe – Application Error

The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click OK to close the application.

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Answered By Linknya Jean 0 points N/A #159157

Error 0xc0000142 :The application was unable to start correctly

Hello Hanley,

Thanks for sharing your problem with us, you can use command prompt to solve your problem. To solve your problem using command prompt just follow the following steps:

1. If you are using windows 7 then press window button + R run window will open type cmd.

2. In the command prompt window just type "sfc /scannow" without quotes. "sf/scannow" command will scan your computer and it will replace damaged version with correct version.

I hope this will solve your problem.

Thanks.

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