'the application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b)

Did you try on a new Windows admin account @CosmicDust77?

Darko

Hey @CosmicDust77 as this is a Windows error rather than an EA one it's no harm taking a look at the Microsoft support site for issues relate to this.

You should be able to find a number of threads with suggestions to fix the issue.

Darko 

Hey @CosmicDust77 it may be that it requires a fresh install of your OS.

It's an issue on the Windows side and really something that can take a lot of troubleshooting.

Darko 

It may and it may not @CosmicDust77.

No harm trying to see if it happens as you can always roll back.

Darko

Guys, 

I am having identical issue here only I'm running Windows 11 Pro. 

It's happening on Battlefield 4 and Battlefield 1 for me, same error. 

Did you have a fix in the end?

I have apart from what you have suggested I have also tried the following to no avail:

- Running system file checker which repaired corrupted files

- Deleting Temporary files. 

- Reinstallation of .DLL files in both System32 and SysWOW64 directories,

- Ensuring NET framework is installed and selected,

- Running both as EA access and the game.exe files as Administrator

- Reinstalled both EA access and the game,

- Running file repair in the Command Prompt as Administrator. 

- Windows firewall has both game and EA access set to full access

- Reinstalled Windows (clean installation and hard drive was partitioned)

- Downloaded and installed Punkbuster

- Ran both EA app and the game in different compatibility settings i.e Windows 8 etc. 

- Downloading the game via Xbox App and Steam seperately, both of which have to use your EA access to open the game.

I definitely believe this is an error on your app, as we are not the only ones having this issue. 

For clarification, as the OP has suggested once you select the game the error doesn't always appear. It seems that the EA Access app opens momentarily (I cant see whats inside the EA access app as its brief but it appears to be the same size as the login screen) before disappearing, then the EA Access icon loads on the start menu with the app re-opening fully going to the home screen where you can see your downloaded games. At this point the play icon becomes selectable once again but with the same outcome. 

FYI - Incase this helps, I am able to play Battlefield V and Battlefield 2042 both are newer titles, with no issues. 

Please help I am at my tethers end. 

KR, 

Michael. 

Product: The EA app
Platform:PC
Error Report ID (learn how to create an Error Report ID in the sticky post)
Which client functionality are you experiencing this bug with? Launch Game
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) 21/08/2023
Summarize your bug Retrieve an Error when trying to open Battlefield titles, retrieving an Error code 0xc000007b.
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Try opening the titles Battlefield 4 or Battlefield 1
What happens when the bug occurs? Game doesn't launch and I'm brought back to home screen on EA access app
What do you expect to see? The launch of the game.

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Hello all,

Really looking for help as I'm unable to launch Battlefield 4 or Battlefield 1 titles through the EA Access App on PC. Sometimes I retrieve the Error 0xc000007b and other times not but the game doesn't launch either way.

Once Ive pressed the play icon through the app it seems that the EA Access app opens momentarily (I cant see whats inside the EA access app as its brief but it appears to be the same size as the login screen) before disappearing, then the EA Access icon loads on the start menu with the app re-opening fully going to the home screen where you can see your downloaded games. At this point the play icon becomes selectable once again but with the same outcome.

My Current setup is:

Gigabyte Z690 Elite Ax motherboard

Ryzen 9 7950x CPU

Gigabyte Gaming OC rtx 4090

32 GBs DDR5 RAM

Windows 11 Pro

I have read many posts on the forums here and followed there instructions set out with no luck and its really frustrating.

So far I have tried;

- Updated all drivers and Windows updates

- Running DxDIAG with no issues found

-Installing latest C++ distributable via the MS website including installing all previous versions.

- Running system file checker through Command prompt as an Administrator which found and  repaired corrupted files

- Deleted Temporary files. 

- Downloaded and installed .DLL files in both System32 and SysWOW64 directories,

- Ensuring NET framework is installed and selected (including earlier versions)

- Running both as EA access and the game.exe files as Administrator

- Changing Windows firewall setrings to ensure both game and EA access have full access

- Downloaded and installed Punkbuster latest edition.

- Ran both EA app and the game in different compatibility settings i.e Windows 7 & 8 etc. 

- Downloading the game via Xbox App and Steam seperately, to see if it would force the launch through your app

- Installed CCleaner, cleaned registry files (on the off chance).

- Running the Activation.exe file before opening EA Access. 

- Reinstalled both EA access and the game.

- Reinstalled Windows (clean installation and hard drive was formatted)

FYI - I am able to play Battlefield V and Battlefield 2042 both of which are newer titles, with no issues and Battlefield 3 which is an older title, also no issues.

Any help really appreciated. 

I downloaded the game on a newly installed windows and I can't get it to work. I constantly get the error with 0xc00007b. I have tried all the youtube tutrials for this issue, but nothing worked.