NFS16 error (0xc000007b)
I am trying to play my recently purchased NFS16 and when I choose to run the application I get this error "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b) Press OK to close"
My System:
windows 10 64bit
intel i7 4790k
Zotak GTX 980ti amp extreme
16gb corasair vengeance
M.2 500gb OS
Things I have tried:
Reinstalling NFS16 (4 fresh installs and counting)
reinstalling origin
reinstalling redistributable packages (visual c+++)
reinstalling .NET
Reinstalling Directx
installing mscvp100.dll and mscvr100.dll
running as administrator
running in compatibility
reinstalling windows
at this point I am reinstalling the game for a 5th time, unless I can get some help from EA or someone who had this problem and solved it, I will probably be refunding this game. I have had plenty of issues with other games in the past, I just cant figure this one out. I have read that this is an issue with some sort of dll conflict. and it seems to be a common issue with EA releases and EA releases only (this particular error) Thanks to anyone who can help
I Finally solved this issue!!!!!!
it only took me two days to find the correct dlls that this game will run on.
found in this thread :
[Link removed - Admin.]
you have to download these dlls;
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and then go into safe mode, which in windows 10 means going to settings> update & security> recovery>restart now> advanced restart and then pressing f4 when it restarts. then overwrite the dlls in c: windows>system32 and sys64wow
the zip will contain the separate dlls for each folder so make sure they go into the appropriate one. you wont be able to overwrite all of the dlls, because that requires elevated administrator rights (that even when in elevated admin mode you still cannot overwrite) regardless, restart your pc and run NFS16 in Admin mode and it should load up.
I am assuming that my primary problems were that most of the dlls listed online for this error are 32bit and this game is 64bit, which means I was overwriting 64bit dlls with incompatible ones. I cannot believe that even with a windows reboot, I did not have the appropriate dlls for this game..
I hope this helps someone down the line, if so leave so xp or a comment.
Now onto my next problem... stationed in Okinawa... game says i cannot play the game because my language does not match my origin account (dumbest drm i have ever experienced)
