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MoparSMASH
5 years ago
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Persistent and widespread ActivationUI.exe error, 0xc000007b

Hi, I have also bought SWBF2 Celebration edition from Steam recently and I also have the ActivationUI.exe problem. I will not join one of the other threads discussing their experience with this issue so I will not hijack their thread with my specs and experience and whatnot.

I've looked everywhere and tried everything that Google results could provide, to no avail.

I have done the following:
-reinstalled Dx11

-reinstalled Microsoft C++ Visual Studio Redistributables

-updated Windows to full and restarted (several times!)

-uninstalled from Steam and tried launching purely from Origin

-disabled all game overlays (discord, origin, steam, you name it)

-ran both Origin and SWBF2 as administrator

-ran /sfc scannow through my command prompt as administrator (no problems found)

The game still does not even try to launch, citing the same aforementioned error.

It is now your turn to tell me something new to try. All the threads I have found have not actually ended with an official solution coming from EA, which should be embarrassing. Someone surely should actually know what to do next, correct?

I have attached an image of the error window just so there is no doubt, and a copy of my DxDiag.txt so you know what I'm working with.

I look forward to your response.

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    MoparSMASH
    5 years ago

    This thread is no longer required. I won't delete it in case someone sees it and tries this fix for themselves.

    I went into "Programs list" on my PC, and "repaired" literally all of the Microsoft Visual Studio Redistributables (left-click, modify, repair) and now the game works.

    This 0xc00007b error seems to come because Battlefront2 and other Origin games were designed for 32bit systems despite nearly everyone running 64bit systems, and requiring files that cross between the two systems is bound to cause problems.

    Good luck to you other problem-solvers out there, should you find this. I basically went through every Youtube tutorial I could find about this error to fix it, so if this does not help you, your path is long before you. 

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    MoparSMASH
    5 years ago

    This thread is no longer required. I won't delete it in case someone sees it and tries this fix for themselves.

    I went into "Programs list" on my PC, and "repaired" literally all of the Microsoft Visual Studio Redistributables (left-click, modify, repair) and now the game works.

    This 0xc00007b error seems to come because Battlefront2 and other Origin games were designed for 32bit systems despite nearly everyone running 64bit systems, and requiring files that cross between the two systems is bound to cause problems.

    Good luck to you other problem-solvers out there, should you find this. I basically went through every Youtube tutorial I could find about this error to fix it, so if this does not help you, your path is long before you. 

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    MoparSMASH
    5 years ago
    @ThuggerMeep Sure broski. Press the Windows key on your keyboard and type "Programs". Click on "add or remove programs". It'll take you to the "apps and features list" or Programs list as I call it. Scroll down to the Microsoft Redistributables and left-click, "modify". If you can't modify one or two, don't worry about it, just move to the next one. It'll ask you for admin permission, just hit yes. After that, click on REPAIR, not UNINSTALL or anything else. Do that for all of them.
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    Mystowgan
    5 years ago

    I just installes star wars battlefront 2 through epic games and i keep getting the error when i launch the game:The application was unable to start correctly(0xc000007b).I tried to reinstall all microsoft .net frameworks and visuals packages, i repaired the game through origin and still nothing.Any solution please?

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    MoparSMASH
    5 years ago
    @Mystowgan Did you specifically perform the steps listed in #4? Sometimes even a fresh install of redistributables isn't enough, please try repairing the installs and trying again. I do have extra steps you can try but I believe this is the first thing to try.
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    Mystowgan
    5 years ago

    Yes.I did this few minutes ago, just like in #4.I repaired all my microsoft visual packages.After that i restarted my PC and still got the same error even i launch the game from the origin or from the folder where it s installed or even from epic games launcher,but still the same error☹️.I`m thinking right now maybe there are another microsoft redistributable that i need to install but i don`t believe.Here is my list of them

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    MoparSMASH
    5 years ago
    @Mystowgan Ok. Try going manually into the Origin folder directory and launching the game as administrator.

    If that doesn't work, copy the msvcpXXX.dll files into your game's folder. So in the same folder as the EXE that you tried to run as administrator. These mscvpXXX.dll files will be in your Windows registry, and will range from like 80 to 120 to 150 or so.

    If that doesn't work either, run command prompt as an administrator and type /sfc scannow to see if you have a faulty hard drive which isn't allowing all of the windows install to be accessible. On this subject, please try anything in #1 that you haven't already tried.

    Perhaps when I fixed mine, it was because I did some combination of all of these fixes instead of just the Redist-repair listed in #2
  • MoparSMASH's avatar
    MoparSMASH
    5 years ago
    @Mystowgan Another thing you can try is downloading the entire Microsoft Visual Studio instead of just the Redistributables. Might help rule out causes of the problem if you get the whole kit instead of just what they tell us is needed. Better to overkill than underkill, you know?
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    Mystowgan
    5 years ago

    Tried all of your steps,even with all Visual Studi package.Still the same error, I do not know what to do anymore...

  • MoparSMASH's avatar
    MoparSMASH
    5 years ago
    @Mystowgan Try putting the distributables in the folder with the ActivationUI.exe as well. It's in one of the folders in the game's main directory. The error message you get does say ActivationUI, right?

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