acs "bad image"

[EDDIE THE DRAGON]

hey guys, so i just reinstalled the game on my new PC and every time i try to play it, it gives me a weird error that goes
"acs.exe - Bad Image
c:\windows\system32\d3dx11_43.dll is either not designed to run windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system adminstarator or the software vendor for support. error status 0xc000012f."
here are things i tried doing:
installed the CSP and the content manager
tried a few windows CMD commands.
changing up the video settings.
and NOTHING happened. the game still gives me the same error no matter what i try doing, any help please?

[zenos]

reinstall DirectX?

[ling.speed]

Yea seems like that directX11 is broken. You can try a double check by launching another game in DX11 mode before making a mess diving into system repair.

[EDDIE THE DRAGON]

i tried or it didn't work, can you give me another solution? and give me a link to "repair" dx11?

[lx]

"installed the CSP and the content manager" - big mistake, now you have further mess.
"tried a few windows CMD commands." - which commands, sfc, dism?
changing up the video settings. - useless.

run chkdsk, windows memory diagnostic, prime95, ... your hardware might be faulty.
and search the internet, you are not the one having this error. some guy fixed it by making a windows reinstall.

[ling.speed]

prime95 OMEGALUL

Anyways havent gotten this problem in like a decade so idk whats the course of action these days. System File Checker could help maybe (if the broken files are part of system).
running checkdisk as lx mentions (chkdsk) would be good idea anyways as its likely a data corruption and more could be broken.

This should contain the broken files for DX11: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35 but whether it helps idk... i had one instance where windows installer refused to update a broken file because "its already there silly" so check if the file error mentions actually gets replaced.



ps: i should add that searching on how to fix .dll errors often brings places where you can just download them for free. Which can work, but also can be easiest method to get malware on your system, so If you ever feel tempted, make sure to confirm checksums and use virustotal and etc first.

[lx]

Originally posted by ling.speed:

...
ps: ... searching on how to fix .dll errors ...

all those are malware, no trustworthy source will just distribute a random .dll

[ling.speed]

Originally posted by lx:

Originally posted by ling.speed:

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ps: ... searching on how to fix .dll errors ...

all those are malware, no trustworthy source will just distribute a random .dll

Thats not a tinfoil hat, thats a full tinfoil racing helmet you got there.

They'd be quickly out of search results if everyting was malware.

Problem is that they can suffer man in the middle attacks. The file normally is malwarefree but can be randomly infected while on its route to you, or the file is fine while download method contains it, and then sneak under user agreeing disable anti tamper system protection when placing the original file. etc

Good DLL sites will provide checksums for you to check if what you got is the same file they are offering. You can also use other tools (even virustotal) to see where the file originated etc.

So you absolutely can use those dll sites to get files, i've done it a few times. But you need to know whats happening at every step.

[EDDIE THE DRAGON]

hello again, i ran chkdsk and i also made sure i used the correct dx11 repair tool which was the tool i actually used before but i used it again for good measure, and sadly nothing worked, i even reinstalled asseto corsa, and what a surprise... it did not work either XD.
i am at an absolute loss at why this is happening, and i am sure as hell will NOT reinstall windows because that is... WAY too much of a hassle.
but here are other things i tried to do because i have a monkey brain and at this point i am desperate:
reinstalled graphics driver.
moved the game back to the old HDD that it used to be on since i thought maybe the game wouldn't work on an ssd (i don't know why i tried that, but i am desprate)
thought i'd tamper with the video settings a bit and got a preset off the internet for content manager.
i tried using the "nvdia optimization" through the nvdia app
used the follopwing cmd commands:
sfc /scannow
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
chkdsk

and none of it... f#cking... worked...

for the record these are my specs
4060 Ti
32 gb ram DDR4
I5 12400F

i also added ling.speed HOPING that we can trouble shoot this together because i am genuinly... going insane
update:
just tried this microsoft guide:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/error-code-0xc000012f/b8501435-00c1-49d5-b644-41505b5cbdb1

and guess what? IT DID OT WORK, WHAT THE f#CK IS GOING ON?

[EDDIE THE DRAGON]

the beautiful, amazing ling.speed helped me and here's what we did, he helped me test the "d3dx11_43.dll" file and we found out that the file was in FACT faulty, and for some reason was not correctly working, so we renamed the file, and we re-ran the Dx11 installation and it just installed the file and fixed it on its own, thank you everyone who contributed and wanted to help, you are all truly wonderful.

[lx]

cool, but there is a reason this file got corrupted, keep that in mind. maybe your new pc is faulty and you might want to make a warranty claim.
but if you are not using it for anything important, just wait until it breaks totally and buy a new one consumerism style :D

[EDDIE THE DRAGON]

brother, are you by any chance, schizophrenic?

[lx]

are you a psychiatrist, to know what you are talking about?

[EDDIE THE DRAGON]

hello reader from the future who has a similar issue, faulty software does NOT mean faulty hardware, please do not listen to anything Ix says unless you want to fry your computer using meaningless stress tests like "prime95" UNLESS you are using a pc that is incredibly old and you do not trust the hardware that you are using, there are HUNDREDS of ways to check if there is something wrong with your computer other than overheating them on purpose, if the issue is in SOFTware its in SOFTware if its in HARDware then its in HARDware, an issue in WINDOWS files an operating SYSTEM is NOT hardware, and good luck on your games :D

[lx]

i see you are also an IT expert and you surely know what you are talking about. keep talking