0xc000007b error code for Borderlands 2 and Pre-Sequel

[santaboom2b]

Yes I know, there have been many posts about this and I have tried really.

I have tried:
-reinstalling all the vcredist stuff (used AiO Runtimes and also did it manually)
-the thing with the DLL files (to some extent, not so sure about this one tbh.)
-reinstalling the current DirectX version
-reinstalling the Game
-checking for Windows Updates
-running both Launcher and Game as Admin also ran the game in Compatibility Mode
-running "sfc /scannow" and "chkdsk c: /f /r" both as an Admin
-using Process Monitor tool (Didn't rly work maybe I used it wrong also not sure)
-updating my Nvidia Card Drivers

So yea my guess it's the .DLL files I used Dependency Walker. This gave me a ton of error messages but manually reinstalling all these files would take a while on top of that I have no idea where I would need to put all these files.

https://imgur.com/k1c2st7

Here are some error messages maybe half of them only to give a general idea.

Thank you for the help in advance :)

[Hargito]

do all the things from this site https://www.techcrises.com/how-to/how-to-fix-error-code-0xc000007b-in-windows-7-8-8-1/ hope u can play this fantastic game for a while (:

[santaboom2b]

Originally posted by Hargito:

do all the things from this site https://www.techcrises.com/how-to/how-to-fix-error-code-0xc000007b-in-windows-7-8-8-1/ hope u can play this fantastic game for a while (:

Yea been there most of my points up there are dircetly tied to that post. Llike I said I probably made a mistake with the Process Monitor tool and the DLL files. One thing to add I tried using CCleaner to get the DLL files fixed but it didn't seem to work the screenshots are made afterwards.

[Iceira]

Do you have the game requirements at all, things will not run if you dont.

thats code has 2 functions , i cant or im corupted with its VC++ files, assume you have , then only other is left, so im not so you you actual repair old VC++ issue as you said.

i did this, and most of my game issue was solved on my old laptop even. ( MS VC++ all-in-one )
https://www.techpowerup.com/download/visual-c-redistributable-runtime-package-all-in-one/

watch out for double entry then reinstall game and validate steam game intergrity of Files, because steam common Redistributable files rerun after main install and its not the first time i have seen 2 version screw it up with same VC++ version, you can see all that in windows program and feature under installed C++ files then x86 and x64 version per each build should be there.

then ggogle that code it is now seen as VC++ issue. ( to a game ofc )

dont expect help from game devs and steam, most dont keep up with MS update in VC++
so technicaly they think they know what they are talking about, they dont this is MS signed Driver do we even want to debat such.

[santaboom2b]

I'm not sure if I get this right but here is an image of all the VC++ Version I have https://imgur.com/WK3qQkN

[Iceira]

i dont know your files they are newer then techpower, if you trust them sense it dont work then try the other , its simple your job to test what is going on here and where you got them from.


all i can say Techpower said they are MS none alter version, so watchout for other places if they did such.

MS own Original manual installer.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170


im sure you can see logic in all in one install pack, then manuel doing the many tiny task, boring...

[santaboom2b]

Originally posted by Iceira W10:

i dont know your files they are newer then techpower, if you trust them sense it dont work then try the other , its simple your job to test what is going on here and where you got them from.


all i can say Techpower said they are MS none alter version, so watchout for other places if they did such.

MS own Original manual installer.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170


im sure you can see logic in all in one install pack, then manuel doing the many tiny task, boring...

Okay I have now again reinstalled all the VC++ this time using the Techpower AiO Runtime it still won't work and I have restarted my PC mutiple times after uninstalling and after installing

[Iceira]

You are in luck, i own both games, more a test this is your pc. then all will complain over it not working , but atleast you know VC++ work and you have other isisue,

Reinstal gpu driver then Vc++ is still gpu relelted issue with runtime errors.

make fresh GPU DRiver install DDU with AMD card and Nvidia use custoim install and make clean then checkbox is there.


ps.
updating GPU driver and fresh is not same thingy, not the first time windows core update screw it up and then you have to redo the fresh install.

[santaboom2b]

Originally posted by Iceira W10:

You are in luck, i own both games, more a test this is your pc. then all will complain over it not working , but atleast you know VC++ work and you have other isisue,

Reinstal gpu driver then Vc++ is still gpu relelted issue with runtime errors.

make fresh GPU DRiver install DDU with AMDi card and Nvidia use custoim install and make clean then checkbox is there.

I have an Nvidia 2060 and just installed the latest Grapic Card Drivers it's sadly still not working

Here are my PC spec maybe this helps:

Windows 10 64x
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Nvidia RTX 2060
16Gb Ram

[Iceira]

pre version, i notice steam throw in 2005 and 2010 Vc++ after main installer, more a info so you knwo if you did not.

[Iceira]

turn off bullet decals , this was a thingy in fallout 4 maybe its same in this game.

[santaboom2b]

Originally posted by Iceira W10:

turn off bullet decals , this was a thingy in fallout 4 maybe its same in this game.

Also not it :/

[Iceira]

im sorry i give up at pre version, logest intro ever i feel defiled by game devs, feel like a movie intro , i try b2 now, maybe it wontr have worst intro ever.

sorry same long intro i dont have time for, they install and run intro, and im out of time ,

by the way do you have a controll added to pc, not the first time , we have seen odd issue with other thing we cant see, and as last idea that have give odd crashes, most will not even give a thought.

use safe boot mode to test for interference with what ever it is.

b2 in game 2,442 In-Game
pre border 368 In-Game

so it do work for others, you just need to figureout what that is that doing it. safe boot mode is one of them thinsg and printer and controll is attached device we cant see here.

more a idea so you know why safe boot test mode is one way to ruleout other app from loading. or cause issue with a game.


im off cya have to go.

[Iceira]

Both game is working, so what ever it is dongle or other unknown thingy you need to check it out at other pc then, something aient right in the OS there.

[RiO]

When 0xc000007b is raised by Windows executables, it's because one of the DLLs the executable's source code was compiled and linked against - couldn't be loaded.

This either means one of the prerequisites isn't properly installed and the DLLs it publishes are not discoverable on the system; or somehow a 32-bit DLL ended up in the 64-bit Windows subsystem or a 64-bit DLL ended up in the 32-bit subsystem and you have a bitness mismatch while attempting to load the DLL.

Reinstalling drivers won't fix this.
Reinstalling VC++ redistributables won't fix this.
(Manually running installers for missing VC++ redistributables might fix this. In case the game is simply not set up with all the correct depedencies in Steam.)

What you want to do is use an application like Dependency Walker to figure out which DLLs the game is failing to load. DW can tell you the bitness of a DLL.

Dollar to donuts at some point you installed something on your machine that naively dumped a 32-bit DLL into C:\Windows\System32 -- which on 64-bit systems is supposed to contain only 64-bit DLLs. Or maybe you did that to yourself by manually copying something there.

[santaboom2b]

Originally posted by RiO:

When 0xc000007b is raised by Windows executables, it's because one of the DLLs the executable's source code was compiled and linked against - couldn't be loaded.

This either means one of the prerequisites isn't properly installed and the DLLs it publishes are not discoverable on the system; or somehow a 32-bit DLL ended up in the 64-bit Windows subsystem or a 64-bit DLL ended up in the 32-bit subsystem and you have a bitness mismatch while attempting to load the DLL.

Reinstalling drivers won't fix this.
Reinstalling VC++ redistributables won't fix this.
(Manually running installers for missing VC++ redistributables might fix this. In case the game is simply not set up with all the correct depedencies in Steam.)

What you want to do is use an application like Dependency Walker to figure out which DLLs the game is failing to load. DW can tell you the bitness of a DLL.

Dollar to donuts at some point you installed something on your machine that naively dumped a 32-bit DLL into C:\Windows\System32 -- which on 64-bit systems is supposed to contain only 64-bit DLLs. Or maybe you did that to yourself by manually copying something there.

Step ahead of you already did the Dependency Walker thing here is the link again seems like I have a couple of DLL files that are "out of place."

https://imgur.com/k1c2st7

Like I mentioned before those are only a couple of screenshots the list is a lot longer my best idea is maybe getting a programm that fixes DLL files but so far I didn't have much luck with that.