application exception

0xC0000142 DLL_INIT_FAILED

A DLL failed to initialize while the program started — broken installation, a corrupt DLL, or an incompatible injected DLL (overlays, tweak tools).

What to do about it

Reinstall the program.
Disable third-party overlays (Discord, GeForce Experience, RGB software) as a test.
Run: sfc /scannow to repair system DLLs.

Where you will see this

Windows Error Reporting writes this code into Report.wer files and app-crash minidumps when a program dies but Windows itself stays up. It is not a blue-screen stop code — for those see the stop-code library.

See which module threw this exception

Drop the program's .wer report or crash dump into the app-crash reader — the faulting module is usually the real story. Parsed locally.

Open the app-crash reader →