{"id":59358,"date":"2023-07-12T18:21:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T12:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=59358"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:45:28","slug":"epicgameslauncher-error-0xc000007b-0xc000012f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/epicgameslauncher-error-0xc000007b-0xc000012f\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix Epic Games Launcher Error 0xC000007B or 0xC000012F"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you run Epic Games Launcher, the error code 0xc000007b or 0xc000012f may appear. The full error message is mentioned below:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\"><strong>EpicGamesLauncher.exe - Application Error<\/strong>\n\nThe application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application. \n<\/pre>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/epicgameslauncher-error-0xc000007b.png\" alt=\"epicgameslauncher error 7b\" width=\"469\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On some systems, the error code may be <code>0xc000012f<\/code>.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">EpicGamesLauncher.exe - Bad Image\n\nC:\\Windows\\SYSTEM32\\XINPUT1_3.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support. Error status 0xc000012f.<\/pre>\n<p>-or-<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">EpicGamesLauncher.exe - Bad Image\n\nC:\\Windows\\SYSTEM32\\D3DCOMPILER_43.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support. Error status 0xc000012f.<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/epicgameslauncher-error-0xc000012f.png\" alt=\"epicgameslauncher error 0x12f\" width=\"433\" height=\"197\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Cause<\/h2>\n<p>Error code 0xc000012f (&#8220;STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_NOT_MZ&#8221;) means, &#8220;The specified image file did not have the correct format, it did not have an initial MZ.&#8221; This is covered in the article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/error-0xc000012f-bad-image-fix-corrupt-files\/\">Error 0xc000012f \u201cBad Image\u201d When Running a Program<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Error code 0xc000007b (&#8220;STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_FORMAT&#8221;) {Bad Image} means, &#8220;The application or DLL %hs is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The DLL could be mismatched or corrupt.<\/p>\n<h2>Resolution<\/h2>\n<p>To fix the EpicGamesLauncher application errors 0xc000007b and 0xc000012f, follow these instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EpicGamesLauncher.zip\">EpicGamesLauncher.zip<\/a> and unzip the contents to a folder.<\/p>\n<p><em>The archive contains two subfolders, namely, <strong>x64<\/strong> and <strong>x86<\/strong>, and each folder contains two DLL files.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/find-windows-10-build-version-edition-bit\/\">how to check your OS bitness<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Instructions for\u00a0Windows 64-bit.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the <strong>x64<\/strong> folder.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/epicgameslauncher-error-fix-1.png\" alt=\"epicgameslauncher DLLs\" width=\"652\" height=\"142\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Copy the two DLLs, <strong>D3DCompiler_43.dll<\/strong> and <strong>xinput1_3.dll,<\/strong> to the <strong>Windows\\System32<\/strong> folder.<\/li>\n<li>If the System32 folder already contains the DLL files, replace existing DLLs when prompted.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/epicgameslauncher-error-fix-3.png\" alt=\"file copy dll replace epicgameslauncher\" width=\"594\" height=\"362\" \/><\/li>\n<li>And then, open the <strong>x86<\/strong> folder and copy the two DLLs, <strong>D3DCompiler_43.dll<\/strong> and <strong>xinput1_3.dll,<\/strong> to the <strong>Windows\\SysWOW64<\/strong> folder.<\/li>\n<li>Replace existing files when prompted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions for\u00a0Windows 32-bit<\/h3>\n<p>If your Windows is <strong>32-bit<\/strong>, open the <strong>x86<\/strong> folder and copy the two DLLs, <strong>D3DCompiler_43.dll<\/strong> and <strong>xinput1_3.dll,<\/strong> to the Windows\\System32 folder.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/epicgameslauncher-error-fix-2.png\" alt=\"epicgameslauncher DLLs\" width=\"650\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Note that the above DLLs are part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/directx-end-user-runtime-dll-files\/\">DirectX End-User Runtime<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web installer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>File information<\/h3>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>File<\/td>\n<td>SHA256 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/how-to-get-file-hash-via-right-click-menu-windows\/\">Checksum<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>D3DCompiler_43.dll [x64]<\/td>\n<td>44c3a7e330b54a35a9efa015831392593aa02e7da1460be429d17c3644850e8a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>xinput1_3.dll [x64]<\/td>\n<td>756cad002e1553cfa1a91ebe8c1b9380ffabe0b4b1916c4a4db802396ddfbef8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>D3DCompiler_43.dll [x86]<\/td>\n<td>2f23182ec6f4889397ac4bf03d62536136c5bdba825c7d2c4ef08c827f3a8a1c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>xinput1_3.dll [x86]<\/td>\n<td>8d540d484ea41e374fd0107d55d253f87ded4ce780d515d8fd59bbe8c98970a7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I hope that helps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you run Epic Games Launcher, the error code 0xc000007b or 0xc000012f may appear. The full error message is mentioned below: EpicGamesLauncher.exe &#8211; Application Error The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[191],"class_list":["post-59358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-error-messages"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77428,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/0xc000007b-hatred-win64-shipping\/","url_meta":{"origin":59358,"position":0},"title":"0xC000007B Error Launching the Hatred Game","author":"Ramesh","date":"January 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"When you launch the Hatred game (Hatred-Win64-Shipping.exe), the error code 0xC000007B may appear. 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