{"id":78009,"date":"2025-03-02T16:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T10:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=78009"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:46:09","slug":"0xc0000142-cmd-powershell-sfc-dism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/0xc0000142-cmd-powershell-sfc-dism\/","title":{"rendered":"Error 0xC0000142 Launching CMD, PowerShell, SFC, or DISM"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you start PowerShell or Command Prompt, the error code 0xc0000142 may appear. Any console tool, such as sfc.exe or dism.exe<\/a> may throw the same error.<\/p>\n

The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click OK to close the application.\r\n<\/pre>\n
SIMILAR:<\/strong> [Fix] Error 0xc0000017 when running DISM or SFC<\/a><\/div>\n
\"0xc0000142<\/p>\n
Cause<\/h2>\n
This happens if c:\\windows\\system32\\conhost.exe<\/strong> is missing.<\/p>\n
Error code 0xC0000142 (“STATUS_DLL_INIT_FAILED”) means “{DLL Initialization Failed} Initialization of the dynamic link library %hs failed. The process is terminating abnormally.<\/em>”<\/p>\n
This might happen if an antimalware program has deleted the file due to a false positive.<\/p>\n
Resolution<\/h2>\n
To resolve the issue, you can do one of the following:<\/p>\n
Option 1)<\/strong> Boot into Windows RE<\/a> and run SFC offline with the logging option. See if it restores conhost.exe successfully. See How to Run System File Checker (SFC) Offline<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Option 2)<\/strong> Source conhost.exe from another computer running the same OS build number. You can check the OS build and version<\/a> number by running winver.exe.<\/p>\n
Option 3)<\/strong> You can also download Windows modules using the information in the article \u2192 How to Download Missing System files (dll, exe, sys) from Microsoft<\/a>\u00a0or extract it from the Windows ISO<\/a> using 7-Zip.<\/p>\n
After obtaining a fresh copy of conhost.exe, copy the file to C:\\Windows\\System32<\/strong><\/code>. If conhost.exe already exists (albeit corrupted) in that location, take ownership of that file using the “Security” tab in properties. Then, replace the file.<\/p>\n
RELATED:<\/strong> Fix: Netsh.exe Error 0xc0000142 at Shutdown<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When you start PowerShell or Command Prompt, the error code 0xc0000142 may appear. Any console tool, such as sfc.exe or dism.exe may throw the same error.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[106,191],"class_list":["post-78009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-command-prompt","tag-error-messages"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":75873,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/netsh-exe-error-0xc0000142-shutdown\/","url_meta":{"origin":78009,"position":0},"title":"Fix: Netsh.exe Error 0xc0000142 at Shutdown","author":"Ramesh","date":"July 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"When you shut down or restart the computer, the netsh.exe error may appear. 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