Windows error 0xC0000018, -1073741800

Tiny Pe file format program error when running on Windows 7 64-bit

I'm trying to run the following assembly code (assembled with Nasm) in Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. ; tiny.asm BITS 32 ; ; MZ header ; ; The only two fields that matter are e_magic and e_lfanew mzhdr: dw "MZ" ; e_magic dw 0 ; e_cblp UNUSED dw 0 ; e_cp [...] read more

Loading FIPS OpenSSL DLL at a fixed base address on Windows

A FIPS validated OpenSSL library must load libeay32.dll at a fixed address. This is indicated, for example, at: Fixed address is occupied in .NET Using techniques described at: IIS7 App Pool can't load library with Fixed Base Address, and How do you disable ASLR (address space layout randomization) on Windows [...] read more

Declaring a big global variable in c++ results in the error message 0xc0000018

For my application I need to declare a big std::array in global memory. Its total size is about 1GB big. So I declared a global variable just like this: #include<array> std::array<char,1000000000> BigGlobal; int main() { //Do stuff with BigGlobal } The code compiles fine. When I run the application I [...] read more

What caused ping.exe to return the error "application was unable to start correctly"? (0x000007b & Others)

I wrote a batch script to recursively (without using a FOR loop; as a precaution) ping all addresses from 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255 While running this script, it worked beautifully until ~0.0.94.100 (it's written so as to show the current address being pinged) When I received the error 'Application was unable [...] read more

Windows loader problem - turn on verbose mode

I'm in the process of reorganizing some of the legacy libraries in our application which has unmanaged code calling into libraries of managed code. While I have the code reorganized, it produces the following loader error: ... 'app.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\CsDisp.dll' 'app.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\psapi.dll' 'app.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll' 'app.exe': Loaded 'C:\appCode\Debug\daq206_32.dll', Binary [...] read more

Ignorable errors 0xc0000017 and 0xc0000018 on boot

Most (but not all) of the time when I boot my desktop system I get a Windows boot error after POST. The error code is 0xc0000017. When I press enter to "retry" I get error code 0xc0000018. When I press enter a second time I get another error code 0xc0000018. [...] read more

Oracle Design Center application could not properly error 0xc0000018

Hi i installed oracle 11g R2 on Windows 10 64 bit desktop. I have configured the listener and database correctly without any error.But when i launched Design Center it shows the following error please help. application could not start correctly (0xc0000018) Please help me find solution i even deleted the [...] read more

Oracle Warehouse Builder Design center can't start

i'm using Orcle Database 11g Enreprise edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 64bit, i want to use warehouse builder wich is included in it, but the problem is that i can't open Design center, it gives me the following error. application could not start correctly (0xc0000018) could anyone help me with this, i [...] read more

Why I get a "Application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000018)" when I build program in vs2015 sometimes

I write a c++ program using visual studio 2015 community in windows 7(64bit). When I begin to run the program, sometimes the program will terminate, and a dialog box shows up, saying > "Application failed to initialize properly 0xc0000018". Why do I get this error sometimes rather than always? Thanks [...] read more

Tool for analyse portable executable loaded into memory

There is a lot of tools designed to help analyzing portable executable files. For example PE Explorer. We can load .exe file into it and check things like number of sections, section alignment or virtual addresses of particular sections. Is there any similar tool which allows me to do the [...] read more

Error Code 0xc0000018 when trying to direct dial in Skype

I am trying to use Skype on my Dell Inspiron 15, 3000 series laptop to click to call directly from websites, but keep getting a windows error message: > Skypelcon.exe Application Error - the application was unable to start > correctly (0xc000018). Click OK to close the application. I only [...] read more