Error 0xc000007b when trying to start \EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi (Ubuntu) through Windows 8.1 Bootmanager on an UEFI System

Error 0xc000007b when trying to start \EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi (Ubuntu) through Windows 8.1 Bootmanager on an UEFI System

EFI Entries

During Ubuntu Setup, Ubuntu automatically created an EFI start Entry called ubuntu. The entry works, if I use the UEFI Bootloader directly. My EFI Boot entries looks like this:

Entry #9
Name: ubuntu
BCD ID: {a738afa2-8136-11e3-824f-806e6f6e6963}
Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume3
Bootloader Path: \EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi

Entry #18
Name: Windows 8.1
BCD ID: {current}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.efi

Use a device - Submenu

I want to start ubuntu through Windows 8.1 Bootloader. At the Windows 8.1 Bootloader screen you have the option to selecect Use a device in a submenu. In this submenu there are all existing UEFI Bootloeader listed. I can select ubuntu and after a reboot i can see correctly the GRUB screen.

Add Entry to Windows 8.1 Bootloader

Now I add the existing Entry from the Use a device to primary Windows 8.1 Bootloader list:

bcdedit /displayorder {a738afa2-8136-11e3-824f-806e6f6e6963} /addlast

bcdedit output:

c:\>bcdedit /enum

Windows-Start-Manager
---------------------
Bezeichner              {bootmgr}
device                  partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume3
path                    \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  de-DE
inherit                 {globalsettings}
integrityservices       Enable
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {dd3893a3-8112-11e3-a3ae-ef458f8a8f20}
displayorder            {current}
                        {dd3893a8-8112-11e3-a3ae-ef459f8a8f20}
                        {a738afa2-8136-11e3-824f-806e6f6e6963}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 5

Windows-Startladeprogramm
-------------------------
Bezeichner              {current}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description             Windows 8.1
locale                  de-DE
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {dd3893a5-8112-11e3-a3ae-ef458f8a8f20}
integrityservices       Enable
recoveryenabled         Yes
isolatedcontext         Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice                partition=C:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {dd3893a3-8112-11e3-a3ae-ef458f8a8f20}
nx                      OptIn
bootmenupolicy          Standard

Firmwareanwendung (101fffff)
----------------------------
Bezeichner              {a738afa2-8136-11e3-824f-806e6f6e6963}
device                  partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume3
path                    \EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi
description             ubuntu

If I then select ubuntu from the primary Windows 8.1 Bootloader list following Error occurs after a reboot (It is translated so the original English wording could be different) :

Error during start of Windows.

File: \EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi

State: 0xc000007b

Info: The Application or the Operating System could not be loaded, because a required file is missing or it contains mistakes.

Note the Entry from Use a device still works. So what had happened? It should be the same entry?

Add Entry Manually

I also tried to add an entry manually:

bcdedit /create /d "Ubuntu Test" /application bootsector
bcdedit /set {UUID_generated_by_/create} device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume3
bcdedit /set {UUID_generated_by_/create} path \EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi
bcdedit /displayorder {UUID_generated_by_/create} /addlast

But the same error occurs.

Although I cannot verify it now due to lack of time, according to this guide, the correct entry type is bootsector, whereas the entry type in your configuration is somehow that of a firmware application. I suggest recreating the entry.