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SgtRedRock 10 Nov, 2022 @ 7:36pm
Desperadoes Wanted Dead or Alive all of a sudden not working
Desperados Wanted Dead or Alive will not run on GOG or Steam all of a sudden. Trying to run the executable and I get this error "The application was unable to start correctly 0xc000007b" Anyone run into this and how to solve? I've uninstalled and reinstalled. Ran as Admin. No luck. I am running Win 11 64 bit
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Originally posted by recovery arc:
I had the same issue on my AMD PC. I managed to fix it by uninstalling all the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable programs. Then I re-downloaded both the 32 and 64 bit ones from the official Microsoft site - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170 - I installed the 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015-2022 bundles.

If you have manually added some msvcpXYZ.dll and/or msvcrXYZ.dll DLLs in the past you may need to delete them first from C:\Windows\System32.

Hope this helps someone out there.
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Lanani 11 Nov, 2022 @ 5:38am 
Have you attempted to verify game files? (right click game in Steam library > Properties > Local files > verify integrity of game files)
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SgtRedRock 11 Nov, 2022 @ 11:00am 
Thanks. Yes. I attempted all the usual fixes like verify files, uninstall, reinstall, changing the name. Just weird that both the GOG and STEAM version no long work for me.
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recovery arc 11 Dec, 2024 @ 1:24pm 
I had the same issue on my AMD PC. I managed to fix it by uninstalling all the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable programs. Then I re-downloaded both the 32 and 64 bit ones from the official Microsoft site - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170 - I installed the 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015-2022 bundles.

If you have manually added some msvcpXYZ.dll and/or msvcrXYZ.dll DLLs in the past you may need to delete them first from C:\Windows\System32.

Hope this helps someone out there.
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SgtRedRock 13 Dec, 2024 @ 9:47pm 
YRC, I appreciate your response as this is still not fixed. I will try your suggestion sometime this weekend and report back if it works. (Love your handle, BTW!)
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SgtRedRock 14 Dec, 2024 @ 2:50pm 
YRC, tried your solution and it did not work. Still receiving the same error.
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recovery arc 17 Dec, 2024 @ 5:16am 
Another thing I did was remove 2 registry entries:
  • Under [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers]:
    "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\GOG Galaxy\\Games\\Desperados Wanted Dead or Alive\\desperados.exe"
  • And under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers]:
    "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\GOG Galaxy\\Games\\Desperados Wanted Dead or Alive\\desperados.exe"
as noted here - https://www.gog.com/forum/desperados_series/desperado_wanted_dead_or_alive_not_launching

Maybe reboot Windows after that.

FYI I'm using Desperados Wanted Dead or Alive Re-modernized on Windows 10.
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SgtRedRock 28 Dec, 2024 @ 2:44pm 
Originally posted by YourRepublicanCongressman:
I had the same issue on my AMD PC. I managed to fix it by uninstalling all the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable programs. Then I re-downloaded both the 32 and 64 bit ones from the official Microsoft site - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170 - I installed the 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015-2022 bundles.

If you have manually added some msvcpXYZ.dll and/or msvcrXYZ.dll DLLs in the past you may need to delete them first from C:\Windows\System32.

Hope this helps someone out there.
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I did this a few weeks ago and it did not solve the problem. But I did not reboot. I just tried the game again and both my Steam and GOG versions worked perfectly. Thanks!
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mascia.af 29 Jul @ 2:11pm 
Originally posted by recovery arc:
I had the same issue on my AMD PC. I managed to fix it by uninstalling all the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable programs. Then I re-downloaded both the 32 and 64 bit ones from the official Microsoft site - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170 - I installed the 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015-2022 bundles.

If you have manually added some msvcpXYZ.dll and/or msvcrXYZ.dll DLLs in the past you may need to delete them first from C:\Windows\System32.

Hope this helps someone out there.


I fix the issue this way, finally. Thank you so much. I would suggest if anyone has the 2008 version of Visual C++ this could be the glitch. However, just uninstall all versions you have installed, download and install the 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015-2022 bundles, only. The reboot windows and you can play.
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