Fix Bad Image - Error Status 0xc000012f in Windows 10/8/7 [2023 Solution]
804Fix Bad Image - Error Status 0xc000012f in Windows 10/8/7 [Solution]
When you run a program in Windows, error 0xc000012f may pop up mentioning that the binary you’re trying to run is corrupted. Here are some examples, with the full error message verbatim:
(filename) 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
C:\Windows\System32\schannel.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. error: 0xc000012f.
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Bad Image error’s is an error which comes up when Windows cannot run the programs you tried running mainly due to the files and libraries needed to run the program are corrupted due to an update.
Every version of the Windows Operating System starting with Windows 8 is configured to automatically check for, download and install available updates from time to time. However, sometimes, installing specific Windows updates can lead to different kinds of problems. One of these problems is the (name of application).exe – Bad Image error message that starts appearing very often after either downloading and installing a defective update for Windows or updating a Windows computer to an iteration of Windows 8/10 that has the defective update pre-installed.
Users affected by this issue see quite a large number of these aggravating error 0xc000012f error message in a pretty small window of time, and having a number of the applications on your computer not work, along with having to constantly dismiss each of these messages, can be quite the pickle. Many believe that the only way to fix this issue is to restore your entire Windows computer to an earlier point in time, a point at which the defective update was not installed.
tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).