Game not Launching at all, help?

[jdrou]

Certainly you should not be downloading any DLLs manually unless you know exactly what you're doing and how that DLL was corrupted or destroyed. The only DLLs that should be in the game folder are those installed by the game.
Have you installed both 32- and 64-bit versions of the 2005/2008/2010 Visual C runtimes? These all install in parallel, not overwriting each other. Probably need the 32-bit (x86) version(s) for this game but shouldn't hurt to have both.
.NET framework installer automatically installs whatever version is required by your OS as does DirectX.

Worst case a Windows repair/reinstall might be needed.

 

[Bianco]

You misunderstand how it works. The only dlls it really shows effected are in System32 and SysWOW64. As I had mentioned previously, doing so fixed this issue for a separate game but is also what probably messed up these games in the process. All the programs you mentioned are also installed.

 

[Bianco]

So is the final verdict to reinstall Windows? Cause it isn't really an option to me so I wont be able to play the game anymore

 

[AndrewT]

The only alternative to that i can suggest is to seek professional Windows support help. Whatever's happens to your support files, is beyond my power to untangle, sorry.

 

[Bianco]

Ok one last question. On my system there is something called Acer eRecovery Management, which gives these options http://gyazo.com/54a962424a2d284fb9cada5b45050950 would any of these work? I am not that good with this kind of stuff

 

[jdrou]

Those would probably work too. First one is probably basically the same as reinstalling except easier to do. Second one would probably be a better option. I would recommend having someone available to help you if you try those though. They're easier than reinstalling but you should still be prepared for trouble. Maybe see if you can get some help from Acer.

 

[xine]

So is the final verdict to reinstall Windows? Cause it isn't really an option to me so I wont be able to play the game anymore

I have exactly the same problem. Playing (or trying to) on Windows7/64bit, ALL paradox games (EUIV, CK2, even Mount and Blade...) give the 0xc000007b error. No other game in my steam is affected (at least none of the dozen or so i tried) , only paradox titels. I tried de/reinstalling direct x, net, c++redistributables (05-13, both x64/x86), both with ms-installers and with the ones in the eu4 folder - nothing works. Tried all the other workarounds given here, even did a full reinstall of windows - doesn´t help. I have another partition on the same pc with an old 32bit windows xp installation, and all games work fine on there - apart from the fact that CK2 is extremly slow with all DLC switched on.
I would be really interested in any fix of this problem, because I can´t imagine anythin else I could do on my side.

 

[AndrewT]

Did you try all the other stuff mentioned in this thread, like userdir.txt for instance?

BTW M&B is not a PDS title, and Paradox Interactive no longer have anything to do with it. It has no code in common with the PDS titles, so your problem is generic, not specific to our games.

 

[jdrou]

Everything I've read about this error seems to say it's usually an issue with the MS libraries (.NET/VCredist/DirectX) and reinstalling those is the standard fix. Could also be a registry or disk problem (you could say that about most problems).

 

[xine]

Did you try all the other stuff mentioned in this thread, like userdir.txt for instance?

BTW M&B is not a PDS title, and Paradox Interactive no longer have anything to do with it. It has no code in common with the PDS titles, so your problem is generic, not specific to our games.

Thanks for the info. I contacted MS support about it (assuming that it had to be generic), and they had me download an .iso of windows 7 instead of the dell-supplied reinstallation DVD I had - and after another reinstallation it finally works. Still, their solution was a full reinstallation, so sorry for those who can´t easily do this.
Thanks also for the quick support/replies in this forum!

 

[jdrou]

Glad the reinstall fixed it for you. Reinstall sounds like a huge effort but once you've been through it you realize it's not that big a deal especially when you can get most of your drivers from the system manufacturer (at least as a starting point). Helps to have a list of everything you plan to install after the base OS.

 

[Bianco]

Would like to confirm that doing what I menioned earlier with the Acer eRecovery Management worked, although I was forced to do it clean instead of with the backup because it was too corrupted

 

[jdrou]

Excellent.