Why does this problem occur?
The problem occurs when you don’t have enough physical or virtual memory for the application to work. Every time you launch an application, it will need a minimum amount of memory to work. If the computer fails to allocate it, you will receive this error. The problem has also been reported to occur after a Windows Update, and it’s possible because of memory locations that have been marked as bad.
The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000017)
While there are tons of suggestions asking you to do unrelated things, there are only two possible solutions for this— Remove bad memory or Repair Windows. Before you begin, remember to create a system restore point first.
Remove bad memory
Repair Windows 11/10
Windows Bootable media can be used to repair Windows 10. While you can follow this detailed repair guide, here are the major steps you need to follow:
Download Windows ISOCreate Bootable USB or DVD driveBoot from the media and choose “Repair your computer.”Under Advanced troubleshooting, choose Startup Repair.
If both of these cannot resolve the problem, you need to replace the physical RAM module with a new one. Make sure to get a new set of RAM that the motherboard supports or the same as installed on the computer. Other similar The application was unable to start correctly errors:
The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142)The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135)The application failed to initialize properly 0xc0000005The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000022)The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000018)The application was unable to start correctly (0xc00007b).
