Windows 10: DirectX "DXSETUP.exe bad image" "xactengine2_3.dll"

Discus and support DirectX "DXSETUP.exe bad image" "xactengine2_3.dll" in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; I've been having an issue with DirectX for a while and cannot for the life of me fix it. Knowing my luck it's either something simple and obvious that... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by AJGCB, Oct 18, 2020.

  1. AJGCB Win User

    DirectX "DXSETUP.exe bad image" "xactengine2_3.dll"


    I've been having an issue with DirectX for a while and cannot for the life of me fix it. Knowing my luck it's either something simple and obvious that I somehow missed or I'm going to have to fully reinstall windows and wipe everything. So I'm going to break everything down into digestible bites because it's a lot. Some images of the errors https://imgur.com/a/97QesiY Every time I launch Wallpaper Engine it starts "first time setup" and fails at "installing Microsoft DirectX for windows" and brings up one of these errors. It still functions fine upon clicking okay when the error is brought up. "DXSETUP.exe bad image"..."C:\WINDOWS\system32\xactengine2_3.dll"..."error status 0xc000012f" A game called Rocket Arena on origin won't install because "a redistributable package DirectX was not installed successfully. 4294967287" When I installed Red Dead Redemption 2 it popped up with the same error as wallpaper engine but it also still launched. All 3 of these games are installed on different launchers so I know it's not an issue with any of the launchers. Things I've tried so far: Upon searching 90% of the answers say to reinstall the game, so I did multiple times for each game, no progress. the origin error says to delete all .cab files for the game and reinstall, no progress. Since they're both DirectX issues I'm pretty positive they're the same issue. Since it was a DirectX error I reinstalled DirectX, again nothing changed. Found one Microsoft help center ticket that said to reinstall visual c++, didn't fix it. I reinstalled all windows updates I could, no fix. I ran sfc /scannow in cmd to make sure windows isn't missing files, no changes. I uninstall windows using the keep files and programs option so that windows has a chance to reinstall anything it missed, you guessed it NOTHING! I even tried downloading the DLL file from some sketchy site that it's having trouble with and still nothing. Thanks in advance.

    :)
     
    AJGCB, Oct 18, 2020
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  2. K(INWA) Win User

    Bad Image MSVCP120.dll and MSVCP140.dll with ERROR 0xc000012f

    Bad Image MSVCP120.dll and MSVCP140.dll with ERROR 0xc000012f with several .exe files - acrobat, HRBlock, icloudservices, etc. This is a Windows 7 machine that was updated to Windows 10.
     
    K(INWA), Oct 18, 2020
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  3. DirectX installer Broke

    This worked!...sort of.

    I did this. Installed the web installer, however that didn't work. I extracted the xactengine2_3.dll from those cab archives and replaced them in System32 and sysWOW64 respectfully. In that order, too.

    So after that I no longer got an error when launching CSGO, but the "First time: DirectX installer" still popped up. Nevertheless, I tried Origin and still no luck, until I found this: DirectX setup Internal Error when installing Mass Effect 3

    "


    • Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect 3\ __Installer\directx\redist

    • Delete all the contents of the folder except for the following files: DSETUP.dll dsetup32.dll DXSETUP.exe

    • Install Mass Effect 3 again."
    This worked with Titanfall and I'd assume others without testing. I tried this after I "fixed" the directX issue, so there is no saying weather Origin games were acting up for the same issue as CSGO.

    Thank you for help!
     
    UnknownUser_, Oct 18, 2020
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  4. DirectX "DXSETUP.exe bad image" "xactengine2_3.dll"

    ACCELEROMETER ST EXE - BAD IMAGE

    I KEEP GETTING THE POP UP "ACCELEROMETER ST EXE - BAD IMAGE" - with comment "SYSTEM32\MSVCR120.dll not designed for windows . . . . . error status 0xc000012f" How serious is this ?
     
    KING OF THE CASTLE, Oct 18, 2020
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