Windows 10: Error 0xc0000017 - Application failed to open

Hi there.My computer boots to desktop and runs perfectly fine it seems but whenever I attempt to open a Windows program Task Manager, PC Restore, etc. I get this error. It occurs with some other applications too.It does not occur on Steam, Google Chrome, Adobe Premiere, Discord. To name a few. bcdedit /deletevalue {badmemory} badmemorylist does not fix the issue.Turning off virtualisation did not fix the issue.Modifying things in regedit did not fix the issue.I somehow don't believe that this is actually a RAM issue and that if I bought new hardware, the same issue would occur.How can I fix

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error code 0xc0000017

Hi John,

This error is usually caused if there isn't enough memory available. To narrow down the issue, kindly answer these questions:

• What is the make and model of your computer?
• Have you made any changes on the computer prior to the issue?
• What build of Windows are you using?
• What update are you trying to install?

To resolve the error code 0xc0000017, we suggest that you refer to the answer of
JasonBrunette on this
thread. Also, you may refer to this article to troubleshoot blue screen errors.

Let us know how it goes.

 

initializelibrary failed 0xc0000017

Hi,

There are several reasons why you are receiving an 0xc0000017 error after the boot screen. To resolve the issue, kindly follow the troubleshooting steps on this

link that was provided by JasonBrunette on August 1, 2015.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Windows fails to open applications

Hi,

Once I have several applications open Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 refuses to open further application. I have heavy-weight applications like Delphi and Eclipse open, but the OS has coped with this in the past.

No error messages are reported by the application I am attempting to open, and there are no messages in the event viewer. What is really strange is that once the OS gets itself into this state, it appears that the OS can't allocate enough memory to perform simple API calls. If I go into an application that is already open and try to open the file menu, or right click on the taskbar to open the context menu, nothing happens.

If I close a few applications, then the problem goes away. The Task Manager performance tab indicates that I still have ~1Gb of physical memory available.

I think this could be caused by:

- A memory module is damaged. My memory is comprised of 1x1Gb modules. When the system attempts to allocate memory in the second module, it is unable to. I think this is a bit of a long-shot because I wouldn't expect my PC to boot if a memory module was playing-up

- I've installed something that has put something malicious on my PC. The only things I've installed recently are PRGrep and WinGrep, but unfortunately I didn't make a system restore point, and windows hasn't retained those old restore points. However a full Sophos scan doesn't show-up anything.

Any suggestions on how to diagnose/fix this welcome because I'm baffled as to what is going on.

Thanks,

Frank.