CMD.EXE: The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click OK to close the application.

Question

Hi. I am running Windows 8.1.
I recent have been having trouble running cmd.exe. I am getting this pop up message everytime I run the program, whether as a regular user or as Admin. The message that pops up is:
The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click OK to close the application. 
Can you please help?
I ran event viewer and this is the report of the error:
Log Name: System Source: Application Popup Date: 12/22/2013 3:56:10 PM Event ID: 26 Task Category: None Level: Information Keywords: User: SYSTEM Computer: Jason-Vaio Description: Application popup: cmd.exe - Application Error : The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click OK to close the application. Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="Application Popup" Guid="{47BFA2B7-BD54-4FAC-B70B-29021084CA8F}" /> <EventID>26</EventID> <Version>0</Version> <Level>4</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Opcode>0</Opcode> <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-12-22T19:56:10.126735000Z" /> <EventRecordID>493149</EventRecordID> <Correlation /> <Execution ProcessID="760" ThreadID="312" /> <Channel>System</Channel> <Computer>Jason-Vaio</Computer> <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" /> </System> <EventData> <Data Name="Caption">cmd.exe - Application Error</Data> <Data Name="Message">The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click OK to close the application. </Data> </EventData> </Event>

Answer 1

Hello,
See this blog-post;
http://blogs.technet.com/b/gladiatormsft/archive/2013/06/11/app-v-5-0-on-these-0xc0000142-errors-and-where-they-are-coming-from.aspx
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