Europa Universalis IV exit code 3221225730

[werrec]

After a 15-day break, I suddenly started getting this error message from the launcher when I tried to re-enter Europa Universalis IV. When I tried to open the game by running the eu4.exe file from its main directory, I got the error "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc00000102)". I have verified the integrity of the game files several times, reset my system, and reinstalled the game several times, but I have not been able to solve the problem. What should I do?
i dont use any mod.

 

[prismaticmarcus]

Moved to Tech Support

 

[jpd]

According to the Microsoft documentation, error 0xC0000102 means

STATUS_FILE_CORRUPT_ERROR

{Corrupt File} The file or directory %hs is corrupt and unreadable. Run the Chkdsk utility.

Which suggests some sort of damage of the underlying file system where the eu4 files are installed. Since the advice from microsoft is to run the chkdsk untility, I would advise you to do so.

open a command window (start - run - cmd.exe), type chkdsk on the command line and hit <Enter>.

If you have more than a C: drive in your system, run chkdsk twice. Once using the command above (which will check the C: drive) and once as chkdsk X:, where X: should be replaced with the drive letter where you have installed eu4

 

[werrec]

According to the Microsoft documentation, error 0xC0000102 means

STATUS_FILE_CORRUPT_ERROR

{Corrupt File} The file or directory %hs is corrupt and unreadable. Run the Chkdsk utility.

Which suggests some sort of damage of the underlying file system where the eu4 files are installed. Since the advice from microsoft is to run the chkdsk untility, I would advise you to do so.

open a command window (start - run - cmd.exe), type chkdsk on the command line and hit <Enter>.

If you have more than a C: drive in your system, run chkdsk twice. Once using the command above (which will check the C: drive) and once as chkdsk X:, where X: should be replaced with the drive letter where you have installed eu4

My Steam folder, and therefore my Europa Universalis IV game directory, is not installed on the same drive as my system. I still tried the "chkdsk" command, but unfortunately it didn't work.

 

[jpd]

what exactly did chkdsk report? Because with the command line I gave you, it will only report errors and not (try to) fix them.

 

[werrec]

Attached are the cmd reports:

 

[jpd]

I'm assuming this is for the drive you have eu4 installed on?

According to that chkdsk report, nothing would seem to be amiss. And yet, you get an error code stating something is amiss. Perhaps a bit more thorough scan is needed.

Try chkdsk x: /scan /r

This will initiate a full scan of the disk partition to search for bad sectors. Which is normally the most likely cause when encountering a 0xC0000102 error.

 

[werrec]

The process is over after a long analysis process. I am uploading the reports for more detailed scanning:

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I had to upload it in .txt format because the forum gave a spam warning.

 

[jpd]

So it did find errors now. I'm assuming that queued for offline repair means that it will (attempt to) repair them on the next system boot,

If that's not the case, you can force to repair by running chkdsk again with the same command line, only this time add /f ad the end.

You may need to verify the game after that in steam, as some of the damage reported is in eu4 files, and you can't be sure the correct contents will be in those files after chkdsk has fixed the errors.

 

[werrec]

So it did find errors now. I'm assuming that queued for offline repair means that it will (attempt to) repair them on the next system boot,

If that's not the case, you can force to repair by running chkdsk again with the same command line, only this time add /f ad the end.

You may need to verify the game after that in steam, as some of the damage reported is in eu4 files, and you can't be sure the correct contents will be in those files after chkdsk has fixed the errors.

I restarted my system and verified the files, it re-downloaded 1 file and I can now enter the game again. I really thank you, I thought I wouldn't be able to play this game anymore, I'm grateful to you...

 

[jpd]

I restarted my system and verified the files, it re-downloaded 1 file and I can now enter the game again. I really thank you, I thought I wouldn't be able to play this game anymore, I'm grateful to you...

You're very welcome