An App-V v5 virtualized application fails to start with error 0xc0000142

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Symptoms

A Microsoft Application Virtualization version 5 (App-V) virtualized application fails to start with an application error 0xc0000142. The error appears as a popup message stating:

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

You also see a related App-V Event for this application launch failure:

Log Name:    Microsoft-AppV-Client/Virtual Applications
Source:        Microsoft-AppV-Client
Date:          12/12/2012 12:12:12 PM
Event ID:      18005
Task Category: Application Launch
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Virtual Application Launch
User:          contoso\user1
Computer:      TEST-PC
Description:
The virtual application 'path to virtualized executable' could not be started because the App-V Subsystem 'Virtual Filesystem' could not be initialized. {error: 0x74300C0A-0x20006}


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Cause

An NTFS setting called 8.3 Short name creation is disabled on the machine. This setting is governed by the value data of this registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation
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Resolution

You need to enable NTFS 8.3 Short name. To do this set the value of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation to 2 and reboot the machine. For more information on enabling and disabling NTFS 8.3 Short names see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/121007
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/121007)


Note that if the package was added to the client when Short names were disabled, you might need to remove the package using the PowerShell command Remove-AppvClientPackage and re-add the package using the method it was added initially. In addition to this, you might also need to remove the user specific information about the package. To do this, delete %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\AppV\Client\VFS\PackageID.

You can retrieve the PackageID by running the PowerShell command Get-AppvClientPackage against the package.

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More information

For more information about NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc778996(v=WS.10).aspx
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc778996(v=WS.10).aspx)
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Article ID: 2777003 - Last Review: November 6, 2012 - Revision: 1.1
Applies to
  • Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 for Terminal Services
  • Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 for Windows Desktops
  • Microsoft Application Virtualization for Terminal Services
  • Microsoft Application Virtualization for Windows Desktops
  • Microsoft Application Virtualization Hosting 5.0 for Windows Desktops
Keywords: 
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