DCS will not start

[Hammer1-1]

Just saw this after spending all day updating to 2.5.6. Tried repairing to no avail. Cannot even generate a crash log, will append this once I find something in the event viewer window. This is on a clean install of DCS no mods.

 

Edit: this is found in Event Viewer :

Log Name: System

Source: Application Popup

Date: 2/14/2020 4:55:48 PM

Event ID: 26

Task Category: None

Level: Information

Keywords:

User: SYSTEM

Computer: DESKTOP-HD39L79

Description:

Application popup: DCS.exe - Application Error : The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000022). 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="2020-02-14T21:55:48.794046000Z" />

<EventRecordID>30884</EventRecordID>

<Correlation />

<Execution ProcessID="1140" ThreadID="10116" />

<Channel>System</Channel>

<Computer>DESKTOP-HD39L79</Computer>

<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />

</System>

<EventData>

<Data Name="Caption">DCS.exe - Application Error</Data>

<Data Name="Message">The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000022). Click OK to close the application. </Data>

</EventData>

</Event>

Edited February 14, 2020 by Hammer1-1

[Hammer1-1]

Problem resolved: I turned off Kaspersky A/V and it loads up now. I suppose DCS.exe is now seen as a false positive and going to have to white list DCS.

[abak]

Hi, it looks like that DCS Updater is signed with ED's certificated, and Kaspersky treats it as trusted. For some reason, DCS.exe from OpenBeta is not signed by the same certificated, and by default Kaspersky puts it to "low restrictions" group, which impedes startup.