A personal computer is a wonderful invention of mankind. It allows us to play and chat with friends across the world, as well as view any type of content that currently exists. Unfortunately, everything is not so perfect.
Most often, software failures spoil the mood of users, because of which a game or other application refuses to start normally. In particular, thematic forums often look for the name of the problem event: APPCRASH, which has been poisoning users for a long time.
General information
To understand the causes of the error, you need to find out its essence. Unfortunately, in a particular case this is practically impossible, since this term does not mean a specific failure, but a whole series of errors. So what is APPCRASH?
If you use medical terms, then this is a kind of syndrome, which includes a whole collection of various kinds of failures. As you can understand, almost anything can lead to them. Consider the main root causes and methods for eliminating them.
Software "troubles"
Alas, the leaps and bounds of industry in creating more and more powerful processors, increasing the amount of RAM and other “benefits of civilization” have seriously reduced the incentive for application developers to optimize them. Simply put, if ten years ago the program easily fit on a floppy disk and, moreover, had impressive functionality, today there are often cases when an application for 500-700 MB is a scant and truncated semblance of a normal program.
In particular, a huge number of Net.Framework libraries and other “crutches” are used. Of course, the stability of this kind of application is a big question. Any change in the configuration of both the computer itself and the programs on it can lead to a failure, after which the user is presented with a dialog box of the form: “Problem event name: APPCRASH”.
So if you notice that a crash with this error occurs just after the launch of a specific utility, it is worth trying to reinstall it, and if there is no success, start looking for a more stable and high-quality alternative.
Viruses and trojans
Yes, the advice on checking your computer for viruses looks very banal, but it does not become less truthful from this. Often the problem event name (APPCRASH) contains references to some missing program components or system files. Often, it is the malicious programs that arbitrarily delete important system libraries are to blame for their disappearance. In this case, not only the banal APPCRASH problem may appear: in some cases, you risk losing the entire system and all your user data.
"Repacks"
The love of our users for “free” programs is widely known. We will not discuss the moral and ethical aspects of the illegal use of software, but simply warn its lovers.
Very often on torrent trackers you can find the so-called “repacks” of games and programs. This is the name of the fixed version of the application, from which some components are removed. For example, a video with too high a resolution can be cut from the game, replacing it with more compact files.
We will not be tempting: often the creators of these types of programs, in fact, are well versed in their business, and therefore the same games work no worse than their legal predecessors. But it often happens that the "extra" components that they removed are very important. Due to their absence, an APPCRASH error occurs when the game starts. Tip: look for another source or buy a normal version of the application with which such problems will not be guaranteed.
"Assembly"
In addition to the sort of misunderstanding can be attributed to the "assembly" of operating systems, which domestic Runet is simply littered with. Their not too experienced and happy users regularly face a whole bunch of problems (not true for all assemblies, but still). In this case, the event name of the APPCRASH problem will not tell you anything: Windows 7 (or any other version), being “modernized,” does not differ in principle in stability.
Why it happens? It's simple: creating another “masterpiece”, which will be immediately posted on the tracker, the “collector” removes all “extra” components from the system (using n-Lite or something similar). As expected, many of them are not. On the contrary, with services disabled and some remote components, the system becomes more susceptible to errors and crashes.
Our advice is simple. Do not use "assemblies"! If you need to regularly install fully ready-to-use systems on computers containing the entire set of necessary applications on computers, it is better to use the system images (from Acronis) or create your own assembly, including only the most necessary ones in it. We strongly do not recommend disconnecting or deleting anything, as problems will not take long.
Iron and drivers for it
In this regard, you can only envy users of OSX from Apple. All products from this company are manufactured from a clearly regulated list of components. Against this background, Windows users can only get lost in that “zoo” of iron from which their computers are assembled.
No, in most cases there is nothing wrong with that. You can upgrade your machine at any time by adding a new motherboard or video card to it (not for laptops, of course), but you have to pay for it. In this case, unexpected errors often occur when combining components from different manufacturers in the same system.
Often, even experienced users cannot deal with such crashes. I must say that it is the “iron” reasons that caused the error code APPCRASH c0000005, so when it appears it is worth considering whether you recently inserted additional RAM (or a new video card, etc.) into your computer. If so, try removing the new component and restarting the computer. If the reason really was this, the error immediately disappears.
The drivers are even worse. If you use some old components (a sound card, for example) together with new hardware, then their drivers may well begin to conflict, which will not lead to anything good.
In addition, problems often arise with new versions. For example, ATI and nVidia already had incidents when, due to errors in the code, the APPCRASH problem arose, kernelbase.dll (system libraries) in this case turned out to be incompatible with them. This often led to crashes to the blue screen, and in some cases even to damage and failure of the video cards themselves.
Older versions of Windows
Nowadays, when almost every user can afford to buy a new computer or laptop, the use of old versions of Windows is gradually fading into the background. Constant updating of system versions is becoming increasingly important, as a result of which there are fewer "retrogrades".
But still there are many old computers running Windows XP and even earlier versions. Most often, there are no problems with them, but they can begin when fresh versions of programs and drivers are released. Very often, old systems are incompatible with them.
In this case, the problem signature (problem event name: APPCRASH) will contain references to missing dlls or other system components.
Update the OS!
A variation of the case described above can be considered a situation when the system installed on the user computer is a real rarity in terms of the complete absence of updates.
Among our users, in some unknown way, the belief spread that the updates were the “bad whim” of the developers, and that there was no real benefit from them. Alas, this is far from the case. Patches really fix many problems, add compatibility with new standards and components. In no case should they be abandoned.
As you can guess, this statement is especially true for XP, but Windows 7 without Service Pack 1 is much more prone to crashes and errors, not to mention security issues.
To summarize
So what to do so that this mistake does not spoil your life? Everything is quite simple. First, try to use legal versions of programs that will not have problems with activation and activation. Secondly, in any case, try to install on your computer only the latest versions of the operating system itself. Believe me, this will save you a lot of time and nerves.
In addition, in no case do not succumb to the recent misconception that an antivirus is not needed. Alas, without it, Windows users are nowhere. If you are not concerned about the occurrence of the “Problem Event Name: APPCRASH” error, think about the possible loss of all your data.
Once again, we remind you that in no case should you use “assemblies”, since you will have to pay for the general instability of the system for the time saved. If you use old iron, then regularly visit the manufacturer's website. It is possible that there will be new driver versions that fix compatibility issues.
In no case do not disable the Windows Update service. Best when it works in automatic mode. This will prevent a lot of problems. In particular, you will not only see error messages less often, but also make your computer much more resistant to virus attacks.