MinGW error 0xc0000279

Question

I bought my new Dell Vostro 5590 less than a week ago. Everything is working fine except that when I use MinGW in command prompt to compile a C program, it shows a dialogue box : 'The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000279). Click OK to close the application.' The title of the dialogue box says: 'cc1.exe - Application error'. The commands I ran (and did not work): gcc filename.c gcc -m32 filename.c -o filename.exe I looked for this program in various websites and forums and found nobody else experiencing this issue with this error code.  I tried running the program in my old Lenovo Ideapad 310 and it was working perfect.   Some of the things that I tried: Uninstalled and reinstalled the program  Downloading a new MinGW installer from another site. Installing the program in D drive Restarting the computer between and after installations Updating a pending windows update. Updating the pending drivers (because nothing else was working) Using CCleaner to clear unwanted registry Checking the PATH in system variables Is there any setting that I need to change? Or a dell security software is blocking the program?  AS stated before, I found nobody else experiencing this problem so it looks like it is a problem with my device. Please Help

AdrianG001 · Answer

Open Start button, type regedit into search box. Right click and select Run as administrator once it shows up. Delete registry entries associated with 0xc0000279 Start Error in Registry Editor panel.

tornadoanon · Answer

Thank you so much for replying.

I opened the registry editor as an administrator but could not find any key with this name. Even after searching, I could not find any entry regarding this error. Am I missing something?

Esskki · Answer

Me too have this error it showing like this

"cc1.exe'the application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000279). click ok to close the application"

How to resolve this

I installed in my friend"s that is Lenovo, it rans without any errors

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