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Hello guys!

Just purchased DK2, but for all that is holy, the game won't launch, and that makes me a sad panda...

I've tried all compatability modes, tried running as admin, tried forcing the game to launch with Nvidia graphics (I'm on a laptop - Lenovo Y700, with GeForce 960 4GB). But every single time I launch the game, I get this error:

"The program could not start correctly (oxc0000022) Click on OK to close the program"


I mean, the error comes almost instantly when I launch DK2...

I even tried to reinstall some old DirectX drivers and the DirectX end-user runtime web installer, recommended on another forum. But no such luck :(
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RazzoGatto: Hello guys!

Just purchased DK2, but for all that is holy, the game won't launch, and that makes me a sad panda...

I've tried all compatability modes, tried running as admin, tried forcing the game to launch with Nvidia graphics (I'm on a laptop - Lenovo Y700, with GeForce 960 4GB). But every single time I launch the game, I get this error:

"The program could not start correctly (oxc0000022) Click on OK to close the program"


I mean, the error comes almost instantly when I launch DK2...

I even tried to reinstall some old DirectX drivers and the DirectX end-user runtime web installer, recommended on another forum. But no such luck :(
Similar problem was reported in this thread:
https://www.gog.com/forum/dungeon_keeper_series/cant_open_dkii_application_error_0xc0000022

If you're using Windows 10 try enabling DirectPlay as explained here:
https://www.gog.com/forum/dungeon_keeper_series/cant_open_dkii_application_error_0xc0000022/post13

If you're using Windows 8, try this:
https://keeperklan.com/threads/4501-KeeperFx-Windows-8-1-x64-The-application-failed-to-initialize-properly-%280xc0000022%29?p=46457&viewfull=1#post46457
Post edited June 18, 2017 by ZFR
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RazzoGatto: Hello guys!

Just purchased DK2, but for all that is holy, the game won't launch, and that makes me a sad panda...

I've tried all compatability modes, tried running as admin, tried forcing the game to launch with Nvidia graphics (I'm on a laptop - Lenovo Y700, with GeForce 960 4GB). But every single time I launch the game, I get this error:

"The program could not start correctly (oxc0000022) Click on OK to close the program"


I mean, the error comes almost instantly when I launch DK2...

I even tried to reinstall some old DirectX drivers and the DirectX end-user runtime web installer, recommended on another forum. But no such luck :(
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ZFR: Similar problem was reported in this thread:
https://www.gog.com/forum/dungeon_keeper_series/cant_open_dkii_application_error_0xc0000022

If you're using Windows 10 try enabling DirectPlay as explained here:
https://www.gog.com/forum/dungeon_keeper_series/cant_open_dkii_application_error_0xc0000022/post13

If you're using Windows 8, try this:
https://keeperklan.com/threads/4501-KeeperFx-Windows-8-1-x64-The-application-failed-to-initialize-properly-%280xc0000022%29?p=46457&viewfull=1#post46457
Thanks you, mighty keeper! :)

Can't believe it was so easy, just enabled directplay (which I thought I had already done) - and BOOM!
Game launches without problems
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RazzoGatto: Hello guys!

Just purchased DK2, but for all that is holy, the game won't launch, and that makes me a sad panda...

I've tried all compatability modes, tried running as admin, tried forcing the game to launch with Nvidia graphics (I'm on a laptop - Lenovo Y700, with GeForce 960 4GB). But every single time I launch the game, I get this error:

"The program could not start correctly (oxc0000022) Click on OK to close the program"


I mean, the error comes almost instantly when I launch DK2...

I even tried to reinstall some old DirectX drivers and the DirectX end-user runtime web installer, recommended on another forum. But no such luck :(
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ZFR: Similar problem was reported in this thread:
https://www.gog.com/forum/dungeon_keeper_series/cant_open_dkii_application_error_0xc0000022

If you're using Windows 10 try enabling DirectPlay as explained here:
https://www.gog.com/forum/dungeon_keeper_series/cant_open_dkii_application_error_0xc0000022/post13

If you're using Windows 8, try this:
https://keeperklan.com/threads/4501-KeeperFx-Windows-8-1-x64-The-application-failed-to-initialize-properly-%280xc0000022%29?p=46457&viewfull=1#post46457
I had the same problem. Thanks a lot. It's not really obvious that direct play is the problem. Glad that the Forums on gog are almost always helpfull there. thumbs up!