SketchUp.exe - Bad Image (error status 0xc000012f)

SketchUp Pro
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I’m at a loss. I’m getting this error upon trying to open all things SketchUp (Pro 2022, LayOut 2022, Style Builder, Sketchup CheckUp):

Sketchup Error

I have scoured the internet for answers and narrowed down that this is likely an issue with some bad communication between my OS, Visual C++ Redist and/or .NET Framework.

I just built this computer, it was setup with Windows 11 and upon first turning it on a few weeks ago I was able to download and run SketchUp Pro 2022 with no issue though I only pulled it up for a second to check it. So what changed? A few days ago I did an entire computer case transplant to fit a new graphics card (NVIDIA RTX 3070) where I had previously just been using intel HD graphics.

That is the only thing that changed, but this issue doesn’t seem to be with a GPU driver.

Operating System: Windows 11 Pro 21H2
CPU: Intel i7-12700k
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3070
Ram: 64GB
Storage: Plenty

What I’ve tried:

  • Complete uninstall and reinstall as an administrator of SketchUp 2022 (about 3 times at this point.)

  • Version Checks of both Visual C++ (2015) and .NET framework (4.8.*)
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  • System File Check scan, to no avail
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  • Complete repair install of Windows 11 Pro

  • Following a blog post I also tried to re-register (cmd regsvr32 “filepath”) the troubled .dll file and got this
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A point that I noticed during all of this is that in my file explorer, where on my previous device running Windows 11 Pro I had a Program Files and a Program Files(x64) folder, On this device I the other folder is Program Files(x86)… I don’t really understand the difference in architecture but this is the first time I’ve seen the (x86) - I don’t know enough to know if that’s important.

Thanks for any help you might be able to provide.

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Try repairing Windows, YMMV

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Already done, twice, Once with current updates and once rolled back to the original install version on my thumb drive. - No luck.

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Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the C++ and .NET framework packages?

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I did completely uninstall and reinstall the C++ package. But from what I have found online, Windows 10 and later you are not able to uninstall the .Net Framework.

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Some additional reading lead to a possible lead. Since the last time I had SketchUp working I downloaded the Steam gaming client for some off-hours enjoyment. Apparently that client can potentially meddle with the .dll framework and cause some conflicts. I am going to try purging my system of the Steam client this afternoon and see if that maybe helps.