Failed to launch NIOSV Command Shell. Getting (0xc0000142) application error.

[prashant_gohel]

Hello,

I'm having trouble with the Nios V Command Shell; specifically, I cannot start the shell (niosv-shell.exe) or the RiscFree IDE. Sometimes the program starts, and sometimes it does not.

Operating system:  Windows 10 19045.5737 version 22H2.

Tool: Quartus Prime Pro 23.4

I'm getting an application error 0xc0000142: I've already reinstalled the Quartus tool a few times.

Also followed the steps from the link below.
https://thegeekpage.com/how-to-solve-application-error-0xc0000142-in-windows-10/

still getting the same issue.

[LYGOOI]

Hi @prashant_gohel 

Shared your result to the team yesterday.

Will let you know if they replied.

Regards,

Liang Yu

[BoonBengT_Altera]

Hi @LYGOOI,

Just following up is there any updates from the team you shared the information with?

Hoping to hear from them soon.

Best Wishes

BB

[LYGOOI]

Hi @prashant_gohel 

For 25.1Pro,

Please ignore the umppc*.dll. 

• It is uniquely found in Intel laptop.
• It is expected that your laptop don't have umppc*.dll.
• Quartus doesn't rely on it to run.

With that, there is no missing dll to run 25.1Pro in your system. Your system's DLL matched our system's DLL.

Thus, I am sorry that we have no other suggestion to provide, beside the workaround below or perform a Windows 11 Update/Reinstall.

For 23.4Pro,

Besides ignoring umppc*.dll, the ccl_zlib.dll is installed thru the Quartus installer.

Reinstalling the Quartus is only option to resolve the missing ccl_zlib.dll.

If the above solution is not helpful, here is a possible workaround.

quartus_py can be substituted with python downloaded from official python.org website.

• The equivalent version is 3.10.14 but any 3.10.* will work too.

Sample for running niosv-shell :
python3 <quartus installed dir>\niosv\bin\niosv-shell-files\main.py

Regards,

Liang Yu