Application Error during Anti-cheat launch "Api-ms-win-downlevel-kernel32-l2-1-0"

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Application Error (Formerly missing .dll “Api-ms-win-downlevel-kernel32-l2-1-0”

Steps to Reproduce:
Launch game through steam
During anti-cheat load error missing .dll Api-ms-win-downlevel-kernel32-l2-1-0.dll
Following other anticheat game suggestions copied from windows file the .dll to the darktide binaries file
Now recieve Application error popup and taskbar message "untrusted system file ‘k:\program files.…\common\Warhammer 40,000 Darktide\binaries\Api-ms-win-downlevel-kernel32-l2-1-0.dll’

Alternately have run as admin directly through the steamapps\common\darktide.exe and received same error

Platform:
[Steam]

Player ID:
[Steam ID 76561198007812207]

Approx. Time of Issue & Timezone:
[11/17/2022, 02:30PM] [EST]

Reproduction Rate:
Constant (100%)

Upload Supporting Evidence:
darktide error

Upload Console Log:

07:09:36.724 [Launcher] LOGGER OPEN
07:09:36.750 [Launcher] Local time: 11/17/2022 2:09:36 PM
07:09:36.750 [Launcher] Running machine different than Windows
07:09:37.325 [Launcher] Steam name: 123
07:09:37.328 [Launcher] [Main Window] Launcher Directory (AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory): K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\launcher
07:09:37.328 [Launcher] [Main Window] Base Directory: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE
07:09:37.331 [Launcher] [Main Window] OS Version: Microsoft Windows 6.1.7601 S
07:09:37.335 [Launcher] [Main Window] OS Architecture: X64
07:09:37.335 [Launcher] [Main Window] Framework Version: .NET Framework 4.8.4110.0
07:09:37.341 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Steam is initialized.
07:09:37.342 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Retrieving backend settings for Steam application ‘1361210’ (branch=‘default’)
07:09:37.358 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Using backend ‘prod’
07:09:37.360 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Bundle dir: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\bundle
07:09:37.360 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Common Ini-file: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\bundle\application_settings\settings_common.ini
07:09:37.360 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Win32 Ini-file: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\bundle\application_settings\win32_settings.ini
07:09:38.901 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] AdapterId: 0 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB \Registry\Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video{b043b95c-5670-4f1) OutputId: 0 CurrentResolution: 1920x1080
| AdapterId: 1 (Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 B \Registry\Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video{b043b95c-5670-4f1) OutputId: 0 CurrentResolution: 1280x1024
| Processor
| Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
| Name: Intel(R) Core™ i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHz
| Caption: Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3
| Maxclock: 3401
| Total Memory: 0
| Available Memory:0
07:09:38.934 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Check Exe] Version info for excutable K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries\Darktide.exe
| File: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries\Darktide.exe
| InternalName: Darktide.exe
| OriginalFilename: Darktide.exe
| FileVersion: 1.3.237.219
| FileDescription:
| Product: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
| ProductVersion: 0.0.3.0 (e237219)
| Debug: False
| Patched: False
| PreRelease: False
| PrivateBuild: False
| SpecialBuild: False
| Language: Language Neutral
|
07:09:38.935 [Launcher] [Main Window] Setting active executable to: Darktide.exe in directory: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries\Darktide.exe
07:09:39.013 [Launcher] [Main Window] Could not find setting ‘master_render_settings’, using default value ‘System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.Object]’
07:09:39.018 [Launcher] [Main Window] Could not find setting ‘adapter_index’, using default value ‘0’
07:09:39.018 [Launcher] [Main Window] Could not find setting ‘fullscreen_output’, using default value ‘0’
07:09:39.019 [Launcher] [Main Window] Could not find setting ‘screen_resolution’, using default value ‘Launcher.SysInfo+Resolution’
07:09:39.021 [Launcher] [Main Window] Could not find setting ‘fullscreen’, using default value ‘False’
07:09:39.021 [Launcher] [Main Window] Could not find setting ‘borderless_fullscreen’, using default value ‘False’
07:09:39.022 [Launcher] [Main Window] Could not find setting ‘vsync’, using default value ‘False’
07:09:39.023 [Launcher] [Main Window] Could not find setting ‘max_worker_threads’, using default value ‘1’
07:09:39.030 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Quality Settings] Verifying Quality Settings
07:09:39.204 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Quality Settings] Exception while verifying quality settings:
System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot set Owner property to a Window that has not been shown previously.
at System.Windows.Window.set_Owner(Window value)
at Launcher.GameSettingsHolder.d__145.MoveNext()
07:09:39.205 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Quality Settings] Quality Settings Completed
07:09:39.223 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Quality Settings] Quality Settings Saved
07:09:39.225 [Launcher] [Main Window] Launcher version: Launcher: 1.0.247.0
07:09:44.303 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Steam is initialized.
07:09:44.303 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Retrieving backend settings for Steam application ‘1361210’ (branch=‘default’)
07:09:44.303 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Using backend ‘prod’
07:09:44.306 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Launching Game
07:09:44.306 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Executable: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\start_protected_game.exe
07:09:44.306 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Arguments: -eac_launcher_settings settings.json --bundle-dir …/bundle --ini settings --backend-auth-service-url https://bsp-auth-prod.atoma.cloud --backend-title-service-url https://bsp-td-prod.atoma.cloud
07:09:44.328 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Running shader cache builder
07:09:44.343 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [ShaderCacheBuilder] Executing darktide_shader_cache_builder.exe with args: -i “K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\shader_cache\bundled_shader_cache.hans” -o “K:\Users\GrandClown\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\shader_cache.hans” -device-index 0
07:09:44.360 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [ShaderCacheBuilder] Something went wrong in the Shader Cache Builder process. Exit Code = -1073741515.
Data from output:
07:10:03.458 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Shader cache builder completed.
07:10:03.461 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Using EAC: True
07:13:04.344 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [Process Exit] Exit code: 0xC0000135
07:13:04.344 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [Process Exit] Start time: 11/17/2022 7:10:03 PM
07:13:04.344 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [Process Exit] Exit time: 11/17/2022 7:13:04 PM
07:13:04.345 [Launcher] [Launch Game] LOGGER CLOSE
07:13:04.345 [Launcher] [Launch Game]
07:13:16.358 [Launcher] LOGGER OPEN
07:13:16.371 [Launcher] Local time: 11/17/2022 2:13:16 PM
07:13:16.371 [Launcher] Running machine different than Windows
07:13:16.480 [Launcher] Steam name: 123
07:13:16.485 [Launcher] [Main Window] Launcher Directory (AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory): K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\launcher
07:13:16.485 [Launcher] [Main Window] Base Directory: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE
07:13:16.487 [Launcher] [Main Window] OS Version: Microsoft Windows 6.1.7601 S
07:13:16.487 [Launcher] [Main Window] OS Architecture: X64
07:13:16.487 [Launcher] [Main Window] Framework Version: .NET Framework 4.8.4110.0
07:13:16.490 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Steam is initialized.
07:13:16.491 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Retrieving backend settings for Steam application ‘1361210’ (branch=‘default’)
07:13:16.499 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Using backend ‘prod’
07:13:16.500 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Bundle dir: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\bundle
07:13:16.500 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Common Ini-file: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\bundle\application_settings\settings_common.ini
07:13:16.500 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Win32 Ini-file: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\bundle\application_settings\win32_settings.ini
07:13:17.781 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] AdapterId: 0 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB \Registry\Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video{b043b95c-5670-4f1) OutputId: 0 CurrentResolution: 1920x1080
| AdapterId: 1 (Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 B \Registry\Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video{b043b95c-5670-4f1) OutputId: 0 CurrentResolution: 1280x1024
| Processor
| Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
| Name: Intel(R) Core™ i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHz
| Caption: Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3
| Maxclock: 3401
| Total Memory: 0
| Available Memory:0
07:13:17.801 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Check Exe] Version info for excutable K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries\Darktide.exe
| File: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries\Darktide.exe
| InternalName: Darktide.exe
| OriginalFilename: Darktide.exe
| FileVersion: 1.3.237.219
| FileDescription:
| Product: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
| ProductVersion: 0.0.3.0 (e237219)
| Debug: False
| Patched: False
| PreRelease: False
| PrivateBuild: False
| SpecialBuild: False
| Language: Language Neutral
|
07:13:17.802 [Launcher] [Main Window] Setting active executable to: Darktide.exe in directory: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries\Darktide.exe
07:13:17.899 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Quality Settings] Verifying Quality Settings
07:13:17.900 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Quality Settings] Quality Settings Completed
07:13:17.915 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Quality Settings] Quality Settings Saved
07:13:17.915 [Launcher] [Main Window] Launcher version: Launcher: 1.0.247.0
07:13:21.060 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Steam is initialized.
07:13:21.060 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Retrieving backend settings for Steam application ‘1361210’ (branch=‘default’)
07:13:21.060 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Using backend ‘prod’
07:13:21.062 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Launching Game
07:13:21.062 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Executable: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\start_protected_game.exe
07:13:21.062 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Arguments: -eac_launcher_settings settings.json --bundle-dir …/bundle --ini settings --backend-auth-service-url https://bsp-auth-prod.atoma.cloud --backend-title-service-url https://bsp-td-prod.atoma.cloud
07:13:21.077 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Running shader cache builder
07:13:21.081 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [ShaderCacheBuilder] Executing darktide_shader_cache_builder.exe with args: -i “K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\shader_cache\bundled_shader_cache.hans” -o “K:\Users\GrandClown\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\shader_cache.hans” -device-index 0
07:13:21.093 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [ShaderCacheBuilder] Something went wrong in the Shader Cache Builder process. Exit Code = -1073741515.
Data from output:
07:13:36.851 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Shader cache builder completed.
07:13:36.851 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Using EAC: True
07:13:56.336 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [Process Exit] Exit code: 0xC0000135
07:13:56.337 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [Process Exit] Start time: 11/17/2022 7:13:36 PM
07:13:56.337 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [Process Exit] Exit time: 11/17/2022 7:13:56 PM
07:13:56.337 [Launcher] [Launch Game] LOGGER CLOSE
07:13:56.337 [Launcher] [Launch Game]
07:16:34.389 [Launcher] LOGGER OPEN
07:16:34.404 [Launcher] Local time: 11/17/2022 2:16:34 PM
07:16:34.404 [Launcher] Running machine different than Windows
07:16:34.508 [Launcher] Steam name: 123
07:16:34.510 [Launcher] [Main Window] Launcher Directory (AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory): K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\launcher
07:16:34.510 [Launcher] [Main Window] Base Directory: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE
07:16:34.511 [Launcher] [Main Window] OS Version: Microsoft Windows 6.1.7601 S
07:16:34.511 [Launcher] [Main Window] OS Architecture: X64
07:16:34.511 [Launcher] [Main Window] Framework Version: .NET Framework 4.8.4110.0
07:16:34.514 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Steam is initialized.
07:16:34.514 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Retrieving backend settings for Steam application ‘1361210’ (branch=‘default’)
07:16:34.521 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Using backend ‘prod’
07:16:34.522 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Bundle dir: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\bundle
07:16:34.522 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Common Ini-file: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\bundle\application_settings\settings_common.ini
07:16:34.522 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Win32 Ini-file: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\bundle\application_settings\win32_settings.ini
07:16:35.753 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] AdapterId: 0 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB \Registry\Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video{b043b95c-5670-4f1) OutputId: 0 CurrentResolution: 1920x1080
| AdapterId: 1 (Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 B \Registry\Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video{b043b95c-5670-4f1) OutputId: 0 CurrentResolution: 1280x1024
| Processor
| Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
| Name: Intel(R) Core™ i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHz
| Caption: Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3
| Maxclock: 3401
| Total Memory: 0
| Available Memory:0
07:16:35.771 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Check Exe] Version info for excutable K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries\Darktide.exe
| File: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries\Darktide.exe
| InternalName: Darktide.exe
| OriginalFilename: Darktide.exe
| FileVersion: 1.3.237.219
| FileDescription:
| Product: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
| ProductVersion: 0.0.3.0 (e237219)
| Debug: False
| Patched: False
| PreRelease: False
| PrivateBuild: False
| SpecialBuild: False
| Language: Language Neutral
|
07:16:35.772 [Launcher] [Main Window] Setting active executable to: Darktide.exe in directory: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries\Darktide.exe
07:16:35.852 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Quality Settings] Verifying Quality Settings
07:16:35.852 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Quality Settings] Quality Settings Completed
07:16:35.860 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Quality Settings] Quality Settings Saved
07:16:35.860 [Launcher] [Main Window] Launcher version: Launcher: 1.0.247.0
07:16:38.630 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Steam is initialized.
07:16:38.630 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Retrieving backend settings for Steam application ‘1361210’ (branch=‘default’)
07:16:38.630 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Using backend ‘prod’
07:16:38.633 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Launching Game
07:16:38.633 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Executable: K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\start_protected_game.exe
07:16:38.633 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Arguments: -eac_launcher_settings settings.json --bundle-dir …/bundle --ini settings --backend-auth-service-url https://bsp-auth-prod.atoma.cloud --backend-title-service-url https://bsp-td-prod.atoma.cloud
07:16:38.652 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Running shader cache builder
07:16:38.657 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [ShaderCacheBuilder] Executing darktide_shader_cache_builder.exe with args: -i “K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\shader_cache\bundled_shader_cache.hans” -o “K:\Users\GrandClown\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\shader_cache.hans” -device-index 0
07:16:38.669 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [ShaderCacheBuilder] Something went wrong in the Shader Cache Builder process. Exit Code = -1073741515.
Data from output:
07:16:42.981 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Shader cache builder completed.
07:16:42.981 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Using EAC: True
07:17:01.219 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [Process Exit] Exit code: 0xC000007B
07:17:01.220 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [Process Exit] Start time: 11/17/2022 7:16:42 PM
07:17:01.220 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [Process Exit] Exit time: 11/17/2022 7:17:00 PM
07:17:01.220 [Launcher] [Launch Game] LOGGER CLOSE
07:17:01.220 [Launcher] [Launch Game]

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Try updating your Nvidia drivers to the latest version, then reboot your computer.

Drivers were updated in october, no new version available. Downloaded and installed anyways for insurance.

The GTX1060 has updated drivers from November 16th

Driver Version: 526.98 - Release Date: Wed Nov 16, 2022

Please download the latest drivers from Nvidia, perform a ‘clean’ install and then reboot your system

I have the same issue, new graphics driver did not fix it.

Win 7 and GTX1060