TANE error

I recently bought a disc copy of T:ANE. I downloaded it, and the game appears on my desktop, however when I try to open the game, I get this error message: "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b)." I looked up multiple solutions to this issue and nothing works. I have restarted my computer, reinstalled the game, updated and installed many things, but to no avail. And my computer IS in fact a 64-bit system. I'm running windows 7. Anyone know a solution to this issue? Thank you!

cnjman765 - there are many possible reasons why T:ANE won't play nicely on first installation, so we need to explore this further.
What are your system specifications? Does it meet the minimum requirements for running this application?
The most common reason for failing to run as you have mentioned above is because the graphics card is not DirectX 11 compliant (or better).
The current version will not run on OpenGL or earlier versions of DirectX.
Another possible cause for the error code (0xc000007b) is a missing Dynamic Link Library (DLL) file associated with the C++ runtime version installed on your machine.
If you update that, you might be able to get T:ANE to run successfully. Here is an earlier post that might be helpful in this case:

http://forums.auran.com/trainz/show...s-and-how-to-solve-them&highlight=missing+DLL

I have downloaded C++ 2013 and DirectX11, and the error still appears. I also checked the minimum requirements, (and personally I don't even know if my computer has some of those things or not...) So I don't quite understand the problem. Thanks for the reply!

Alas, simply loading the software is not enough if your hardware components (e.g. graphics card [GPU] or central processing unit [CPU]) are not hardwired to support it.
Here are the official minimum requirements for T:ANE from the hardware thread of the T:ANE forum:

Required Hardware Specs: (Hardware Specs may change)

Minimum:

Minimum Req	Intel	AMD	Details	Mac
CPU	Intel 'i' series introduced 2009 onwards. Minimum 2 physical cores	AMD K10 and above introduced 2009 onwards. Minimum 2 physical cores	2Ghz Dual Core supporting 64bit	Intel i5 2Ghz
RAM	4GB DDR3	4GB DDR3		4GB DDR3 (+ 1GB for onboard graphics)
GPU	1GB dedicated VRAM supporting DX11 and Open GL 4	1GB dedicated VRAM supporting DX11 and Open GL 4	NVIDIA GT 430 or better/ AMD ATI 5550 or better	Intel Iris or better with 1GB VRAM supporting OpenGL 4
HDD	30GB free space	30GB free space		30GB free space
OS	Win 7 64bit and above (64bit OS only)	Win 7 64 bit and above (64 bit OS only)		OS X 10.9 and above

Recommended:

Recommended Req	Intel	AMD	Details	Mac
CPU	Intel i5 3330 or better	AMD FX 8350 or better	Quad Core 2.3Ghz 64bit	Intel i5 2.3 Ghz
RAM	8GB DDR3	8GB DDR3		8GB DDR3
GPU	1GB dedicated VRAM supporting DX11 and Open GL 4	1GB dedicated VRAM supporting DX11 and Open GL 4	NVIDIA GTX 660 or better/ AMD HD 6950 or better	Dedicated Graphics card with 2GB VRAM supporting OpenGL 4
HDD	30GB	30GB		30GB free space
OS	Win 8.1 64bit and above (64bit OS only)	Win 8.1 64bit and above (64bit OS only)		OS X 10.9 and above

Last edited by shadowarrior; April 7th, 2015 at 12:51 PM.​

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Here's a link to that lengthy conversation thread which contains many solutions and suggestions for people experiencing what you have reported above:
http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?113153-TANE-Hardware-Discussion