schtasks.exe The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142). Click on OK to terminate the application. Friday, October 17, 2008 at 3:12 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by MegaShark (1 messages posted) Hi guys! Starting a few days ago, I keep getting this message whenever I start Windows (XP SP2). From the message title, it appears to be somehow related to scheduled tasks (but I have none set to autostart with Windows). Any clues? Thanks in advance! There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] schtasks.exe The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142). Click on OK to terminate the application. (MegaShark: Fri, Oct 17, 2008, 3:12 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum