Regedit (0xc0000142) error

Not sure where to ask this to be honest. I'm having a few problem with my laptop one of which is that I can't open regedit. I get the following message; The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142)

I have ran SFC which found no problems. I also ran Spybot and Microsoft Security Essentials which also found no problems. In case there is a connection the other two problems I'm having are that System Restore doesn't work and my latest Windows updates won't install, the installation fails at 15% and it then reverts to the previous state. I have tried several Microsoft Fix it tools with regard to the update problem but it has made no difference.

Hi there, thanks for the reply. I was in safe mode earlier and it didn't make any difference at all. Sorry I forgot to mention that in my original post. As for Malwarebytes I'm not too sure how to take it. The problems I'm having only started when I installed Malwarebytes and ran it. Any problems it found were fixed but I discovered that it had also changed my search engine to some piece of rubbish called Babylon which I had more problems than enough trying to get rid off.

I had a look at that wiki-errors link and it advised installing a free program called ErrorRepair.exe. Now maybe it's just me but I'm always suspicious of any 'free' program which claims to solve a computer problem. For that reason I ran a check on this particular program and found the following information;
Error Repair Professional Categorized as:

Ransomware

Ransomware is malicious software that encrypts the hard drive of the infected computer or the files holding important information. The hacker then extorts money from the computer’s owner in exchange for the possibility to have access to the data again.


My question therefore is has anyone actually used this tool before recommending it?

Hi Layback Bear, I only ever download software from trusted sites and in this case it was the Computeractive magazine download site.

@Ztruker. I didn't even know that was there, but yes at least it opens up so I assume it works. Is it the same as Regedit? I still want to have access to it obviously although I don't need it now as I was going to use it to get rid of any Babylon stuff that was left behind.