Edit Clip in Audition - The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). - Plug-in dependency - use Event Viewer for more information

On Windows 11, in Premiere Pro 2026.2.2 the timeline feature “Edit Clip in Audition” was throwing “The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142).” This persisted through every normal troubleshooting step — reinstalling VC++ redistributables, running SFC/DISM, resetting preferences, reinstalling Audition, running as admin, etc. Nothing changed the behavior.  

TL;DR — Check Windows Event Viewer. If the faulting module is MSVCP140.dll inside an Insta360 plug‑in folder, the plug‑in is injecting its own VC++ runtime into Adobe’s MediaCore environment and causing Audition to crash. Rename those DLLs and the problem is instantly resolved.

(used Copilot to summarize this issue)
 

Full details

After exhausting all standard troubleshooting, the key was looking at the crash entry in:

Event Viewer → Windows Logs → Application → Error → Application Error (Event ID 1000)

The crash report showed:

• Faulting application: Adobe Audition.exe

• Exception code: 0xc0000005

• Faulting module: MSVCP140.dll

• Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\insta360\deps\MSVCP140.dll

This was the giveaway. Audition wasn’t crashing because of a missing system DLL — it was crashing because the Insta360 MediaCore plug‑in ships its own VC++ runtime DLLs, and Adobe loads MediaCore plug‑ins before launching Audition. That means Audition inherits the plug‑in’s outdated MSVCP140.dll instead of the correct system version.

That mismatch causes the 0xc0000142 / 0xc0000005 startup failure.

Fix (non‑destructive, plug‑in continues to work)

Navigate to:

Code

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\insta360\deps

Rename these files (if present):

Code

msvcp140.dll → msvcp140.dll.bak
msvcp140_1.dll → msvcp140_1.dll.bak
msvcp140_2.dll → msvcp140_2.dll.bak
vcruntime140.dll → vcruntime140.dll.bak
vcruntime140_1.dll → vcruntime140_1.dll.bak

Do not delete them — renaming is enough.

After doing this:

• Premiere’s Edit Clip in Audition works again

• Audition launches normally

• The Insta360 plug‑in continues to function

• Adobe apps fall back to the correct system VC++ runtime in C:\Windows\System32

Why this happens

Some third‑party plug‑ins bundle their own VC++ runtime DLLs. When those DLLs land inside Adobe’s shared MediaCore folder, they override the system versions for every Adobe app that loads MediaCore.

Premiere tolerates the mismatch. Audition does not — it fails immediately with 0xc0000142.

Event Viewer is the only place that reveals the real cause.