Background applications can inject DLLs into the game’s UI process, causing error 42180.
AI Research Division Date: October 26, 2023 Classification: Systems Debugging / Legacy Software Forensics
One of the most frustrating issues players encounter is the crash-to-desktop accompanied by the message:
Run listdlls.exe BlackOps2.exe | findstr /i "overlay" (Sysinternals). Positive if discord_overlay.dll or nvcapture.dll appear.
Few things are as aggravating for a gamer as settling in for a nostalgic session of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 , only to be greeted by a cryptic error message instead of the main menu. The is one of the most notorious and persistent bugs to plague the PC version of this iconic 2012 title.
Because error 42180 is a UI rendering fault, missing or corrupted DirectX and C++ libraries are prime suspects.
If basic steps fail, the error may be caused by outdated runtime libraries or improper display scaling. Black Ops 2 Unhandled Exception Error Steam FIXED (NEW)