“Application failed to initialize properly ......."

“Application failed to initialize properly (0xc000007b) Click on OK to terminate the application error”
when installing new software on a PC running Windows XP.
Then, “software starts installing and gets close to the end and then it says rolling back and removes all the installation files”

I got this error on my PC and after four days of trying every single tip I could find on the internet – extreme frustration and depleting my data bundle with the numerous software fixes I downloaded – I have finally found the solution.

My goal and the point of this article are to save anyone that has this error extreme frustration. My irritation reached the level where I wanted to pick the PC up and throw it away.
So before you reach my boiling point – I will get started:

This is what I noticed:

I read many forums, hints, tips, tricks and what others had tried to fix the error. Nothing worked for me. It did get me thinking though and it went along the lines of trying to install my Vodafone Mobile Connect software that runs my USB K3715 modem. When I searched for the error on Google by typing the wording of the error in exactly, there were thousands of people wanting the solution for this problem.

“Application failed to initialize properly (0xc000007b) Click on OK to terminate the application error” was the same? The difference was what lay between the brackets. (0xc000007b) – this error changed.