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How to Fix INVALID_PROCESS_ATTACH_ATTEMPT Error

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How to Fix INVALID_PROCESS_ATTACH_ATTEMPT Error

The INVALID_PROCESS_ATTACH_ATTEMPT error code appears when there are faulty and outdated drivers installed on your PC. Similar messages can also trigger when a device driver is incompatible with your connected peripheral. Sometimes when essential DLL files are missing or corrupted on your computer, the same INVALID_PROCESS_ATTACH_ATTEMPT error code may be noticed. To resolve it, please make sure to fix all corrupted drivers and DLL files. Users may also find it useful for removing a specific problematic device from the computer. When your computer is infected with a specific virus or malware, then it can also force the same message to appear on your PC screen for no reason, So an antivirus scan may also prove helpful. See the more detailed troubleshooting step by step process in the below space. 

Turn Off the Automatic Restart

First and foremost, we are going to apply this simple method to fix the INVALID_PROCESS_ATTACH_ATTEMPT error code. See the below details to follow this method:

  1. Hit the Win + S keys on your keyboard at the same time to explore the Taskbar Search.
  2. Put in the control panel into the provided dialogue field. 
  3. Hit the Enter key. 
  4. Now switch to either small or large icon view on Control Panel. 
  5. Head to System.
  6. Navigate to the “Advanced system settings” option using the left panel.
  7. Jump to the Advanced tab.
  8. Scroll downwards and then head to Settings inside the Startup and Recovery heading.
  9. When you reach on the next window, press on the System failure option. 
  10. Now unselect the option appear as Automatically restart.
  11. Finally, exert your all force and hit the OK button.  

Running the Blue Screen Troubleshooter

  1. Hit the Start + I keys on your keyboard to launch the Settings app.
  2. Head to Update & Security option. 
  3. On the succeeding window, head to Troubleshoot using the left panel and then jump back to the right side screen.
  4. Navigate to the Blue Screen link. 
  5. Then find and tap the Run the troubleshooter option. 

Start into Safe Mode

  1. Head to the settings app by pressing the “Win + I” keys at the same time on your keyboard.
  2. In the Settings window, navigate to the Update & Security link.  
  3. Find and click the Recovery option using the left menu.
  4. Head to the Advanced startup link. 
  5. Hit the button saying, “Restart now.”
  6. When your device reboots, press Next to Continue.
  7. Head to Troubleshoot using the Startup Screen.
  8. Navigate to the Advanced Options option and then head to “Startup Settings. “
  9. There is an option saying “Enable Safe Mode,” and next to it, there is an option calling Restart.
  10. All you have to do is click on the Restart button.  
  11. On the next reboot and startup head to “Enable Safe Mode” with pressing the F4.

Deleting the Problematic Windows Update Patches

  1. Open the Settings by pressing Start + I keys simultaneously on your keyboard.
  2. Hit on the Update & Security option.
  3. Head to the Windows Update using the left menu and then jump back to the adjoining right panel.
  4. Then head to View update history and then hit the “Uninstall updates “link.

Finding the Problematic Devices

  1. Remove all of the external devices that are presently connected to your computer, excluding keyboard, mouse, monitor, and CPU.
  2. Restart the PC.
  3. Now see if the error persists. 
  4. In case the error resolved after unplugging all devices, this means the error was caused by a problematic peripheral.
  5. To find it connect the devices to your computer back one by one and see which device is triggering that INVALID_PROCESS_ATTACH_ATTEMPT error code. 
  6. Then install and update the drivers for that particular device using the device manager. 

Rdx Tango is an avid technical blogger, a magazine contributor, a publisher of guides at mcafee.com/activate, and a professional cyber security analyst. Through her writing, she aims to educate people about the dangers and threats lurking in the digital world.

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