Fallout 3 - Windows 10 ENB crash Fix (0xc000001d DLL Error)

Disclaimer: This is not a mod, it is a guide on how to fix the Windows 10 error and CTD upon startup of FO3.

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Have you ever felt the need to go back to a heavily modded Fallout 3, after the disappointing reveal of Fallout 76? Isn't it just wonderful that Bethesda did absolutely nothing for this game's 10th Anniversary? Well, if you play on Windows 10 you're likely to encounter a crash or error message if you inject ENB into Fallout 3. This simple and short guide (if you can even call it that) should be able to help you out quite a bit. Besides popular belief, Tale of Two Wastelands is not required for ENB to work on FO3. Here are the simple steps:

1.) If you haven't already, create a fresh install of Fallout 3 and make sure to delete your current INI's (unless you're absolutely sure they were not tweaked)

2.) Pick the multitude of ENB presets on the nexus, and make sure to download the latest version of the binaries. Follow the preset's specific instructions on how to get it looking as intended, mods, ini tweaks, but DO NOT do anything with ENB files as of now. Only make sure you get the latest binaries here. Do NOT do anything with those files either! Keep the archive for later, or else the crash will still happen upon startup. (You should now have the latest ENB binaries from Boris' website as well as a preset of your choice)

3.) Download and install Games for Windows LIVE and Archive Invalidation, to help stabilize the game for modding and preventing more errors.

4.) Launch the Fallout3Launcher and make sure Anistropic Filtering and AA is off, most ENB's cover them already. Tweak the other graphics settings to your liking, again making sure you follow your preset's instructions carefully. (If you launch the launcher and it crashes seconds after, you've already put in the ENB' s files, don't do it yet man).

5.) Launch the game from the already open launcher, do the beginning scene for a couple seconds and quit out. I know, you don't want to see those old and crappy graphics, but we're only doing this to generate the INI files.