Article - CS220487
Error: Foreign program "XXX" failed to initialize: code 1 when launching Creo Parametric
Modified: 17-Oct-2025
Applies To
- Creo Parametric 1.0 to 12.4
- Creo+
- Creo Parametric TOOLKIT
- Creo Parametric Object TOOLKIT C++
Description
- Error: Foreign program "XXX" failed to initialize: code 1 when launching Creo Parametric
- Getting error Foreign program "XXX" failed to initialize: error PRO_TK_GENERAL_ERROR in message area when launching Creo Parametric
- Error: Foreign program 'XXX' failed to initialize: error code 1 occurs when starting an auxiliary application by Utilities > Auxiliary Applications > Start
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