Just got this strange error when trying to install the new GitHub for Windows app. Here was the error message I received:
dfsvc.exe – Application Error
The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application.
Frustrating, to say the least. I noticed the installation was opening Internet Explorer to the following url:
http://github-windows.s3.amazonaws.com/GitHub.application
So I tried opening that in Chrome. A file downloaded (GitHub.application) and I ran it. This produced an error log file, which I’m putting online elsewhere.
Strangely, after running GitHub.application and getting an error, I re-ran GitHubSetup.exe and it installed fine. Hopefully this fix works for you too! Leave a comment if it helped.