Cofire.exe - the application failed to start. How to fix?

Hi Lina_L08,

Thank you for the detailed information.

When your computer hangs, or freezes, it's disruptive and can slow you down. There are a few reasons your computer might hang, freeze or crash. Refer to these troubleshooting method in the order in which they are presented and check.

Method 1:

Running the DISM tool and System File Checker tool help us to fix corrupted system files. The following steps will help you to fix the issue if the issue related to system files.

Step 1: Refer to “Run the DISM tool” section. Please ignore the thread title.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows-8/windows-update-error-0x800b0100

Step 2:

Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833/en-us

Method 2:

We have to analyze the issues to find issue cause and resolution, let’s refer to the following information.

Check the issue status in the safe mode. If everything works fine after a clean boot, you can infer that some third party services are causing the issue. Proceed with the remaining steps to pin-point out the third party service.

Step 1:

Windows Startup Settings (including safe mode).

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/windows-startup-settings-including-safe-mode

Step 2:           

How to perform a clean boot to troubleshoot a problem in Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Note: Please go through the section: “How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with clean boot” of the Kb article to boot the computer in normal startup after fixing the issue.

I would also suggest you to check the event viewer for the details error report, follow the steps provided to check the Event viewer logs.

a) Move the mouse to the bottom left corner and right-click on the start.

b) Select ‘Event Viewer’ and click an event log in the left pane.

c) Expand ‘Windows logs’ and click on ‘System’ to check for the logs.

d) Provide the system log files.

Refer to the following link, the information provide in the following link is applicable to Windows 8.1 as well.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/what-information-event-logs-event-viewer#1TC=windows-7

You can also refer to:

Windows 8.1, Windows 8 or Windows 7 hangs or freezes.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2681286/en-us

Note: Any data files that are infected may only be cleaned by deleting the file entirely, which means there is a potential for data loss.

Hope this information helps you. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.