Last Updated on January 7, 2017
I was having a problem recently with Remote Desktop connections not working, Remote Desktop would just exit without any error while trying to connect. I checked Event Viewer and saw this entry:
Faulting application name: mstsc.exe, version: 10.0.14393.447, time stamp: 0x5819bc5f
Faulting module name: vorbis.acm, version: 0.0.3.6, time stamp: 0x50a51541Exception code: 0xc0000005
So after searching for problems with RDP related to vorbis.acm I found this article discussing the same problem in Windows 8.1 x64.
It turns out that a recent install of FL Studio 12 introduced vorbis.acm to my system which is not compatible with mstsc.exe in 64-bit machines, which I found strange since the FL Studio 12 install from Image Line has both a 32-bit and 64-bit version.
So what was the fix to get Remote Desktop working again? Well, just rename the “vorbis.acm” file located in C:\Windows\System32 to “vorbis.acmBAK” and RDP will start working again! Sure, it’s a temporary work-around, but at least you can connect to remote machines!
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Mate, I love you! Thanks for the help!
Glad to have helped!