STOP 0x0000005C Errors

One of the errors below, or a combination of both, may display on the STOP message: The error might be abbreviated STOP 0x5C, but the full STOP code will always be what’s displayed on the blue screen STOP message. If Windows is able to start after the error, you may be prompted with a Windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown message that shows:

How to Fix STOP 0x0000005C Errors

The STOP 0x0000005C blue screen error may not occur again after rebooting. Versions of popular virtual machine tools that were released before some of the early releases of Windows 11, 10, and 8 don’t support the operating systems.

If you see either of the below errors, visit that link above to install the hotfix. The first occurs during startup if there is not a debugger attached to the computer, while the second is seen when a debugger is attached (again, only when the above conditions are met):