Help with error code XAudio2Create() = 0x800700c1

[RusselAEC]

Hi, I've been trying to play the game Trails of Cold Steel III on Steam, and also the GoG version and neither will boot.I get a black screen with the code XAudio2Create() = 0x800700c1. Solutions online are very few and all insist upon reinstalling DirectX versions or changing audio settings, none of which worked.Event Viewer also gives this: Faulting application name: ed8_3_PC.exe, version: 1.0.6.0, time stamp: 0x652626ceFaulting module name: ucrtbase.dll, version: 10.0.19041.3636, time stamp: 0x81cf5d89Exception&n

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