I'll take a stab at if, what you could use is the zombie counter function (posted on the forum) and manipulate it so its not showing on screen but you could check when the counter decreases... hope this helps you.
SOLVED - this error will occur when you don't have visual studio c++ 2008-2013 redistributables x64 & x86 both need to be installed. In your control panel and add and remove programs they should look like this minimum on windows 10.
re-install everything, I had same issue. Re-installation fixed my problem, also having all visual studio c++ redistribution packages from 2008-2013 installed both x86 & x64