System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The specified module could not be

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I have a remoting application that was developed on a Windows XP SP2 machine
with VS2005 SP1. I finally got everything deployed using Wix 3.0, and it
works great. Problem is, when I install the msi on a W23 server SP2, I get
the following error:

System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingException: Remoting configuration failed
with the exception 'System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception
has been thrown by the target of an invocation. --->
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The specified module could not be found.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)
at
Ems.Cloud.Common.Security.SecurityClientChannelSin kProvider..ctor(IDictionary
properties, ICollection providerData)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeConstructor(Obje ct[] args,
SignatureStruct& signature, IntPtr declaringType)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeConstructor(Objec t[] args,
SignatureStruct signature, RuntimeTypeHandle declaringType)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(Bi ndingFlags
invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder
binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes)
at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr,
Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[]
activationAttributes)
at
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfigHandler.Crea teChannelSinkProvider(SinkProviderEntry entry, Boolean bServer)
at
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfigHandler.Crea teClientChannelSinkProviderChain(ArrayList entries)
at
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfigHandler.Crea teChannelFromConfigEntry(ChannelEntry entry)
at
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfigHandler.Conf igureChannels(RemotingXmlConfigFileData configData, Boolean ensureSecurity)
at
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfigHandler.Conf igureRemoting(RemotingXmlConfigFileData configData, Boolean ensureSecurity)'.
at
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfigHandler.Conf igureRemoting(RemotingXmlConfigFileData configData, Boolean ensureSecurity)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfigHandler.DoCo nfiguration(String
filename, Boolean ensureSecurity)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfiguration.Conf igure(String
filename, Boolean ensureSecurity)
at Ems.Cloud.LoggingServer.RegisterRemoteObjects()
at Ems.Cloud.RemotingServer.DoStart()

The application is deployed into C:\Program Files\Ems\Cloud. This is where
the Ems.Cloud.Server.exe, Ems.Cloud.Server.exe.config, & Ems.Cloud.Common.dll
files are stored, but the error states that Ems.Cloud.Common.dll is NotFound,
and only on Windows Server 2003... Why? I'm out of ideas. Here is my config
file...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="protectedSettings"
type="Ems.Cloud.Configuration.ProtectedSettings, Ems.Cloud.Configuration,
Version=1.0.0.0,Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" />
</configSections>
<system.diagnostics>
<trace autoflush="true" indentsize="2">
<listeners>
<remove name="Default"/>
<add name="EventLogListener"
type="System.Diagnostics.EventLogTraceListener"
initializeData="EmsCloudDebugging" traceOutputOptions="DateTime" />
</listeners>
</trace>
<switches>
<add name="DebugMode" value="1" />
</switches>
</system.diagnostics>
<system.runtime.remoting>
<customErrors mode="off" />
<!--Application Domain provided for EMS Remote Objects, only one
application node allowed-->
<application name="EmsCloudServer">
<service>
<!--Remote-Objects provided within this Application Domain-->
<!--type="Namespace + ClassName, ProjectAssemblyName"-->
<wellknown mode="SingleCall" type="Ems.Cloud.DefaultBase,
Ems.Cloud.Logging" objectUri="LoggingClient" />
</service>
<service>
<wellknown mode="SingleCall" type="Ems.Cloud.PciData,
Ems.Cloud.PciData" objectUri="PciData" />
</service>
<channels>
<!--tcp Channel Provided for access to Remote-Objects-->
<channel ref="tcp" port="5010">
<clientProviders>
<!--When acting as a client, the formatter nodes MUST be listed
before the provider node-->
<!--The formatter must be set to 'typeFilterLevel="Full"' or
you'll get Security Exceptions when passing objects-->
<formatter ref="binary" typeFilterLevel="Full" />
<!--Custom EMS Channel Sink that provides integrated AD
Security-->
<!--securityPackage(NTLM, kerberos, negotiate)
impersonationLevel(identify, impersonate, delegate)-->
<!--authenticationLevel(call-nothing, packetIntegrity-signing,
packetPrivacy-encryption-->
<provider
type="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security.SecurityClientChan nelSinkProvider,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" securityPackage="negotiate"
impersonationLevel="delegate" authenticationLevel="packetPrivacy"
authenticationHandler="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security.A uthenticationHandler,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" />
</clientProviders>
<serverProviders>
<!--Custom EMS Channel Sink that provides integrated AD
Security-->
<!--securityPackage(NTLM, kerberos, negotiate)
impersonationLevel(identify, impersonate, delegate)-->
<!--authenticationLevel(call-nothing, packetIntegrity-signing,
packetPrivacy-encryption-->
<provider
type="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security.SecurityServerChan nelSinkProvider,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" securityPackage="negotiate"
impersonationLevel="delegate" authenticationLevel="packetPrivacy"
authenticationHandler="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security.A uthenticationHandler,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" />
<!--On the server-side formatter nodes MUST be listed after the
provider node-->
<!--The formatter must be set to 'typeFilterLevel="Full"' or
you'll get Security Exceptions when passing objects-->
<formatter ref="binary" typeFilterLevel="Full" />
</serverProviders>
</channel>
<!--http channel provided for Web/ASP based applications-->
<channel ref="http" port="6010">
<clientProviders>
<!--On the server-side formatter nodes MUST be listed after the
provider node-->
<formatter ref="binary" typeFilterLevel="Full" />
<formatter ref="soap" typeFilterLevel="Full" />
<!--Custom EMS Channel Sink that provides integrated AD
Security-->
<provider
type="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security.SecurityClientChan nelSinkProvider,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" securityPackage="negotiate"
impersonationLevel="delegate" authenticationLevel="packetPrivacy"
authenticationHandler="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security.A uthenticationHandler,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" />
</clientProviders>
<serverProviders>
<!--Custom EMS Channel Sink that provides integrated AD
Security-->
<provider
type="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security.SecurityServerChan nelSinkProvider,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" securityPackage="negotiate"
impersonationLevel="delegate" authenticationLevel="packetPrivacy"
authenticationHandler="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security.A uthenticationHandler,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" />
<!--On the server-side formatter nodes MUST be listed after the
provider node-->
<formatter ref="soap" typeFilterLevel="Full" />
<formatter ref="binary" typeFilterLevel="Full" />
</serverProviders>
</channel>
</channels>
</application>
</system.runtime.remoting>
<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<probing privatePath="Interfaces;Business Logic" />
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>
</configuration>

[=?Utf-8?B?c2FtMDFt?=]

SOLVED: msvcr71.dll was missing from System32.

I realized that it's not that it can't find Ems.Cloud.Common, it is
Ems.Cloud.Common that can't find a file that IT needs. It happened to be
msvcr71.dll at the point where I was injecting unmanaged code into my C#
project.

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hello,

From your description, I got that you have a remoting application which
encounter some "FileNotFound" exception when deployed on a windows 2k3 box,
correct?

Based on the error callstack, I haven't got the exact file's name, how did
you get "Ems.Cloud.Common.dll is NotFound" is not found? Anyway, for
assembly not founding error, it is recommended to use FusLogVw.exe tool to
trace the assembly binding/locating failures:

#Assembly Binding Log Viewer (Fuslogvw.exe)
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...c4(VS.71).aspx

By default, it will log all the failed assembly binding/locating and you
can get how the runtime try to locate the certain assembly. In addition, I
found that in the config file, you have the following setting:

<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<probing privatePath="Interfaces;Business Logic" />
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>

maybe the runtime will try probing those sub directory instead of the base
directory(if the strong-named assemblies are not in GAC). For testing, in
addition to using Fuslogvw.exe, you can also try putting the assembly in
GAC or those sub directory(in probing path) to see whether it helps.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

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>From: =?Utf-8?B?c2FtMDFt?= <sa****@newsgroups.nospam>
Subject: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The specified module could not be
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:21:01 -0700
I have a remoting application that was developed on a Windows XP SP2

machine

>with VS2005 SP1. I finally got everything deployed using Wix 3.0, and it
works great. Problem is, when I install the msi on a W23 server SP2, I get
the following error:

System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingException: Remoting configuration failed
with the exception 'System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception
has been thrown by the target of an invocation. --->
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The specified module could not be found.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)
at
Ems.Cloud.Common.Security.SecurityClientChannelSi nkProvider..ctor(IDictiona

ry

>properties, ICollection providerData)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeConstructor(Obje ct[] args,
SignatureStruct& signature, IntPtr declaringType)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeConstructor(Objec t[] args,
SignatureStruct signature, RuntimeTypeHandle declaringType)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(Bi ndingFlags
invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr,

Binder

>binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes)
at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr,
Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[]
activationAttributes)
at
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfigHandler.Cre ateChannelSinkProvider(Sin

kProviderEntry entry, Boolean bServer)

at
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfigHandler.Cre ateClientChannelSinkProvid

erChain(ArrayList entries)

at
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfigHandler.Cre ateChannelFromConfigEntry(

ChannelEntry entry)

at
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfigHandler.Con figureChannels(RemotingXml

ConfigFileData configData, Boolean ensureSecurity)

at
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfigHandler.Con figureRemoting(RemotingXml

ConfigFileData configData, Boolean ensureSecurity)'.

at
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfigHandler.Con figureRemoting(RemotingXml

ConfigFileData configData, Boolean ensureSecurity)

at System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfigHandler.DoCo nfiguration(String
filename, Boolean ensureSecurity)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfiguration.Conf igure(String
filename, Boolean ensureSecurity)
at Ems.Cloud.LoggingServer.RegisterRemoteObjects()
at Ems.Cloud.RemotingServer.DoStart()

The application is deployed into C:\Program Files\Ems\Cloud. This is where
the Ems.Cloud.Server.exe, Ems.Cloud.Server.exe.config, &

Ems.Cloud.Common.dll

>files are stored, but the error states that Ems.Cloud.Common.dll is

NotFound,

>and only on Windows Server 2003... Why? I'm out of ideas. Here is my

config

>file...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="protectedSettings"
type="Ems.Cloud.Configuration.ProtectedSettings , Ems.Cloud.Configuration,
Version=1.0.0.0,Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" />
</configSections>
<system.diagnostics>
<trace autoflush="true" indentsize="2">
<listeners>
<remove name="Default"/>
<add name="EventLogListener"
type="System.Diagnostics.EventLogTraceListener"
initializeData="EmsCloudDebugging" traceOutputOptions="DateTime" />
</listeners>
</trace>
<switches>
<add name="DebugMode" value="1" />
</switches>
</system.diagnostics>
<system.runtime.remoting>
<customErrors mode="off" />
<!--Application Domain provided for EMS Remote Objects, only one
application node allowed-->
<application name="EmsCloudServer">
<service>
<!--Remote-Objects provided within this Application Domain-->
<!--type="Namespace + ClassName, ProjectAssemblyName"-->
<wellknown mode="SingleCall" type="Ems.Cloud.DefaultBase,
Ems.Cloud.Logging" objectUri="LoggingClient" />
</service>
<service>
<wellknown mode="SingleCall" type="Ems.Cloud.PciData,
Ems.Cloud.PciData" objectUri="PciData" />
</service>
<channels>
<!--tcp Channel Provided for access to Remote-Objects-->
<channel ref="tcp" port="5010">
<clientProviders>
<!--When acting as a client, the formatter nodes MUST be

listed

>before the provider node-->
<!--The formatter must be set to 'typeFilterLevel="Full"' or
you'll get Security Exceptions when passing objects-->
<formatter ref="binary" typeFilterLevel="Full" />
<!--Custom EMS Channel Sink that provides integrated AD
Security-->
<!--securityPackage(NTLM, kerberos, negotiate)
impersonationLevel(identify, impersonate, delegate)-->
<!--authenticationLevel(call-nothing, packetIntegrity-signing,
packetPrivacy-encryption-->
<provider
type="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security.SecurityClientCha nnelSinkProvider,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" securityPackage="negotiate"
impersonationLevel="delegate" authenticationLevel="packetPrivacy"
authenticationHandler="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security. AuthenticationHandler,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" />
</clientProviders>
<serverProviders>
<!--Custom EMS Channel Sink that provides integrated AD
Security-->
<!--securityPackage(NTLM, kerberos, negotiate)
impersonationLevel(identify, impersonate, delegate)-->
<!--authenticationLevel(call-nothing, packetIntegrity-signing,
packetPrivacy-encryption-->
<provider
type="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security.SecurityServerCha nnelSinkProvider,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" securityPackage="negotiate"
impersonationLevel="delegate" authenticationLevel="packetPrivacy"
authenticationHandler="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security. AuthenticationHandler,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" />
<!--On the server-side formatter nodes MUST be listed after

the

>provider node-->
<!--The formatter must be set to 'typeFilterLevel="Full"' or
you'll get Security Exceptions when passing objects-->
<formatter ref="binary" typeFilterLevel="Full" />
</serverProviders>
</channel>
<!--http channel provided for Web/ASP based applications-->
<channel ref="http" port="6010">
<clientProviders>
<!--On the server-side formatter nodes MUST be listed after

the

>provider node-->
<formatter ref="binary" typeFilterLevel="Full" />
<formatter ref="soap" typeFilterLevel="Full" />
<!--Custom EMS Channel Sink that provides integrated AD
Security-->
<provider
type="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security.SecurityClientCha nnelSinkProvider,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" securityPackage="negotiate"
impersonationLevel="delegate" authenticationLevel="packetPrivacy"
authenticationHandler="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security. AuthenticationHandler,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" />
</clientProviders>
<serverProviders>
<!--Custom EMS Channel Sink that provides integrated AD
Security-->
<provider
type="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security.SecurityServerCha nnelSinkProvider,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" securityPackage="negotiate"
impersonationLevel="delegate" authenticationLevel="packetPrivacy"
authenticationHandler="Ems.Cloud.Common.Security. AuthenticationHandler,
Ems.Cloud.Common, Version=1.0.1.5, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=bd1505632153fa83" />
<!--On the server-side formatter nodes MUST be listed after

the

>provider node-->
<formatter ref="soap" typeFilterLevel="Full" />
<formatter ref="binary" typeFilterLevel="Full" />
</serverProviders>
</channel>
</channels>
</application>
</system.runtime.remoting>
<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<probing privatePath="Interfaces;Business Logic" />
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>
</configuration>