Program can't run: "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect"

[Lloyd Dupont]

Hi All!

I have this application of mine which works well. It even used to work on
Vista. (I work on XP most of the time).

There are some ManagedC++ assemblies in the project.

Now when I try to start the project under vista, when I try to access
classes in the ManagedC++ assemblies I get this error:

==========================================
Exception : System.IO.FileLoadException
Message : Could not load file or assembly 'NScribe,
Version=1.0.2553.30928, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its
dependencies. The application has failed to start because its side-by-side
configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more
detail. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800736B1)
Source : NovaMindEditor
Help :
OSVersion : Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.5600.0
Thread :
Stack :
at NovaQuickStart.Program.StartApp(String[] args)
at NovaQuickStart.Program.Main(String[] args) in
C:\Development\Development\Windows\NovaQuickStart\ Program.cs:line 59

-------- Caused by Exception --------
Exception : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
Message : The application has failed to start because its side-by-side
configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more
detail. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800736B1)
Source :
Help :
Stack :

==========================================

Any ideas?

--
Regards,
Lloyd Dupont

NovaMind Software
Mind Mapping Software
<www.nova-mind.com>

[Holger Grund]

"Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ldwrote

-------- Caused by Exception --------
Exception : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
Message : The application has failed to start because its side-by-side
configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more
detail. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800736B1)

Sounds like an issue with the SxS config (aka manifest). VC8 shared
CRTs take advantage of OS Fusion support to bind to the appropriate
version. Did you take a look at the event log? On XP SP2+ & 2003+
you should see a message indicating what exactly is wrong with the
manifest.

You may take a look at the manifests with resource editor (just open
or export the resource of type RT_MANIFEST in the consuming DLL).

To diagnose native DLL loading problems you can also enable NT
loader snaps (there's gflags.exe in the Debugging Tools for Windows
or you can use the (undocumented) ShowSnaps variable :
{,,ntdll.dll}*((char*)_ShowSnaps)=1 in the VC debugger -- assuming
you have symbols loaded for ntdll.dll)

-hg

[Lloyd Dupont]

I don't have any manifest file ....
I mean there are some in the /debug & /release of my C++ project, but none
in my solution output directory

"Holger Grund" <ho**********@remove.ix-n.netwrote in message
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"Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ldwrote

>-------- Caused by Exception --------
Exception : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
Message : The application has failed to start because its side-by-side
configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more
detail. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800736B1)

Sounds like an issue with the SxS config (aka manifest). VC8 shared
CRTs take advantage of OS Fusion support to bind to the appropriate
version. Did you take a look at the event log? On XP SP2+ & 2003+
you should see a message indicating what exactly is wrong with the
manifest.

You may take a look at the manifests with resource editor (just open
or export the resource of type RT_MANIFEST in the consuming DLL).

To diagnose native DLL loading problems you can also enable NT
loader snaps (there's gflags.exe in the Debugging Tools for Windows
or you can use the (undocumented) ShowSnaps variable :
{,,ntdll.dll}*((char*)_ShowSnaps)=1 in the VC debugger -- assuming
you have symbols loaded for ntdll.dll)

-hg

[Holger Grund]

"Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ldwrote

>I don't have any manifest file ....
I mean there are some in the /debug & /release of my C++ project, but none
in my solution output directory

The 2005 version of the toolchain will merge the files into the resources
of the PE image. You can open the EXE/DLL file with the resource editor
and see whether there's a RT_MANIFEST resource.

-hg

[Lloyd Dupont]

Haha..
thanks for the tip!

"Holger Grund" <ho**********@remove.ix-n.netwrote in message
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"Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ldwrote

>>I don't have any manifest file ....
I mean there are some in the /debug & /release of my C++ project, but
none in my solution output directory

The 2005 version of the toolchain will merge the files into the resources
of the PE image. You can open the EXE/DLL file with the resource editor
and see whether there's a RT_MANIFEST resource.

-hg

[Lloyd Dupont]

BTW, there is something weird happening.
When I build the thing and give it to my colleague, everythings work.
However when he builds it, it doesn't work.
He use the same project!
Any idea why that should be?

"Holger Grund" <ho**********@remove.ix-n.netwrote in message
news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

"Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ldwrote

>>I don't have any manifest file ....
I mean there are some in the /debug & /release of my C++ project, but
none in my solution output directory

The 2005 version of the toolchain will merge the files into the resources
of the PE image. You can open the EXE/DLL file with the resource editor
and see whether there's a RT_MANIFEST resource.

-hg