v. 2.2 beta doesn't launch in Vista

[Nom]

Hi!

I get the following error while trying to launch new beta version 2.2:

The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for mor detail.

Any ideas on how I should configure?

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Nom

[MtnViewJohn]

Can you go to the application event log and copy the Context Free errors from there into this thread?

Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer

If you can't find it then try searching (View -> Find menu) for the word 'contextfree' in the description.

[MtnViewJohn]

Also, could you try downloading http://www.contextfreeart.org/download/ ... .2beta.zip, unzip it somewhere and run that version of Context Free? Thanks.

[Nom]

The standalone works just fine. Many thanks! I'll try to locate the error log too.

[Nom]

My Vista has apparently logged in Finnish, so I determined it is not much use for this purpose. A configuration file the problem was assosiated pointed to contained the following xml (it seems that each program i've installed lately is logged as a "matching_file"):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<DATABASE>
<EXE NAME="ContextFreeInstall2.2beta.exe" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_PRIVACY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="BitTorrent-6.0.exe" SIZE="878192" CHECKSUM="0x2A1B704" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0xE6208" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="07/14/2007 15:12:54" UPTO_LINK_DATE="07/14/2007 15:12:54" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="ContextFreeInstall2.2beta.exe" SIZE="531407" CHECKSUM="0x918F9FA6" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="02/08/2008 21:25:02" UPTO_LINK_DATE="02/08/2008 21:25:02" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="GroIMP-0.9.7-win32.exe" SIZE="21020584" CHECKSUM="0x9AF9CBE8" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="10/20/2006 13:20:29" UPTO_LINK_DATE="10/20/2006 13:20:29" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="IBM_Lotus_Symphony_w32.exe" SIZE="196348137" CHECKSUM="0x47957229" BIN_FILE_VERSION="4.1.100.1332" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="4.1.0.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="Beta " FILE_DESCRIPTION=" " COMPANY_NAME="IBM " PRODUCT_NAME="IBM Lotus Symphony " FILE_VERSION="Beta " ORIGINAL_FILENAME="stub32i.exe " INTERNAL_NAME="stub32 " LEGAL_COPYRIGHT=" " VERDATEHI="0x0" VERDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="4.1.100.1332" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="4.1.0.0" LINK_DATE="08/02/2002 07:01:18" UPTO_LINK_DATE="08/02/2002 07:01:18" VER_LANGUAGE="englanti (Yhdysvallat) [0x409]" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="SkypeSetup.exe" SIZE="22690600" CHECKSUM="0x8001B6C1" BIN_FILE_VERSION="3.6.0.248" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="3.6.0.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="3.6" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Skype. Take a deep breath " COMPANY_NAME="Skype Technologies S.A." PRODUCT_NAME="Skype" FILE_VERSION="3.6.0.248" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="SkypeSetup.exe" INTERNAL_NAME="SkypeSetup.exe" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="(c) Skype Technologies S.A." VERDATEHI="0x0" VERDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x4" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x15A6FD9" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="3.6.0.248" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="3.6.0.0" LINK_DATE="06/19/1992 22:22:17" UPTO_LINK_DATE="06/19/1992 22:22:17" VER_LANGUAGE="englanti (Yhdysvallat) [0x409]" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="sp38166.exe" SIZE="1689472" CHECKSUM="0x6FD7F775" BIN_FILE_VERSION="4.0.100.1189" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="4.0.0.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0 " FILE_DESCRIPTION="Security for HP Info Center " COMPANY_NAME="Hewlett-Packard " PRODUCT_NAME="HP Quick Launch Buttons Critical Security Update " FILE_VERSION="1.0 " ORIGINAL_FILENAME="stub32i.exe " INTERNAL_NAME="stub32 " LEGAL_COPYRIGHT=" " VERDATEHI="0x0" VERDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x1A9FB5" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="4.0.100.1189" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="4.0.0.0" LINK_DATE="08/29/2001 21:22:49" UPTO_LINK_DATE="08/29/2001 21:22:49" VER_LANGUAGE="englanti (Yhdysvallat) [0x409]" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="VMware-player-2.0.2-59824.exe" SIZE="181355160" CHECKSUM="0x78635D56" BIN_FILE_VERSION="6.0.2.59824" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="6.0.2.59824" PRODUCT_VERSION="6.0.2 build-59824" FILE_DESCRIPTION="VMware installation launcher" COMPANY_NAME="VMware, Inc." PRODUCT_NAME="VMware Player" FILE_VERSION="6.0.2 build-59824" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="setup.exe" INTERNAL_NAME="setup" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright © 1998-2007 VMware, Inc." VERDATEHI="0x0" VERDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0xAD03063" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="6.0.2.59824" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="6.0.2.59824" LINK_DATE="10/08/2007 15:06:42" UPTO_LINK_DATE="10/08/2007 15:06:42" VER_LANGUAGE="englanti (Yhdysvallat) [0x409]" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="wordweb5.exe" SIZE="7774520" CHECKSUM="0x31EFE78A" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x77472F" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="01/20/2007 18:30:48" UPTO_LINK_DATE="01/20/2007 18:30:48" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="coding\java\jdk-6u4-nb-6_0_1-windows-ml.exe" SIZE="116178430" CHECKSUM="0x1553C58C" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x2D085" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/28/2007 16:15:53" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/28/2007 16:15:53" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="coding\texteditors\npp.4.7.5.Installer.exe" SIZE="2088437" CHECKSUM="0xCE2BFB63" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="07/14/2007 15:12:54" UPTO_LINK_DATE="07/14/2007 15:12:54" />
</EXE>
</DATABASE>

[MtnViewJohn]

The standalone works just fine. Many thanks! I'll try to locate the error log too.

OK. That means that I need to distribute the Visual Studio runtime libraries with Context Free 2.2, just as I had with Context Free 2.1. I was hoping that the switch to .NET would allow me to stop doing that.