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Javier
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 Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:04 pm Post subject: Bootstrap error message in Windows 8 |
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A client is reporting this error when running my application in Windows 8. This doesn't occur in Windows 7. I emailed you the screen shot with the error. I don't know how to insert the image here. Please advise.
| Quote: | | "An unhandled exception (Could not load file or assembly AssemblyLoaderx86 ...) occurred while bootstrapping the application." |
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Infralution
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| Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:06 am Post subject: |
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The only reasons I can think that you could get that error message is if the AssemblyLoaderx86.dll is not in the same directory as the application executable or if it is a different version to the one you compiled against. Is it possible that the user has removed the AssemblyLoaderx86.dll or copied your application executable elsewhere without also copying the dll.
We test under Windows 8 so I don't think it is a windows 8 issue - but it would be worth testing your own installer to check that it is deploying things correctly under windows 8.
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Javier
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| Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:27 am Post subject: |
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The AssemblyLoaderx86.dll is installed in the same directory of the application. The following is the response from my installer tech support:
| Quote: | The fact that your program doesn't work on the Windows 8 system, is probably due to you not installing AssemblyLoaderx86 as a global assembly, but only as a private assembly.
The Windows 8 Bootstrap error message indicates that on that system at least, Windows is trying to find AssemblyLoaderx86 in the GAC.
My guess is that on your own Windows 7 system, AssemblyLoaderx86 is already installed in the GAC, so you don't notice the problem there.
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I'm confused about this GAC and global versus private assembly. I haven't seen anything of this in the help file. Could you please clarify if there's anything useful in the above comments? Thank you. |
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Infralution
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The GAC is the Global Assembly Cache - it enables a DLL assembly to be shared rather than having to be installed next to each executable that uses it. We don't install the AssemblyLoaderx86 DLL in the GAC - so I don't think that this at all likely to be the issue.
Have you installed your application on a clean (non-development) Windows 8 machine yourself and seen this error?
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