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Installer Crashes on Launch

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:07 pm
by timhaughton
I'm creating an installer for a reasonably trivial project.

Each build type, uncompressed, single or web all crash when run with error:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: myapp.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 489a6938
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a7a6
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00009cac
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: 9d13
Additional Information 2: 1abee00edb3fc1158f9ad6f44f0f6be8
Additional Information 3: 9d13
Additional Information 4: 1abee00edb3fc1158f9ad6f44f0f6be8

Works fine in debug. Installer built on Vista. Tested on vista and XP.

Icon Bug

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:58 am
by timhaughton
OK, figured it out. Pretty sure it's a bug in IA8.

Adding an Icon to a project, whether my own or a sample project, IRREVOCABLY destroys the project. The resultant installer will give errors ranging from "Application failed to Initialize" to "Not a vaid Win32 application."

When adding the Icon, I get errors ranging from "Parameter Incorrect" to "Out of Resources". The Icons are being used elsewhere and are fine.

The real rub is that taking the Icon back out using the project manager doesn't cure the problem. If you don't have a backup, you have to start again.