Application has generated an exception that could not be handled

this is weird. ok. i made a little stupid game that uses a COM component. Developed under XP, i put "Application.EnableVisualStyles()", and i sent the game to my friend. he also has XP and said it worked fine. i tried the game on several of my school's pcs (dell, xp), but they all gave me this error:

"Common Language Runtime Debugging Services"
“Application has generated an exception that could not be handled."

i made sure framework 1.1 was installed. i'm thinking it was because i sent my friend an installer and to the pcs at school i just zipped all the files from my bin directory.

another info: the school's pcs use a different program for logging in. called "novell" i think. would that have made the difference? also, i changed .net's configuration to full trust. same thing happened.

what do you think?

This is a well know issue that happens when you try to play games at school. ;)

heh.

it's a whack-a-mole game where you hit my sociology teacher with a steel hammer :D i kinda wanted to show him that. maybe after the final :p

but seriously, it's weird. i've googled and read somewhere that some kind of a dell software might be interfering with it, so i uninstalled everything that had "dell" in it :D but no help. oh well. i guess i'll try with an installer on monday.

If you get a message similar to the one below except where it says 'Exception Test' need to add some error handling to your code.

It might be helpful if you remember what it says here.
http://www.vbforums.com/attachment.p...postid=1647149

Seriously, though, <ABX is right about some exception handling. Should give you the details you need. I wonder if Novell is an issue. Not too many people (I've read 10% of networks) use it anymore and it's been a while since I've dealt with it, but it's definitely a beast - you can set file permissions and what not. But knowing what the exception is will help.

Depending on how politically correct your school is, you might want to be careful - could be construed as a threat. No joke, people have gotten in trouble for funning around. Sad.