Program crashes on second computer

[Wallabie]

Hi All

I just finished writing a program and it works ok on my laptop without any problems but when i run it on my desktop i get an error on startup saying Initialization error 0xc0000135 and then it terminates.

Anyone have any idea on what could be wrong? Both computers are XP. Although the desktop is a newer version of XP as the look is a bit different compared to the laptop.

How do you check that the .NET framework is the same, where abouts is the version located?

[salvelinus]

Can't recall offhand where you manually check for the .Net framework version, I know it's pretty simple though.
Anyway, I think you can set the install file check for it.

[Wallabie]

Thanks salvelinus, any thoughts on what the problem might be?

Anyone?

What else could i try to look for?

[nemaroller]

Salvelinus is implying your other XP machine has a different .Net framework version.

You could make simple windows app that displays the framework version of the machine..

Messagebox.Show(System.Environment.Version.ToString)

If the two are different then perhaps you have used a deprecated function from the 1.0 framework, or in this scenario, more likely you developed in the 1.1 framework, and the other machine only has the 1.0 framework.

If they are different, check here:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/change...1/default.aspx

My personal guess is the other machine's framework is not 100% installed or configured properly. If the above code says both are the same, you may want to reinstall the framework on the other machine.

[Wallabie]

Ahhh...thats what i wanted nemaroller, thanks.

I'm infact still on Framework 1.0 as i have VS 2002 and someone
said you cant use VS2002 with the 1.1 Framework? so i've stayed with 1.0

I'll do a little quick and dirty with your code so i can see what version is on the desktop.

By the way, it's more likely that the desktop has 1.1 as it is the newer computer. I only bought it back in late november.

EDIT:

AAAGGGHHHH! Forget what i just wrote above. It wont work as the program wont run on the desktop, as it will crash!
Original question still stands.....where can i find the .NET Framework version so i can check. Where is it stored?

[nemaroller]

There's a registry key that exists, but the two easiest ways to tell is to:

1) Open Control Panel...Add/Remove programs... and see if either one or both frameworks exist.
Microsoft .Net Framework v1.03705
and/or
Microsoft .Net Framework v1.1

2) Control Panel... Administrative Tools...

Inside Administrative tools, depending on the existence of installed frameworks, you will either see:

Microsoft .Net Configuration

and/or

Microsoft .Net Configuration 1.1


The former being version 1.0 (which isn't labeled 1.0), the latter being 1.1.

[Wallabie]

Yes! excellent, thank you nemaroller.

I knew it had to be somewhere simple...DOH!

I have version 1.03705 on the laptop and there's nothing at all in on the desktop, so it looks like the framework isn't even installed
Thank you

[hellswraith]

That would do it...lol.

[Wallabie]

lol, yup

You would think on a new machine it would have been installed automatically, wouldn't you