DCOM ERROR

[dgpenn]

Hi
I have a NT server running 4.0 that I have tried to install a server. This is the only error I get when I try to create the object.

Unable to start a DCOM Server: {7438CBF2-F2D7-11D4-9A39-00B0D0A1D387}. The error:
"%1 is not a valid Windows NT application. "
Happened while starting this command:
D:\Program Files\PhdTmuSrv\PhdTmuSrv.exe -Embedding

any ideas??????

Thanks

[Achichincle]

Sounds like it doesn't like the "-Embedding" argument.

Try enclosing the whole command in parentheses?

"D:\Program Files\PhdTmuSrv\PhdTmuSrv.exe -Embedding "

[dgpenn]

But do I have any control over that statement. All I do is run the server on the machine from the directory that it is install in to get it registered.

[Achichincle]

Oops. I thought you were calling that statement yourself from somewhere in your code.

So you're saying that that is the command the server executes to start your dcom server? Weird.

I guess I have no idea then. Sorry!

[dgpenn]

In case someone else runs into this here is the problem.
The server was installed on D:\PROGRAM FILES\APP PATH. There is a bug in that if this path is simular to a path on C: such as C:\PROGRAM FILES\ then decom has a problem finding the correct path. Fix is to move the server code to a unique path and re register the server.

Originally posted by Achichincle
Oops. I thought you were calling that statement yourself from somewhere in your code.

So you're saying that that is the command the server executes to start your dcom server? Weird.

I guess I have no idea then. Sorry!

[Achichincle]

Glad you got it working...