WD28 - Installation issue

Hi All

Trying to install WinDev 28 under Windows 10. The installation works fine, it finds the dongles and goes through the whole process without issue. But when I try and run WinDev I get the error:

"The application was unable to start correctly (0x000007b). Click OK to close"

Any ideas what the problem is?

Thanks

JP

Hi JP,

7b smells like problem with peripherals like printer, mouse etc. Do really habe an USB dongle or still a parallel dongle? Just a question.

Kind regards,
Guenter Predl
office@windev.at

Hi Guenter

I have genuine USB dongles for all 3 packages. But I am running Windows 10 under VirtualBox. This does work 100% when running under a Windows 8 VirtualBox. And all other applications run fine under VirtualBox e.g. MSOffice, other dev tools, Adobe, etc. And the WD installation also works fine too. So I dont think it's VirtualBox. I am now downloading the latest version 28 setup package from PCSoft's website and will try and see if that works. My version 28 setup package was a little older than the one available from their website.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/2023 01:07PM by JP.

Well, I cant get it to work under Windows 10 running as a VirtualBox virtual machine. Works fine for Windows 8 but not Win10. PCSoft cannot help. Anyone else had this issue or am I the only one running virtual machines and WinDev?

Hello JP

There are quite a few links from a Google search describing the problem but whether they work on a virtual machine is another matter.

[www.howtogeek.com]

[answers.microsoft.com]

[www.techadvisor.com]

Regards
Al

Al,

Thanks I will look into those.

Question: how can I install the 32bit versions of WinDev? There used to be an option for that during the install but that has now gone. Is there a 32bit installer? I ask because your first link says that this error can be caused by mismatch between 32 bit and 64 bit software and perhaps the drivers for the hasp dongles is 32bit?

Hi Al,

The problem is solved as follows from your link:

[www.howtogeek.com]

1) Uninstall all WinDev tools (WD, WB, WDM)

2) Reinstall Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable - see linked article.

NB: No need to reinstall as WinDev installation will install it.

3) Fix Windows' Corrupt Files - see linked article.

From a command prompt (admin privileges) run:

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

Then run:

sfc /scannow

My Windows installation had some errors apparently and the sfc /scannow fixed them.

4) Reset the computer

5) Reinstall the WinDev tools.

Thanks for posting the links!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/05/2023 08:16AM by JP.

Hello JP,

Glad it worked out for you - certainly was an odd problem.

Regards
Al