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My application runs on WinXP but fails to start on Win7

I compiled my application on Linux via MinGW (32-bit). My application runs as expected on Windows XP (SP2 & SP3, 32-bit OS), but it fails on Windows 7 (SP1, 64-bit OS). It throws this message:

The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click OK to close the application

How to solve this?

Solution

  • Use Dependency Walker to trace which DLL is missing. Load the Exe in depends and press F7 to start the profiler.

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    Click here ok to start profiling:

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    After you get the error message you should see missing DLLs shown in Depends.exe.

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