Invalid pointer operation when moving TImage components at design-time - pointers

I've installed Delphi 10.4 Sydney Professional Edition on a new PC, a Dell Inspiron 7400 with Win 10 Pro, i7 11 generation, 16G RAM. No other installed software by me, other than MS Office 2013.
When starting the IDE and creating a new Windows VCL application, when I add TImage components to the Form and then move them around by dragging, I randomly get an "Invalid pointer operation" error message, and then the IDE gets stuck in an endless loop requiring a Ctrl-Alt-Del escape.
I re-installed Delphi, in case of some installation issue, but the same problem occurs.
Starting Delphi as an administrator, it behaves OK.
Has this been seen before? Is there a known fix? Looks like a bug in the IDE.

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How to prevent Qt 6.0 Installer from crashing?

Here’s what happens
I open the installer, choose the packages I want(I choose to install some 1.7 GB of components), everything goes well.
But then when I click on the Install button, and Qt installer crashes! And by crashes I mean it crashes, Windows DOES NOT tell me it is not responding. The window just gets invisible from the taskbar.
There also is no possibility that it is installing in the background, as I waited for approx. 5 mins, and when I checked in the folder where I was going to install it, I didn’t find a SINGLE component installed!
How to solve that?
I asked some questions earlier because a person needs more information. It also depends on what compiler you have. There are many many known issues with Qt 6.x.
The default kit doesn't work with MSVC2019
https://forum.qt.io/topic/120357/wrong-kit-for-qt-6-0-0-msvc2019-64bit/5
Qt 6.0 has install issues with GLib 6
https://youtu.be/IZy6FMQlaNg
There also appears to be significant problems with OpenGL.
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/20499
People seem to still be able to get off-line installers, and, as this French typing person found out, you have to be careful because it appears there are some 32-bit Windows kits.
https://forum.qt.io/topic/123027/installation-qt6-on-windows/7
If you try running them on a 64-bit Windows 10, they crash.
If this doesn't answer your question, you need to supply
Which Windows Version
32 or 64-bit
off-line or on-line installer?

Can't install BI Publisher for desktop

I'm having problems installing BI Publisher for Desktop 11.1.1.9.0 32bit(11g) on Win7 64 bit system (Office 2013). Previously I successfully installed it but there was no add-on visible in Office, so tried with 64 bit version but with no luck. After that I've uninstalled it but now it keeps giving me these errors, "INSTALL DIR get falied!" and "TBMenusSetup.msi!"
Any idea hoe to solve this?
Br
This is what I did on Windows 7 (64-bit) and Office 2013 (32-bit):
Download: Oracle BI Publisher Desktop 11.1.1.7.0 for 32 bit Office on Windows (244 MB) - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-publisher/downloads/index.html
Run BIPublisherDesktop32.exe
If Add-In doesn't show up at this point, run step 4
Run setup.exe from here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Oracle\BI Publisher\BI Publisher Desktop\DotNetInstallFiles\setup.exe
Done
I also check the following conditions if I have trouble with installing BIP (which I often have)
Make sure that the versions on your system are matching
(JRE,Office,BIP). That means: If you have Office in 64bit you need
JRE(64bit) and BIP(64bit).
Check if the addon is deactivated by word and activate it in case.
Use "Run as Administrator" with the BIP Installer.
Hope this helps :)
download bi publisher desktop and do a fresh install.
if you are not getting the add on then go to Microsoft office icon-->word option-->add ins-->then check in manage drop down(disabled items).If its Bi Publisher then click on that.You will get this in MS word.
https://carsandcode.com/2014/05/12/oracle-bi-publisher-desktop-on-64-bit-windows-with-32-bit-office/
Personally, until next time, not sure what worked, as above step I did earlier with no resolution.
But, I have been installing, troubleshooting BIP Desktop for few years and each time it is broken, fix do not exist and there are threads which leads to absolutely nothing. This time around, O365 was rolled out to Pilot Users and yes BIP toolbar gone. Uninstalled O365, re-installed Office 2010, repair/remove/reinstall - none worked. Ran MS Debug/ Sysinternals - Procmon/ProcessXP - found leak threads but nothing to suggest which components is missing or corrupted. Finally, I started running all msi and pre-req sw in BIP dir and DotNetInstallFiles, and it did come back the elusive toolbar, which MS Word fails to load or kept in Inactive add-ins.

Visual Studio 2015 download getting stuck at applying Microsoft ASP.net

I'm currently on my third attempt trying to install Visual Studio 2015 on this computer. I have tried rebooting, hard shut downs, canceling setup and restarting, etc. Each time, it gets stuck at applying Microsoft ASP.net. I have tried leaving it overnight (12 hours). My download speed is 50-60 MBPS according to Ookla Speedtest. I am running Windows 10. I did do a "custom" installation and added C++, Python, and the Git extension. If I am not mistaken it said 7 GB size. Why is it doing this? Please help!
I don't understand why this isn't working because I installed VS 2015 for my laptop (a different computer) just a few days ago on a relatives WIFI and their speed was 3-7 MBPS.
(Note: The installer is not technically frozen since the loading dots on the bottom are moving.) However, bar hasn't filled up at all for like 6 hours.
EDIT:
Do I need ASP.NET (for C#, Python, and maybe C++)? Can I uncheck certain features for installation so that it wont try to install this? Also, when I cancel installation it never cancels and just stays there so I have to kill the installer with the task manager. This is getting incredibly frustrating.
Fixed it...
Easiest way is "threaten" to shut down the computer. Go into Power, restart system. You will be warned that there is a logging program which will not let the system reset. Cancel that program and then do NOT restart.
Installer immediately went on to next part and finished install after having been stuck for 6 hours...
I got it to work, it wasn't perfect, but here is what I did: It was getting stuck at very certain points, most notably ASP.NET. I did a little research and got an idea from something I read (I unfourtunetly can't find the source again). Sometimes windows opens invisible "confirm" type windows or installer windows that get stuck. When the installer got stuck I opened up task manager -> details, than checked On the visual studio process by right clicking then clicking analyzing wait chain. This showed me what process the VS install was waiting for. Then, I'd just kill the process. Messy, I know, but better then nothing. I had to do that 2 or 3 times. Afterward it said it installed correctly with 2 components that had warnings. ASP.NET was included. But everything else worked fine (c#, C++) Later I went back and did a repair. That worked pretty smooth. Finally, I installed the Python Tools successfully. (that part is sort of irrelevant but the point was that everything is now working fine).
edit, found another source: Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition Installation Stuck In Windows 10
Yes i had this problem too. To solve this open task manager and go to details tab then search for TiWorker.exe, right click on it and choose analyzing wait chain it will display many instances of the process that are in waiting mode , check all those processes and terminate them after doing this the installer will go to the next step.
To avoid this problem, you have to install IIS first.
Go to Control Panel -> Programs -> Turn Windows features on or off -> Select "Internet Information Services" -> OK
I had this problem a couple of hours before writing this answer and what worked for me was:
I opened other programs at least two or three and went to power and clicked on restart as usual it will warn you about open programs that need too be closed before shutdown or programs that are currently active I then clicked on force close and it closed the first program that I recently opened then I quickly clicked on cancel. Two minutes later instalation was back on track
Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc, then go to Tiworker.exe and terminate all the waiting processes.
I found a solution to this headache of a process to install Visual Studio. If you have tried everything and nothing seams to be working for you even by trying the command line shell then try this.
Go open task manager while running the installer and kill wusa.exe. It will kill the process to search for the update and continue the installation. You may have to kill some other processes as well if they get stuck. Its not great but it seams to be working.
wusa.exe seams to be the task that is the problem that prevents the installer from moving to the next step. This could be because your computer can not reach the update server.
This seams to be the case for both the Community and Enterprise Version of Visual Studio.

visual studio debug error unable to start program no more files

System info: Win 7 x64 SP 1, IE 10, Visual Studio 2010
I've been researching this error all over.
visual studio debug error:
"unable to start program (File path) no more files"
This started with the installation of internet explorer 10 and is happening across all my web projects within Visual Studio 2010.
I've tried all possible solutions (but not VS re-installs) from registry entries (http://forums.asp.net/t/1891930.aspx/1), IE 10 reinstall (fail...won't let me reinstall due to existing version) to switching default launch browser (in Visual Studio, select a different browser such as Chrome to be default browser in "Browse With..." option in project..it works but is pain in the rear) but one thing I just tried which is making me wonder if there is an issue with how IE 10 is launched came from the following experiment:
Basically I did the same process of changing the default browser except that I picked IE 10 x86 version manually in the "Browse With..." option, set it as default and ran project. Voila, it works with no issues.
My next step was to confirm the default IE option in the "Browse With...". I found articles such as (http://lennybacon.com/post/2010/08/22/rehowtochangethedefaultbrowserinvisualstudioprogrammatically) which put me on the path to find out where the settings are for Visual Studios default browser settings.
I checked the browser.xml file and all looked ok including the registry entry pointing to it. I'm unable to check the version of the browser since MS, in it's infinite wisdom decided not to show that info in the Help -> About or anywhere else. so my gut feeling is that the default IE 10 being launched is the x64 bit version.
Does anyone know?
1) how I can confirm the default version of IE 10 launched since afore methods have not worked and
2) why would (I'm assuming) IE 10 x64 launch vs. the defined IE 10 x86 referenced version in the browser.xml file?
Thanks for any and all help.
Dave
UPDATE:
So from doing continual testing, it seems that after I ran the process to change the Default Browser settings in both the registry and the browser.xml file, upon launching the debug process in Visual Studio 2010, it automatically reverted back to the original default broswer settings which would launch the x64 version of IE 10. So in my case, it seems that the issue (error above) lies in the fact that debugging in Visual Studio 2010 using x64 browsers would cause the error. With no recourse, I ended up removing IE 10 from Windows Features and going through a painful process of getting IE 9 back on my system, I now can effectively debug using IE (x86).
It seems that MS is not pursuing any fixes for this issue of the default browser in VS 2010 from what I've read. There are in browser tools I've seen to do the default browser setting changes but don't want to bother with it/don't trust it will work.
Hopfully this helps others dealing with the same pain I have endured...
Thanks
Dave
When I ran into this problem (using IE 11) I noticed that iexplore was open about a hundred times in the task manager. After killing them all I was able to open my project just fine.
Since then, I have made a .bat file with this code: taskkill /F /IM iexplore.exe /T
so now I just run the .bat when I get that error. (alternatively you could run that code from the cmd)
James Butler's response is good for killing all the open IE processes. Which seems to be the issue here. The best solution I have been using is to just set, "Don't open a page. Wait for a request from an external application." then I just refresh the URL (if already open in browser) each time I rerun the debugger.
Access in Project properties under the, "Web" option. Then change setting there.
Check the following registry key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\TabProcGrowth
Make sure that the value is Minimum
I started getting this error today after restarting from a Windows Update. I'm on Windows 8.1 desktop using VS.NET 2013. To fix I had to add another browser choice in VS debug that was pointing to the x86 version of IE11, and set that as the default. Although the post alludes to the x64 vs x86 browsers being the issue, this seems like an easier solution than the original poster's process of uninstalling and reinstalling browsers.
This blog explains how to set the default browser for debugging to IE x86: http://weblogs.asp.net/gurusarkar/visual-studio-web-developer-express-starting-two-instances-of-internet-explorer-and-throwing-an-error
Have you tried this: "...try selecting the project node in Solution Explorer and choose Set as StartUp Project". Just worked for me.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/efd93f22-1f1f-4fb1-8ff3-e29104780572/unable-to-start-program-there-are-no-more-files?forum=lightswitchgeneral
I think this is caused by a more general issue of low available system memory. In my case, Performance Monitor showed I was using 82% of my available memory when I was receiving the error. Looking at the processes, the culprit for me was lots of Chrome processes. I shut down Chrome, which freed up about 2 GB of memory, and then I was able to run the debugger successfully. Shutting down lots of IE processes would achieve the same thing of freeing up lots of memory. So I think the solution is just to free up system memory by shutting down whatever processes you don't need open.
This is what is working for me with windows 11 and edge:
Project Start Options - Don't open a page. Wait for a request from an
external application.
Start - Local IIS (Microsoft Edge)/Script
debugging disabled
Create a shortcut to launch the application like
this: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
http://localhost/MyApplication/

Tricky Qt / OpenGL bug - everything crashes

I have an annoying and unfortunately urgent problem. I started out by trying to subclass the QGLWidget for my Windows application in Visual Studio 2008 x86. It crashed immediately upon running, as far as I could tell, when the QGLWidget was instantiated. Finally I ended up trying all the included Qt examples for Open GL, and they all behave the same - crashing as follows:
Error message pops up:
"Windows has triggered a breakpoint in
2dpainting.exe..."
The execution halts in qgl_win.cpp (breakpoint indicated):
QGLTemporaryContext::~QGLTemporaryContext()
{
wglMakeCurrent(d->dmy_pdc, 0);
wglDeleteContext(d->dmy_rc);
ReleaseDC(d->dmy_id, d->dmy_pdc);
DestroyWindow(d->dmy_id);
--> if (d->old_dc && d->old_context)
wglMakeCurrent(d->old_dc, d->old_context);
}
Output:
... HEAP[2dpainting.exe]: HEAP: Free
Heap block a40c108 modified at a40c288
after it was freed Windows has
triggered a breakpoint in
2dpainting.exe.
This may be due to a corruption of the
heap, which indicates a bug in
2dpainting.exe or any of the DLLs it
has loaded ...
Also happens when I switch from debug to release. However, I can run most of these Open GL example compiled executables just fine.
I can't find anything through internet searches. Gurus, please help!
Thanks,
Matt
I resolved the problem by updating my graphics drivers to their latest version. Strange, because I'm using the Intel GMA 965 Express chipset, which is already very old.
Now all the Qt examples compile just fine. No heap corruption.
I'm also able to run the main Qt Examples and Demos app from the start menu, which I was never able to do before - it would just crash.

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