I have installed Desktop App Converter from the Windows store.
When I try to run the app (literally just launch it), I get the message:
[Window Title]
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppConverter_2.0.2.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\DACTileLauncher.exe
[Content]
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppConverter_2.0.2.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\DACTileLauncher.exe
The data area passed to a system call is too small.
I have tried running the Troubleshooter for Windows Apps, it tells me that "Windows Store cache and licenses may be corrupt" and tries to fix them, but running the troubleshooter a second time gives the same issue.
Each time I try to run the Desktop App Converter, I get 2 errors in Event Viewer:
%1: Cannot create the Desktop AppX container for package %2 because an error was encountered configuring the runtime.
%4: Cannot create the process for package %1 because an error was encountered while configuring runtime. %5
... both from AppModel-runtime
Any ideas how I can troubleshoot from here?
If you have problems with the Microsoft DAC you try this new converter, it is much easier to use, it has a GUI (no command line), built-in support for digital signing and allows you to customize the list of files that get inside your AppX.
Also, you can generate AppX packages for applications which do not (cannot) install silently.
It runs on Windows 7 too, not just Windows 10 (recommended).
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Summary:
When I attempt to build and run my Uno WebAssembly on Ubuntu 20.04, it fails. The error cites a file or directory that doesn't exist.
Steps to reproduce:
Open Ubuntu 20.04 platform
Install .NET Core SDK 3.1.403
Follow the "Getting Started on VSCode" tutorial here
When you attempt to start the app with the .NET Core Launch configuration, note that the build fails.
Error Details:
/home/<user>/.nuget/packages/uno.wasm.bootstrap/1.3.4/build/Uno.Wasm.Bootstrap.targets(126,2): error : System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (2): No such file or directory [/home/<user>/Projects/uapp/uapp.Wasm/uapp.Wasm.csproj]
What I've tried
My knowledge of Uno Platform is approximately 1 day old. I'm not sure I understand enough about it to even know what to try, but I have done these things:
Run dotnet run from within the uapp.Skia.Gtk, which successfully opened the window I expected to see.
Run dotnet run from within uapp.Wasm, which resulted in the error described above.
Look on the documentation for clues on why the file might not be found on a fresh template that's not been modified (I could not find anything)
Question:
What should I be doing differently to get the Web Assembly to build and display the app correctly?
EDIT: The file in the error does exist, precisely in the path in the error.
You're hitting an error that may happen when building with some native components, like SQLite or Skia.
To fix this, you'll need to execute the dotnet-setup.sh installation script which is not yet run automatically.
This script installs .NET Core, mono and ninja, on ubuntu-alike systems.
I have a Java 9 app that I'm trying to package for the Windows Store. The strange thing is that it works as expected when I run the exe-launcher directly, but I get the following strange error when I run the launcher via the APPX package:
Exception in thread "Swing-Shell" java.lang.InternalError: Could not
initialize COM: HRESULT=0x80010106
at java.desktop/sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolderManager2.initializeCom(Native Method)
at java.desktop/sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolderManager2$ComInvoker$1.run(Unknown Source at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
HRESULT=0x80010106 means RPC_E_CHANGED_MODE which I guess means that COM is somehow already initialized in MTA mode. But why is this only an issue in the Windows Bridge sandbox? Does the Windows Bridge somehow pre-initialize COM somehow for some reason?
I'm not sure if this is a Java 9 issue, or a Desktop Bridge issue, or both. Does anybody have any ideas on how to identify the cause of the issue or workaround?
I have made a minimal Sample Project to reproduce the issue
The application works when executed directly, but not when executed via the APPX launcher. Why?
Analysis
The JDK parts, that rely on COM being initialized (D3DPipeline, Sound and windows shellfolder access) all follow the same pattern:
the run the code in a separate thread
for this thread CoInitialize is called
at the end of the user level code CoUnitialize is called
This is in line with the documentation the MSDN holds for COM and the analysis is correct, the error indicates, that the COM subsystem is already initialized to be MTA threaded.
So I modified the java launcher (jvm.dll) and inserted
debugging statements into some of the native methods in os_windows.cpp.
I focused on the threading methods. What I found was this:
create_main_thread, create_os_thread, pd_start_thread all
run with COM not yet initialized
the native thread initializer (thread_native_entry) is already
running with COM initialized
I looked more into in _beginthreadex and indeed I finally found a lead
on stackoverflow. That pointed me to the sourcecode of threadex.c,
which is part of the Visual Studio 2013 Express Installation.
There you find, that _beginthreadex does not directly start the
supplied thread function, but runs a library initializer
(_threadstartex) first. Part of this initializer reads:
_ptd->_initapartment = __crtIsPackagedApp();
if (_ptd->_initapartment)
{
_ptd->_initapartment = _initMTAoncurrentthread();
}
_callthreadstartex();
_crtIsPackagedApp detects via a kernel function if the application is
run as a "PackagedApp" (i.e. AppX package) and if so, then the
RoInitialize function is called, which from my understanding acts like the big
brother of CoInitialize.
Long story short: If your application is build with Visual Studio 2013
and run as a packaged application, you get a broken environment.
It was confirmed, that the working versions of the Oracle JDK were build with VS2010 SP1 and the broken version was build with VS2013SP4.
Workaround
With the above information google finally found a reference, that supports the analysis:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2016/07/07/using-visual-c-runtime-in-centennial-project/
Quote from that article:
Note that the existing VC++ 12.0 libraries created during the
Windows 8 timeframe have runtime checks to determine whether the
app is running under the app container or not. When running
desktop apps as a packaged app, these checks might limit the
functionality of the desktop app or cause it to behave like a UWA
(Universal Windows Application) (limited file system access or
create thread initializing MTA etc.). We have fixed this behavior
in the VC++ libraries contained in these framework packages and
thus removing the modern app limitations from your desktop
applications.
So I see to options to fix applications, that shall be distributed as AppX packages:
either force the users to have the updates VC++ 12.0 binaries installed (by introducing the dependency cited in the blog post) or
replace the msvcr120.dll that is bundled with Java 9 (and I assume also Java 10) with the fixed version from the update packages
I would go with the second version and I tested this. Starting with a clean up-to-date Windows 10 System, I installed JDK 9.0.4, I cloned the supplied testcase, modified it use the locally installed JRE (not the JDK!) and build the appx package. Running this, I reproduced the problem. I then replaced the msvcr120.dll's in the JRE folder of my systems installation with the one contained in the APPX container from:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53176
Hint: *.appx are just ZIP files with additional signatures, so you can
just rename them and extract the contents.
I rebuild the testcase and it is working as it should (no COM
initialization errors anymore).
I have a simple application using
QT += core gui network webkitwidgets
I've used windeployqt.exe to generate the 32 bits release on my win-10 64 bit computer. When I put the folder on a win-7 64 Bit desktop and double-click the app.exe, it never starts.
I can see it in the task manager, but I can't kill it, and if I try I cannot close the explorer folder in which I double clicked anymore.
I've checked the usual platform, ICU, qwindows.dll, and so on.
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/windows-deployment.html
EDIT Precisions:
I've compiled with default 32 Bit kit: "build-Test-Desktop_Qt_5_5_1_MinGW_32bit-Release" with "mingw492_32"
I have a package "release" generated by windeployqt.exe using the --webkit switch. I start a command prompt:
> set path=
> set mingw=
Then I make sure that no Qt/Mingw things exists anymore in my environment variables.
I also rename "c:\Qt" into "c:\ __Qt".
I move my release folder on my desktop.
I start release\test.exe ( from the clean path shell )
Everything runs fine! So The release/test.exe has everything it needs without the path/mingw variable.
But as soon as I put the folder on another windows machine ( 7 instead of 10 ) it never starts.
I tried dependency walker. It shows a lot of "API-MS-WIN*.dll" missing...
It even shows much more missing dlls on the "good" machine than on the bad one !!!
Every single "missing dll" on the "bad" target machine is actually in system32 on this machine.
Thanks for advice, every advice is welcome, I'm a bit desperate... :)
Edit
It seems to be related to the machine itself. I have successfully deployed this (very small) app to 2 non developer machine on win7 and win8 respectively. But the above "bad machine" still resits running it...
Edit
The problem seems not to be general but related to this one particular machine. Hence, feel free to close or move to the appropriate forum as it is not related to Qt/windeplyqt. If I figure out a solution, and question is closed, I'll simply add a last edit. Safe Boot and malwarebyte are my next actions.
After a long investigation.
Do not believe dependency walker, it used to be a top notch tool but it is now outdated.
If there is a missing dll, the system will prompt you with "cannot load dll xxx.dll" anyway.
Your best shot in case a soft runs on machine X but not on Machine Y is:
start in safe mode ( run: msconfig --> diagnostic startup )
turn off any antivirus or non microsoft/driver software,
"run as administrator".
If you can run with step 3. Then proceed by elimination:
run without admin rights,
Start anti spyware, etc...
Add appropriate exception to your antivirus if it is the root cause.
If the antivirus is not the root cause, run process monitor on both machines. Then compare, what Failed on one machine and not the other ? Read the windows event log and compare any error messages on both machines.
run sfc /scannow to check disk
run a complete anti spyware scan/ pc-repair tool ( malwarebytes, combofix, ... )
Make sure you really have the very same package on both machines, make sure you are not trying to run an exe on mac OS, make sure your computer is on.
Call the oracle, you are in the matrix...
In my case the problem was Avast and it was solved by adding appropriate exception.
I am just started exploring codelite. I have written a sample program hello.c to create a window and it will display "Hello World". Executable hello.exe is available under Debug directory. When i execute that from my system its working fine.
I have copied the hello.exe to my other system and tried to execute from there and i got error message "The Application was unable to start correctly. Clock OK to close the application".
Is it not possible to run the executable created in one PC to other PC? Do i need to any specific option during compilation?
Also i have installed MingW 64 bit and GTK 3.6.4 in the PC.
You are missing some information in your report, for example: when the error dialog was shown, did it say which error code or why it failed to launch?
Did you try using dependency walker to check whether you are missing some DLLs that exist on your computer but not on the other PC?
If you are building using a MinGW-64, then try to use dependency walker for 64 bit applications to see which DLLs are missing
I'm trying to use Adobe AIR 2's NativeProcess API to emulate the ApplicationUpdater but I'm encountering problems when I try to run the downloaded AppUpdater.exe file on computers with UAC (User Account Control) enabled.
When run without UAC enabled, the AppUpdater opens as usual and displays the standard Adobe replace dialog box. With UAC enabled, nothing happens at all.
Having run a few traces, it seems the problem arises when I call NativeProcess.start() - the code seems to stop running at this point, and does not run the following lines which exit the application in preparation for the AppUpdater to run.
I have added listeners for all of the possible events and error events that can be thrown, and added logging in each of them, but none of these are producing any output.
This issue only seems to affect installation executables (ones which windows warns will change settings on your computer). Calling java.exe -jar .... on the same computers in the same application works correctly.
I'm at a loss, so any help would be amazing!
After speaking to Adobe directly, I discovered that NativeProcess uses a windows API which is unable to elevate privileges which is why the installers wouldn't work. The workaround was to use File.openWithDefaultApplication which uses a different API that can elevate privileges, but this only works in a native-packaged AIR app (which was just fine for our app since it was already packaged in a native installer :))
adobe answer was http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/404/kb404888.html
but for real steps you should determine the application user privileges and determine UAC enabled, if yes - then warn end-user about it.
I'm expecting that you could do nothing with windows-thing from Adobe Air.