Raine wrote:

When attempting to install my Paint Shop Pro 9 and other graphic software programs I get errors one as such that reads...

"Failed to start. Configuration is incorrect."

I can get the program on my computer but I can seem to run it.

Any suggestions on how to correct configurations?
to what it is that I have to do to get the program to run?

I am not the most technical person in the world so if you could explain and give me a step by step instruction that would be greatly appreciated!

and also I got an error about the dynamic library...

CannotResolveSymbol wrote:



I'll report this to the IE beta newsgroup later tonight if it hasn't been reported there before then, though (that's the proper feedback mechanism for users of the public beta).

I un-installed IE8, it fixed the problem, re-installed it and the problem showed up again.

Here is a test program that illustrates the problem:

        private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                BitmapImage bitmap = new BitmapImage();
                bitmap.BeginInit();
                bitmap.UriSource = new Uri(
                    "http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/images/gallery/logos/web/mslogo-1.jpg",
                    UriKind.Absolute);
                bitmap.EndInit();

                Image img = new Image();
                img.Source = bitmap;
                grid.Children.Add(img);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(string.Format("{0}\r\n\r\n{1}", ex.Message, ex.StackTrace));
            }
        }



Here are some details on the exception that is thrown at bitmap.EndInit():

ex.Message
Value does not fall within the expected rage.

ex.StackTrace
at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo)

at MS.Win32.WinInet.get_InternetCacheFolder()

at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDownload.BeginDownload(
   BitmapDecoder decoder, Uri uri, RequestCachePolicy uriCachePolicy, Stream stream)

at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.LateBoundBitmapDecoder..ctor(
   Uri baseUri, Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCreateOptions createOptions,
   BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, RequestCachePolicy requestCachePolicy)

at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.CreateFromUriOrStream(
   Uri baseUri, Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCreateOptions createOptions,
   BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, RequestCachePolicy uriCachePolicy,
   Boolean insertInDecoderCache)

at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage.FinalizeCreation()

at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage.EndInit()

at WpfApplication5.Window1.Window_Loaded(Object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)



Here are a few "high level" things I tried to do to fix the problem:
- Changing the UriCachePolicy of the BitmapImage: none of the RequestCacheLevel enumeration values was able to fix the problem.
- Deleting the IE Cache: no luck here
- Running the test Program as Admin: no luck either


The next thing I did was setting up the .NET Framework Source Code Debugging (link):

I stepped into the code from the bitmap.EndInit() call to the MS.Win32.WinInet.get_InternetCacheFolder() call, I found that the problem occurs in the native calls to GetUrlCacheConfigInfo, which is located in wininet.dll. This DLL fails to return the internet cache folder properly.


    internal static Uri InternetCacheFolder
    {
        [SecurityCritical]
        get
        {
            // copied value 260 from orginal implementation in BitmapDownload.cs
            const int maxPathSize = 260;
            const UInt32 fieldControl = (UInt32)maxPathSize;
 
            NativeMethods.InternetCacheConfigInfo icci =
                new NativeMethods.InternetCacheConfigInfo();

            icci.CachePath = new string(new char[maxPathSize]);
            UInt32 size = (UInt32)Marshal.SizeOf(icci);
            bool passed = UnsafeNativeMethods.GetUrlCacheConfigInfo(
                ref icci,
                ref size,
                fieldControl);

            if (!passed)
            {
                int hr = Marshal.GetHRForLastWin32Error();

                if (hr != 0)
                {
                    Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
                }
            }

            return new Uri(icci.CachePath);
        }
    }


I checked the version number of this DLL, and it matches IE8 Beta1's version number: 8.0.6001.17184


Now that I know the problem is not in WPF itself, I would like to know if XP users are having the same problem. You could simply create a simple wpf program like my test program, or xaml like this:

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication5.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300" Loaded="Window_Loaded">
    <Grid Name="grid">
        <Image Source="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/images/gallery/logos/web/mslogo-1.jpg"/>
    </Grid>
</Window>

You only need to press Ctrl+~ to activate the zoom window, assuming that Aero is enabled.

To change the hot key that activates the zoom window, you can go to the file LiveZoom.cpp (currently, on line 85), and change the last parameter to the RegisterHotKey function. It is currently set to 0xC0 which is the the code for the tilda key on US keyboards.

// Register hot-key
if (!RegisterHotKey(hWnd, HOT_KEY_ID, MOD_CONTROL, 0xC0))
   SendMessage(hWnd, WM_DESTROY, 0, 0);

You can set to something like 0x31 which is the code for the
1-key.
For more key codes, you can look on this page: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms927178.aspx

When I have some free time, I might update the app with a Settings window and some performance improvements.

Wells wrote:

It takes up too much space on 1024x768 and there is no shortcut key to quickly show/hide the damn thing.

keeron wrote:



You should report this to the powershell team (easiest way: their blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/)

Shark_M wrote:

Hi guys,
I just wanted to know , how to detect memory leaks in your C# or vb or C++ application using Visual Studio 2005?

If you have a server application that is mutlithreaded, and is using 10 threads to process client connections and requests, but over time the overall operating system performance becomes degraded , and becomes slow, and needs a reboot. would this constitute a memory leak?

Detroit Muscle wrote:

Ever considered making an entry for the IEEE micro mouse competition? They make very good senior design projects:

http://www.csuchico.edu/ieee/micromouse.html

Somehow I feel making a C# framework wont look very good on a resume, and be very boring.

gabe19 wrote:

Not sure I've got what you're after, but this seems like it would be better written with the closing and nulling (required?) in the finally block. If Java throws exceptions in the try after the finally, you will get exceptions from trying to close, but the close will be executed anyhow by the exception-swallowing finally block. Certainly seems convoluted.

littleguru wrote:

I'm installing it on a second partition of my computer: DELL XPS, 2.15 ghz cpu, 2 gigabyte ram.... No virtual machine here.

C9 wiki wrote:

A number of Dell and other laptops have Broadcom 440x integrated network cards. The Windows XP driver for this card works on Windows Vista, but it will cause a blue screen crash on machines with more than 1GB memory. To resolve this problem, edit the boot.ini file to add a /maxmem=1024 switch for the Windows Vista partition. This will reduce the available memory for this partition to 1GB. Alternatively, you can of course disable the network driver.

Try disabling your network card (NIC) in the BIOS before installing. Then, you can change the boot.ini file later with the /maxmem switch.