Category Archives: Application Compatibility

Case of the .NET 4.5.2 Setup Can’t Run In Compatibility Mode

Posted on September 3, 2014 by chentiangemalc

When downloading http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=42643 on Windows 8.1, the installer failed Well the most obvious thing, is the installer for some reason is set into compatibility mode. Clicking EXE and looking at properties shows this is not the case: First I tried … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, API Monitor, Application Compatibility, Debugging, Reverse Engineering, Windows 8.1 | Tagged | 4 Comments

Case of the Admin Check Fail

Posted on June 12, 2014 by chentiangemalc

After users had migrated from Windows XP to Windows 7 an application Continuum ( OmsInst.exe) started to fail with error on some users: Continuum Database InitializationYou must have NT local administrative priviledges to run this application However … This user … Continue reading →

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Case of the Invalid Base Key Error

Posted on May 22, 2014 by chentiangemalc

Continuing my series on .NET patching – refer to https://chentiangemalc.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/case-of-the-net-service-hang-patching-webclient-operation-timed-out/ for the previous articles more of an overview of using some of the tools described. A “front end” application that was used to launch another application was failing to launch … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, 64-bit, Application Compatibility, Debugging, Hacking, Patching, Reflexil, WinDbg, Windows 7 | 2 Comments

Case Of The Missing Ini Files – A WinDbg Reconstruction

Posted on January 9, 2014 by chentiangemalc

An application was reported by the customer as “incompatible” with Windows 7 as it was “crashing” It was an in-house app developed by the customer to provide automated updates to their in-house applications. However the method of configuring the app … Continue reading →

Posted in API Monitor, Application Compatibility, Debugging, Hacking, Win32, WinDbg | 1 Comment

Case of the ADODB.Connection Provider Not Found Error

Posted on November 7, 2012 by chentiangemalc

A customer’s old in-house app was bombing out occasionally on Windows 7 with the following error: ADODB.Connection: Provider cannot be found. It may not be properly installed. The question was – what provider could not be found? We did not … Continue reading →

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Case of the Triple Single Sign On Sign On Sign On

Posted on October 18, 2012 by chentiangemalc

A customer still in Windows XP land was also still suffering along with IE6 … and with final mitigating issues preventing upgrade out of the way – off they went, on their merry way, to the wonderful modern world of … Continue reading →

Posted in Application Compatibility, Internet Explorer | Tagged | 1 Comment

The App That Used Lotus Notes Database for Windows Updates

Posted on September 24, 2012 by chentiangemalc

Having worked on many Windows XP to Windows 7 migration projects over the past 3 years I’ve seen a lot of nasty legacy apps. This makes a good case for being labelled the most interesting to get working. (To be … Continue reading →

Posted in Application Compatibility, Java, Lotus Notes, Windows 7 | Tagged | 1 Comment

An Epic Battle of Adobe vs IE vs SAP

Posted on April 12, 2012 by chentiangemalc

This all started out on a Windows 7 deployment project very innocuously. A small group of users would occasionally (2-3 times a week, some people 1-2 times a day) try to browse a web page but get the standard Internet … Continue reading →

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Watch Out For the Virtual Store

Posted on March 15, 2012 by chentiangemalc

Had an interesting application deployment issue. The issue was described to me like this: We deploy an upgrade to the application, which is an ACCESS database app (ah the wonderful world of enterprise applications) that connects to a backend SQL. … Continue reading →

Posted in Application Compatibility, Office | Tagged | 1 Comment

Windows 8 Compat Cookbook Summary

Posted on March 8, 2012 by chentiangemalc

If you want to know what breaking app-compat changes are in Windows 8 Consumer Preview but don’t want to read the 100 page cookbook here http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27416 Here’s a summary: OS version is 6.2. Remember to use VerifyVersionInfo Win32 API http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms725492(VS.85).aspx … Continue reading →

Posted in Application Compatibility, Migration, Windows 8 | Tagged | 4 Comments