Vista Installation Problem

[MSP]

Hello,
I just got a new Vista machine and I am having trouble installing Visual Patch on it. It installs fine, but when I go to open the program it gives the error:

C:\Program Files\Visual Patch 3.0\Visual Patch.exe is not a valid win32 application.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it with no luck. I can still use my old computer, but need to upgrade to the new one soon. Thank you for your time.

MSP

[MSP]

I looked up the error in Microsoft Vista help and it basically says that you need to try redownloading the installer because it became corrupt sometime in the download process. I did that and it still gives the same error any suggestions would be great.

Thanks,
MSP

[KraMer]

I also have a problem with VP 3 on Vista, the trial verion. Basically, when I try to run Visual Patch.exe Windows closes it saying that it has stopped running (stupid generic error message). Install went fine, no errors. Here are my system specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200
2 GB DDR2
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (I doubt it's relevant)
400 GB of HDD space
Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit edition

EDIT: Wait. The problem comes from DEP. If I disable DEP for VP then it runs perfectly. Seems like a compiler bug than a bug in your code :-/

[Lorne]

Thanks for the report. It might be a compiler bug, or it might be an issue with the copy protection wrapper that is used on the trial.

REF: 18025

Has anyone run into this same issue with the full (non-trial) version?

[KraMer]

Just wondering, what compiler are you people using?

[Lorne]

It depends on the project, actually. We have some older projects that are compiled under VS6.0 for various reasons, but our new development is done in VS2008 whenever possible. (Aside from a few parts that we compile in VS6.0/VS2005 to have Windows 9x runtime support.)

Visual Patch is still compiled in VS6.0.

[likhary]

the same observation was here,it became corrupt sometime in the download process. I did that and it still gives the same error any suggestions would be great.