XP SR2 install/App exception with .NET 1.1

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Posted by: vinnieconnare
         

I've installed .NET 1.1

 

and Installed the Font Validator version 1.0.1286 on a WinXP SP2 machine and the validator errors

 

'Application has generated an exception that could not be handled.

 

Process id=0xa78 (2680), thread id=0x82c (2092)

 

uninstalls, reboots, Windows Updates/optional install all tried. Still no luck.

 

what's wrong?

 

vinnie

 

         

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Posted by: fontguy
         
Vinnie,

Do other .NET applications function properly? I saw a problem a long time ago, a buggy font* would cause an exception whenever *any* .NET app tried to access fonts, not just Validator. After a lot of digging around we finally narrowed it to a font bug. Removed the offending font and all was right with the world


Josh


*details for those so inclined: the font used a format 12 cmap subtable where the last group used an endCharCode of 0xFFFFFFFF; while not "technically" illegal, it's not necessary and apparently something in .NET did not like it, brought the whole thing down.

         

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Posted by: vinnieconnare
         

my problem is the the Validator dies on start up. So it has nothing to do with a font.

         

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Posted by: fontguy
         
That is the same problem I was having; don't be so sure that it has nothing to do with a font.

I initially thought it was a Validator problem as well; it was only after considerable investigation that we determined the font problem. And I'm not talking about a font that I was trying to test with FV; I'm talking about a font that was installed in WindowsFonts that -- I thought -- had absolutely nothing to do with FV.

But apparently the .NET framework does some sort of initialization/caching of installed WIndows fonts; even fonts you don't use in your app.

Could you check again whether any other .NET apps fail upon startup? If so, I would consider cleaning out your WindowsFonts directory to only an absolute core/minimum and try again.

         

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Posted by: Sergey Malkin
         
Hi Vinnie,

It is very hard to tell what the problem is, there is no additional information available. Few things I would quickly try:

- Do you have any other applications installed on this machine that uses .NET framework? Check if they work. You can install Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator - it is .NET application.

- As Josh said, it may be a font problem. There is a file in "c:documents and settingssergeymLocal SettingsApplictaion data" named GDIPFONTCACHEV1.DAT. There is a chance it got corrupted. Try to delete it and try again.

Thanks,
Sergey




         

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Posted by: vinnieconnare
         
Hello

The problem was with the .NET install on XP,

I removed .NET manually since it was buggered and wouldn't uninstall. After
the full massive process of removing it from the registry and everywhere and
downloading the zap utility all is well. I've seen on the web that this is a
common corruption problem on XP with .NET 1.1.

regards,

vincent connare



         

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Posted by: vinnieconnare
         

For anyone who has a corrupted .NET, and the unistall feature in Add/Remover programs doesn't work, the page that shows you how to manually remove .NET is here:

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824643/

 

regards,

 

vinnie

         

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