Could not load Assembly 'Microsoft.Office.Server.Search'

Question

Hi

I have got following error:

"Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Office.Server.Search, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format."

Does anybody know solution for this?

or

Does anybody gonn through this error?

Any input greatly appretiated?

Answer 1

The An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format part of the error message suggests that this has something to do with 32-bit/64-bit architecture.

Is the OS 32-bit or 64-bit?
How is IIS configured?
How was the assembly you're trying to use compiled?

Read these 2 posts:

• http://www.robertwray.co.uk/blog/2009/02/an-attempt-was-made-to-load-a.html
• http://blogs.msdn.com/arvindsh/archive/2009/06/21/tip-of-the-day-an-attempt-was-made-to-load-a-program-with-an-incorrect-format-net-p-invoke-issue.aspx

Answer 2

Hi there.

If you are convinced that the DLL file is on the server, you should try looking for it here:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\ISAPI\

From my experience with SharePoint, some DLL files can be found in the GAC whilst others were located in the above folder.

EDIT: If you're using SharePoint 2010, then change 12 to be 14 in the folder path.

Cheers. Jas.