SideBySide problem with debug build on a VM.

Question

I have a .NET application that is developed with Visual Studio 2008 which uses a C++/CLI DLL named xVJob.dll.

I am getting SideBySide errors when I try to run it on a test VM. The VM is running Windows Server 2003 SP2.

I can run and debug everything fine on my development machine, but when I try to run it on the test VM, it throws an exception:

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembl
y 'xVJob, Version=1.0.3883.15147, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one o
f its dependencies. This application has failed to start because the application
 configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x800736B1)
File name: 'xVJob, Version=1.0.3883.15147, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'
 ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x800736B1): This application
 has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinsta
lling the application may fix this problem. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800736B1)

   at Jobs.JobMonitor.MonitorThread()
   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, C
ontextCallback callback, Object state)
   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

I've copied the Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT and Microsoft.VC90.DebugMFC folders from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\redist\Debug_NonRedist to the folder that contains the executables on the VM.

The manifest that is created when the xVJob.dll is built looks like this:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?>
<assembly xmlns='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' manifestVersion='1.0'>
  <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
    <security>
      <requestedPrivileges>
        <requestedExecutionLevel level='asInvoker' uiAccess='false' />
      </requestedPrivileges>
    </security>
  </trustInfo>
  <dependency>
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity type='win32' name='Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT' version='9.0.21022.8' processorArchitecture='x86' publicKeyToken='1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b' />
    </dependentAssembly>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity type='win32' name='Microsoft.VC90.DebugMFC' version='9.0.21022.8' processorArchitecture='x86' publicKeyToken='1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b' />
    </dependentAssembly>
  </dependency>
</assembly>

The manifests for the Debug_NonRedist runtime DLLs says they are version version="9.0.30729.4148".

The following events are logged to the system event log:

Component identity found in manifest does not match the identity of the component requested

Syntax error in manifest or policy file "...\Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT\Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT.MANIFEST" on line 4.

This is the contents of the Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT.MANIFEST file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
    <noInheritable></noInheritable>
    <assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT" version="9.0.30729.4148" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b"></assemblyIdentity>
    <file name="msvcr90d.dll" hashalg="SHA1" hash="af453f3ee64ff975e704d8241daee695e423e6b8"><asmv2:hash xmlns:asmv2="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"&gt;&lt;dsig:Transforms&gt;&lt;dsig:Transform Algorithm="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:HashTransforms.Identity"></dsig:Transform></dsig:Transforms><dsig:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"&gt;&lt;/dsig:DigestMethod&gt;&lt;dsig:DigestValue&gt;qLOzJNR/6Gg8hHyBY2oMP6cuf4E=&lt;/dsig:DigestValue&gt;&lt;/asmv2:hash&gt;&lt;/file&gt; <file name="msvcp90d.dll" hashalg="SHA1" hash="7689e9e00acb4d25542085d44724a5759cac93b5"><asmv2:hash xmlns:asmv2="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"&gt;&lt;dsig:Transforms&gt;&lt;dsig:Transform Algorithm="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:HashTransforms.Identity"></dsig:Transform></dsig:Transforms><dsig:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"&gt;&lt;/dsig:DigestMethod&gt;&lt;dsig:DigestValue&gt;ItToY/v0CGa5SMBJskUQJE64qlI=&lt;/dsig:DigestValue&gt;&lt;/asmv2:hash&gt;&lt;/file&gt; <file name="msvcm90d.dll" hashalg="SHA1" hash="86cfdcb727b087b5bf963d87a14056a10ca46b24"><asmv2:hash xmlns:asmv2="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"&gt;&lt;dsig:Transforms&gt;&lt;dsig:Transform Algorithm="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:HashTransforms.Identity"></dsig:Transform></dsig:Transforms><dsig:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"&gt;&lt;/dsig:DigestMethod&gt;&lt;dsig:DigestValue&gt;QdrglJI4vM+V6T5D6iJv08yi+W0=&lt;/dsig:DigestValue&gt;&lt;/asmv2:hash&gt;&lt;/file&gt;
</assembly>

I don't understand why I'm getting different runtime versions in the manifest that is generated with the xVJob.dll and the runtime files.

Please help!

Answer 1

The answers to this question helped me resolve this problem:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/59635/app-does-not-run-with-vs-2008-sp1-dlls-previous-version-works-with-rtm-versions

In particular, defining _BIND_TO_CURRENT_VCLIBS_VERSION in my preprocessor settings for all of my projects seems to have done the trick.