windows-7-x64

How can i lauch a process which has a UI from Windows service ?

I have created a service application and also a windows form application now i want to lauch windows application from the service. I know that in win7 because of service isoloation you con't do this directly so i used 'CreateProcessAsUser' of 'advapi32.dll' method but it is able to create the process also appearing in 'Task manager' b...

Anyone successfully installed .net framework 4.0 Beta2 on Windows 7 (64 bit)?

Hi, I've just installed windows 7 (64 bit) and sql server 2008 with sp1. Everything seemed fine until now. I've now downloaded .net Framework 4 beta 2 and am trying to run the installer and i get "unable to create new files in the folder into which files are being extracted." Can any one tell me what i'm missing? Has anyone been success...

See XP Mode IIS sites from host OS

I am running Windows 7 x64, and then XP in Windows XP Mode. I am using bridged networking so that in XP I can access network / domain resources (e.g. SourceSafe). I can access SourceSafe, develop code in Visual Studio, run the web site, etc. all within the VM. But I would really like to be able to hit the web site on the XP VM from th...

Why is my site trying to load the 32 bit aspnet_filter.dll even when 'enable32BitAppOnWin64' is set to False?

I was developing an ASP.NET MVC web app on Windows XP and Visual Studio 2008 (using the Visual Studio web server). I recently installed Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate edition, IIS 7.5 and migrated my app using appcmd. If I set the flag enable32BitAppOnWin64 == false on my application pool my application works fine. As soon as I set it to tr...

Visual Studio hangs On Windows 7 64 bit ultimate edition, While Trying to Open an ASP.net web app.

I am trying to migrate an ASP.net 2.0 Project from 32 bit windows xp IIS 5.1 to 64 bit windows 7 IIS 7.5. When ever i try to open the site Visual Studio 2005/2008 starts Hanging( I have tried opening the site from File System as well as IIS). I can create new project and those projects work fine not even that I was able to sucessfully mi...

Easiest way to open chm files programmatically?

Hi, I have a legacy 32-bit application written in Borland's C++ Builder. I need to show specific pages from within a HtmlHelp file programmatically. Until now I've been doing this via HtmlHelp.ocx, but this does not work on x64 versions of Windows Vista / Windows7 as described in this thread. I can't compile the application as 64-bit e...

Problems installing sql management studio express on win7-64

Here's what happened: install sql express 2008 install sql 2008 sp1 download and install SSMSE x64. There is a popup re incompatibility with the OS, and the help takes you back to the sp1 download page. It won't install... in fact the install that comes up appears to be for sql server express and I see no mention of SSMSE anywhere in ...

What did I lose when I upgraded?

I upgraded my work box from Vista64 to Win7-64 by doing a format and reinstall. I kept backups of the project done in MS Visual Studio 2008 (Team). But now it won't compile. I am getting errors generated on lines in the MS created header files like "'_In_' not defined" etc. I know it is because I lost some compiler setting/directive. I w...

DirectShow Editing Services 4GB memory limit under Windows 7 x64

I compiled XTLTest as 64 bit and attempted to test some XTLs under windows 7 x64. All these tests were done using an XTL with one clip from the WMV showcase, with a timeline sized at 1440x1080. buffering set to 300 - plays back fine. buffering set to 600 and got a cant run graph error. Recompiled with large memory aware (which should...

Visual Studio 2008 x86 install on windows 7 64 bit

I am getting an error when the setup autorun executes. It states that it is not compatible with the 64 bit operating system and does not allow me to install it. Is the VS installer 16 bit? The error also mentions this but I am not sure if it's true. How can I by-pass this? If I cannot, can some one suggest another VS that I should pur...

WIX will not add HKLM registry setting during Windows 7 install

Good Morning, I have written a WiX installer that works perfectly with Windows XP but when installing to a Windows 7 box I am running into difficulty with Registry Entries. What I need to do is add a HKLM entry as well as the registry entry for the program to show in the start menu. Here is the code i am using for both types of entry: ...

Device Emulator not recognized in windows when I press cradle

Hi Experts, Who can help me with this: I am working on Win7 x64, with VS.net 2008. I am developping for pocketpc. When my application is deployed to the device emulator it can't connect to my computer / db server. Both de emulator as well the mobile device center are configured to use DMA. When I cradle the device using device manager,...

WinHTTP and Windows 7 x64: Error

I have an application which uses WinHTTP, and it seems under Windows 7 (64-bit; have yet to test the 32-bit version) the call to WinHttpOpen fails, returning "The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation." This corresponds to error code 5023, and occurs for the Administrator as well as a st...

Writing to temp dir fails when running as SYSTEM on Win7

We have a Java application that includes components that run as SYSTEM on Windows machines. On Windows 7 x64, one component fails when trying to unpack the jnidispatch library: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Failed to create temporary file for jnidispatch library: java.io.IOException: The system cannot find the path specifi...

64 bit ODBC Exception

I am getting the following ODBC exception when I moved my development platform from Windows XP X86 to Windows 7 X64: ERROR [IM014] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] The specified DSN contains an architecture mismatch between the Driver and Application What I'm sure it means is that the server it is connecting to is 32 bit, and the comp...

How do I install the Apache FtpServer as a service within Windows 7 (64-bit)?

I tried everything I could think of, but I always get this error when I try to start the Apache FtpServer service. Windows could not start the Apache FtpServer on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code ...

App created in Visual Studio on XP 32 crashes 64 on access violation. Recompile in 64 bit environment to find bug, works fine. What?

So I've been developing on Windows XP Visual Studio 2008. I guess it is building my C++ app in 32 bit mode. When I run the program on my new Windows 7 64 bit box, it gets half way through loading a then throws an access violation error. So, I loaded all my development tool and recompiled the project on Windows 7 to find the crash site bu...

Ruby on Rails Win7 x64 ?

Hi, I've just upgraded to Win7 x64 Professional and wanted to recommence developing my Rails Apps, however I'm getting the following error : => Booting Mongrel => Rails 2.3.5 application starting on http://127.0.0.1:3344 D:/nu codes/R/ruby-1.8.7-p174-i386-mswin32/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb:271:in `require_fra...

Creating a file in Windows 7 from C# WinForms application

Hello, I have a WinForm application which is generating CSV files. I give the user the option of choosing the path in which to save these CSVs. The user is using Windows 7 and is logged in as admin. When he tries to save the CSVs by way of the application, there is an error "permission denied". The application that is having the issue...

Serial COM-connections 64bit versions

Hi, I have a .net Application that writes text to a serial COM port, a POS reciept printer to be more exact. i am using the Rs232 class library to write and read to a serial device. My problem is now with some clients that have updated their operatingsystem to WIN7 64bit version, have trouble to create a connection to the COM-port. th...