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application configuration incorrect error

Jan 13th, 2008

Hello everyone,

i have the following code

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#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h> 
using namespace std;
 
int main()
{
	cout<<"\nPress Any Key To Continue ";
	getch();
	return 0;
}
#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h> 
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	cout<<"\nPress Any Key To Continue ";
	getch();
	return 0;
}

it compiles fine on my windows xp using microsoft visual c++ , and i can run the resultant executable file with no problems at all , but when i copy that executable file to another computer and try to run it i get an error that says "application failed to start because application configuration is incorrect".

help please.

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Re: application configuration incorrect error

Jan 13th, 2008

What Operating System does you other computer have?

What happens if you take out the conio header and change it to:-

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
 
int main()
{
  cin.get();
  return 0;
}
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
  cin.get();
  return 0;
}

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Re: application configuration incorrect error

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Originally Posted by iamthwee

What Operating System does you other computer have?

What happens if you take out the conio header and change it to:-
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using namespace std;
 
int main()
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  cin.get();
  return 0;
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#include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { cin.get(); return 0; }

the other computer's OS is the same and i must use getch()

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Re: application configuration incorrect error

Jan 13th, 2008

The other things I can think of is that you might be using the dubug exe, as opposed to the release exe.

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The other things I can think of is that you might be using the dubug exe, as opposed to the release exe.

indeed i was building in debug mode , i changed that and built in release mode but that didn't change anything and i still got the error

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Jan 13th, 2008

What version of studio is it?

Make sure it doens't need the dotnet framework. I have never used visual c++ so I don't know.

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I have no problems, and the exe generated is good to go on any windows machine.

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Re: application configuration incorrect error

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> but when i copy that executable file to another computer and try to run it i get an error
> that says "application failed to start because application configuration is incorrect".

you also need to copy the manifest file created when linking the application. (the manifest file contains information about the application's dependencies such as the runtime libraries.) the manifest file needs to be copied into the same location as the executable image (.exe).

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> but when i copy that executable file to another computer and try to run it i get an error
> that says "application failed to start because application configuration is incorrect".

you also need to copy the manifest file created when linking the application. (the manifest file contains information about the application's dependencies such as the runtime libraries.) the manifest file needs to be copied into the same location as the executable image (.exe).

i copied a file with the extension "manifest" , but it didn't help , in my code , if i don't include "conio.h" , i stop getting the error , so the "conio" header file is causing this ?