Cannot launch debugger

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I am running Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional on Windows 2000 SP4.

When I try to launch the debugger from inside the IDE for VC++ applications
I get the following error “Application failed to initialize properly
(08x0000003). Click on OK to terminate the applicationâ€. I get the same
results when I right-click on application and choose Debug->Start New
Instance. However, the same application runs without any errors if I use the
menu option Debug->Start without debugging. I can also attach the debugger to
the running process.

I have tried to reinstall Visual Studio, rebuilding entire solution without
any luck.

Thanks in advance

Thomas
 
When I try to launch the debugger from inside the IDE for VC++ applications
I get the following error "Application failed to initialize properly
(08x0000003). Click on OK to terminate the application". I get the same
results when I right-click on application and choose Debug->Start New
Instance. However, the same application runs without any errors if I use the
menu option Debug->Start without debugging. I can also attach the debugger to
the running process.
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Does it happen with only one application, or with any application, including
simple wizard-generated apps?

What output will be displayed if you run the following command?

ntsd -g yourapp.exe

(NTSD is a command line based debugger located in winnt\system32 directory)

Regards,
Oleg
[VC++ MVP http://www.debuginfo.com/]
 
Oleg Starodumov said:
Does it happen with only one application, or with any application, including
simple wizard-generated apps?

What output will be displayed if you run the following command?

ntsd -g yourapp.exe

(NTSD is a command line based debugger located in winnt\system32 directory)

Regards,
Oleg
[VC++ MVP http://www.debuginfo.com/]
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Thanks for the reply.

I get the same error for all applications including simple wizard generated
applications.

Also, when I run the ntsd -g I get the same error "“Application failed to
initialize properly (08x0000003). Click on OK to terminate the applicationâ€.

Thomas
 
I get the same error for all applications including simple wizard generated
applications.
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I would suspect a security-related product installed on the system.
Some personal firewalls, antivurus products, and other "intrusion prevention"
applications are known for breaking Win32 debugging.
(but at the same time, scanning for viruses/rootkits will not harm, too)
Also, when I run the ntsd -g I get the same error ""Application failed to
initialize properly (08x0000003). Click on OK to terminate the application".
Click to expand...

What output is printed by NTSD to its console?

Oleg
 
Oleg Starodumov said:
I would suspect a security-related product installed on the system.
Some personal firewalls, antivurus products, and other "intrusion prevention"
applications are known for breaking Win32 debugging.
(but at the same time, scanning for viruses/rootkits will not harm, too)


What output is printed by NTSD to its console?

Oleg
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I did not provide the output as nothing useful is being printed out. In any
case, here it is.

------------
Microsoft(R) Windows 2000 Debugger
Version 5.00.2184.1
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999

CommandLine: simpleApp.exe
 
Try running Dependency Walker on your app, both stand-alone and the ntsd
command line. Maybe it's finding a different set of libraries... debuggers
can change the search order. 0x80000003 usually indicates a DLL refused to
load.
 
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