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Article ID: 967679 - Last Review: February 9, 2009 - Revision: 1.0Visual Studio 2008 Crashes After Installing PowerCommands Add-InView products that this article applies to.Expand all | Collapse allSource: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.Back to the topActionYou are using Visual Studio 2008 with the Visual Studio ... Read more..

Information about Network Monitor 3View products that this article applies to.Article ID:933741Last Review:March 17, 2008Revision:3.0INTRODUCTIONThis article contains information about Microsoft Network Monitor 3. Network Monitor 3 is a protocol analyzer. It enables you to capture, to view, and to analyze network data. You can use it to help troubleshoot problems with applications on the network. This article contains download and support information, installation notes, and general usage information about Network Monitor 3. Network Monitor 3.1 ... Read more..

Unable to uninstall/Re-install VCRedistView products that this article applies to.Article ID:955748Last Review:July 16, 2008Revision:1.0Source: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.Back to the topActionYou try to do one of the following:Remove Microsoft Visual C++ Redist from the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel applet, orInstall Microsoft Visual C++ Redist on ... Read more..

Problem: Building a VC++ DLL returns error LNK1189 when there are too many exportsView products that this article applies to.Article ID:949945Last Review:March 4, 2008Revision:1.1Source: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.Back to the topActionCreate a C++ DLL project. Try to export more than 64K (65,536) functions, classes and members of classes from it. ... Read more..

When building an application that contains a base class with a pure virtual operator= function and a class derived from the base class with a defined operator= function, a following link error is generated for the base class's operator=: error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol This also occurs if the classes reside in a DLL and are declared with the __declspec( dllexport ) storage-class attribute. In Visual C++ .NET you will receive the following error message: LNK2019: unresolved external symbol CAUSE loadTOCNode(1, 'cause'); This behavior is ... Read more..

Sysprep errors are logged in the Setuperr.log file when you run the Sysprep /generalize /oobe command on a Windows Vista-based computerView products that this article applies to.Article ID:941821Last Review:March 6, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario: •You are running a Windows Vista-based computer.•You run the following command: Sysprep /generalize /oobe In this scenario, Sysprep errors that resemble the following are logged in the Setuperr.log file: SYSPRP MSS: Error 0x0 occurred while stopping service WSearch. ... Read more..

Visual Studio 2008 IDE may crash while building a VC++ Project after modifying Linker propertiesView products that this article applies to.Article ID:956322Last Review:July 29, 2008Revision:1.0Source: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.Back to the topActionYou create a VC++ project and, in the linker options of the Project Properties, you ... Read more..

Article ID: 958842 - Last Review: February 23, 2009 - Revision: 2.1FIX: A Stop error or a crash occurs on the operating system when you profile an application by using Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1View products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allSYMPTOMSYou may experience a Stop error, or the operating system may crash when you create a profile of an application by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1). The problem occurs ... Read more..

Article ID: 961858 - Last Review: January 8, 2009 - Revision: 1.0Visual Studio 2008 with SP1 results in WPF Compiling Error, Could not find file ' . . .XmlSerializers.dll'View products that this article applies to.Expand all | Collapse allSource: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.Back to the ... Read more..

Detection and deployment guidance for the May 13, 2008 security releaseView products that this article applies to.Article ID:952726Last Review:May 13, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageINTRODUCTIONAs part of an ongoing commitment to provide detection tools and deployment recommendations for security updates, Microsoft is delivering this detection and deployment guidance for all updates that are released during a Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) release cycle. This guidance contains recommendations that are based on the kinds of scenarios that may exist in various Microsoft operating ... Read more..

FIX: The Visual C++ 2008 native 32-bit (x86) code generator may generate incorrect code when you use the /O2 compiler option or the /Ox compiler optionView products that this article applies to.Article ID:954345Last Review:August 27, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSYMPTOMSThe Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 native 32-bit (x86) code generator may generate incorrect code when you use one of the following Visual C++ compiler options: •The /O2 compiler option (maximize speed)•The /Ox compiler option (full optimization)Note An optimization problem occurs only on the ... Read more..

You cannot use Microsoft Visual Basic for Application (VBA) to modify a chart that you have inserted in PowerPoint 2007View products that this article applies to.Article ID:948683Last Review:March 3, 2008Revision:1.0SYMPTOMSYou cannot use Microsoft Visual Basic for Application (VBA) to modify a chart that you have inserted in PowerPoint 2007. Note You can use VBA modify a chart that you insert in earlier versions of PowerPoint.Back to the topCAUSEIn Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, the chart object model (OM) is ... Read more..

Consider the following scenario: • You use Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 to build a Microsoft Visual Basic project. • The Visual Basic project contains many XML comments in a single file. • The file is probably a designer-generated file for a dataset or for a Web reference. In this scenario, you may experience the following performance issues in the IDE: • The IDE takes a long time to build the solution and to rebuild the solution. • You experience a slow response time when you press F5 to start debugging. • You experience ... Read more..

1. Add XML Documentation (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177226.aspx) comments to your Visual C++ source code. 2. Enable the Process Documentation Comments switch (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173501.aspx) (/doc) 3. Select "Yes /validate" for Validate IntelliSense on the XML Document Generator (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235515.aspx) Tool Property Page. Result You get a warning during the build: Generating XML documentation... warning XDC0017 : Unrecognized XDCMake option: /validate XDCMAKE /old output_filename [options] (and a list of valid options...) Cause The XDCMake tool had, at one time, a /validate option in its old command line interface.  It was decided, due to weaknesses in its implementation, that its usefulness ... Read more..

Description of the Word 2007 hotfix package: May 13, 2008View products that this article applies to.Article ID:952701Last Review:May 28, 2008Revision:1.1On This PageSUMMARYThis article describes the Microsoft Office Word 2007 issues that are fixed in the hotfix package that is dated May 13, 2008.This article describes the following items about the hotfix:•The issues that the hotfix fixes.•The prerequisites for installing the hotfix.•Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix.•Whether the hotfix is replaced by any other hotfix.•Whether you ... Read more..

When compiling an MFC application using the single-threaded run-time library, you receive the following two unresolved external error messages: nafxcwd.lib(thrdcore.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__beginthreadex" nafxcwd.lib(thrdcore.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__endthreadex" CAUSE loadTOCNode(1, 'cause'); Starting with version 3.0, all MFC classes are "thread safe" and require the multi-threaded run-time libraries to link successfully. Many people try to use the single-threaded run-time libraries because they assume these libraries are needed to enable the application to run in Win32s. This is not ... Read more..

MS08-052: Vulnerabilities in GDI+ could allow remote code executionView products that this article applies to.Article ID:954593Last Review:October 2, 2008Revision:2.0On This PageINTRODUCTIONMicrosoft has released security bulletin MS08-052. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:•Home users:http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200809.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200809.mspx)Skip the details: Download the updates for your home computer or laptop from the Microsoft Update Web site now:http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/ (http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/)•IT professionals:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-052.msp (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-052.mspx)Back to the topHow to obtain help and support for this security update For home users, no-charge support ... Read more..

Calling A .NET Managed Method from Native CodeView products that this article applies to.Article ID:953836Last Review:May 31, 2008Revision:1.0Source: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.Back to the topActionThis is a sample native console application which will query the registry to verify if a specific version of the .NET ... Read more..

Article ID: 967163 - Last Review: January 29, 2009 - Revision: 1.0BadImageFormatException Occurs When Instantiating Types Defined in a Referenced Assembly at Run-timeView products that this article applies to.Expand all | Collapse allSource: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.Back to the topActionYou have developed a .NET application that references ... Read more..

This article discusses an issue that may occur when you are developing a program. If you are still experiencing a problem that resembles the one that this article describes, it may be a different problem. To search for issues related to a specific problem, please include the product name in your search in order to narrow your results. To troubleshoot similar problems, please see the "Similar problems and resolutions" section later in this article. SYMPTOMS loadTOCNode(1, \'symptoms\'); The C++ program fails ... Read more..