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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..

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..

VS Debugger seems to hang when you start debuggingView products that this article applies to.Article ID:951336Last Review:April 4, 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 topActionCreate a simple MFC application in Visual Studio 2003 / 2005/ 2008. Start debugging by pressing F5.Back to the topResultVisual ... Read more..

You cannot change the destination folder when you install Visual FoxPro on Windows VistaView products that this article applies to.Article ID:936837Last Review:July 24, 2007Revision:1.2On This PageSYMPTOMSWhen you install Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7.0, Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0, or Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 on a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot change the installation path because the Select a destination folder dialog box is empty.Back to the topWORKAROUNDTo work around this problem, follow these steps:1. In the Select a destination folder dialog box, ... 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..

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..

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: Description of the security update for GDI+ for Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1: September 9, 2008View products that this article applies to.Article ID:947738Last Review:October 6, 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.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-052.mspx)Back to the topHow to obtain help and ... Read more..

Article ID: 957507 - Last Review: December 17, 2008 - Revision: 2.1FIX: After you install a non-English version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1, some localized IntelliSense text may revert to EnglishView products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allSYMPTOMSAfter you install a non-English version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1), some localized IntelliSense text may revert to English. This problem occurs in the following language versions of Visual Studio 2008 ... Read more..

Visual Studio Configuration Manager does not provide a ScrollbarView products that this article applies to.Article ID:953426Last Review:May 21, 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 are working in a project in the Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 IDE, and are using the Configuration ... Read more..

List of changes and fixed issues for Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta for Visual BasicView products that this article applies to.Article ID:950264Last Review:April 29, 2008Revision:1.1NoticeBeta InformationThis article discusses a beta release of a Microsoft product. The information in this article is provided as-is and is subject to change without notice.No formal product support is available from Microsoft for this beta product. For information about how to obtain support for a beta release, see the documentation that is included ... Read more..

  An application that uses components built with ATL version 7.1 or earlier is built with the /NXCOMPAT (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235442.aspx) switch, or is otherwise treated by the OS as being "No eXecute Compatible".  Installing Visual Studio 2008 can cause programs subsequently built with VS 2008 or VS 2005 to enable NX compatibility by default.  Also, if the DEP policy for the system is set to AlwaysOn, applications that incorporate the older thunking code will see this problem. Result The program may generate an access violation, due ... Read more..

FIX: You may encounter various problems when you try to generate type library information by using the Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.dll assembly in Visual Studio 2008View products that this article applies to.Article ID:946308Last Review:March 13, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSYMPTOMS When you try to generate type library information by using the Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.dll assembly in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, you may encounter one of the following symptoms.Back to the topSymptom 1When you use the Regasm.exe utility to generate and to register a type library, you ... Read more..