Woozle: update: WINE is aware of the problem; WinSxS solution does not work.

2009-04-10T14:11:21Z

update: WINE is aware of the problem; WinSxS solution does not work.

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	err:module:import_dll Library EMDAZ32.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Envelope Manager\\DAZzle\\DAZZLE.EXE") not found		err:module:import_dll Library EMDAZ32.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Envelope Manager\\DAZzle\\DAZZLE.EXE") not found
	err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\Program Files\\Envelope Manager\\DAZzle\\DAZZLE.EXE" failed, status c0000135</bash>		err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\Program Files\\Envelope Manager\\DAZzle\\DAZZLE.EXE" failed, status c0000135</bash>
	The problem seems to be the "manifest" which [[Microsoft Visual C++]] now apparently compiles into every executable (I have seen similar areas from other newer Windows apps running under WINE) -- for some reason, WINE can't handle them. ~~I haven't seen any mention of this problem~~ on WINE's ~~web site~~, so ~~I don't know if~~ they are ~~even~~ aware of it.		The problem seems to be the "manifest" which [[Microsoft Visual C++]] now apparently compiles into every executable (I have seen similar areas from other newer Windows apps running under WINE) -- for some reason, WINE can't handle them.

			There is a bug report [http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-bugs/2007-September/068786.html on WINE's bug tracker] and an [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=5951&iTestingId=22744 application test report] with a similar error message, dating from September 2007, so they are aware of the problem but don't seem to be doing anything about it.

			Tried the solution described [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=784188 here], but it didn't seem to make any difference.

Woozle: New page: ==Brief History by Woozle== I originally installed Endicia's DAZzle program on Windows 98 sometime in 2005 or 2006. Even long after Microsoft dropped support for Windows 98, DA...

2009-04-10T13:45:56Z

New page: ==Brief History by Woozle== I originally installed Endicia's DAZzle program on Windows 98 sometime in 2005 or 2006. Even long after Microsoft dropped support for Windows 98, DA...

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==Brief History by Woozle==
I originally installed [[Endicia]]'s [[DAZzle]] program on [[Windows 98]] sometime in 2005 or 2006. Even long after Microsoft dropped support for Windows 98, DAZzle continued to work just fine with it until sometime in 2008, at which point a mandatory upgrade arrived which would not run under 98. (The user did not have to accept the upgrade, but it was made clear that the current version would no longer work with the service after a certain date.)[[Image:2008-06-03 DAZzle error.png|right|thumb|Error dialog when trying to run under [[WINE]], 2008-06-03]]

There was no attempt to warn the user that the upgrade would not work with their operating system, or to check for compatibility before making the program unusable. Uninstalling the upgrade did not fix the problem, either.

At that point, I found that it would run under [[WINE]] (albeit with a couple of annoying habits such as not being able to remember the passphrase). A few days later, though, there was another upgrade which I foolishly accepted -- and it would not run after that.

On 2009-04-10 I tried to run it once again, thinking that perhaps the latest version of WINE (which was pre-1.0 on the previous attempt but is now version 1.1.18) might have fixed the problem. No such luck; I don't even get an error dialog. If I run it from a command console, here is what happens:
<bash>$ env WINEPREFIX="/home/woozle/.wine" wine "C:\Program Files\Envelope Manager\DAZzle\DAZZLE.EXE"
fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.VC80.CRT"
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCR80.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Envelope Manager\\DAZzle\\EMWEIGH.dll") not found
err:module:import_dll Library EMWEIGH.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Envelope Manager\\DAZzle\\DAZZLE.EXE") not found
fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.VC80.CRT"
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCR80.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Envelope Manager\\DAZzle\\RATEDLL.dll") not found
err:module:import_dll Library RATEDLL.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Envelope Manager\\DAZzle\\DAZZLE.EXE") not found
fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.VC80.CRT"
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCR80.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Envelope Manager\\DAZzle\\EMGRPH4.dll") not found
err:module:import_dll Library EMGRPH4.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Envelope Manager\\DAZzle\\DAZZLE.EXE") not found
fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.VC80.CRT"
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCR80.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Envelope Manager\\DAZzle\\emdbf.dll") not found
err:module:import_dll Library emdbf.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Envelope Manager\\DAZzle\\DAZZLE.EXE") not found
fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.VC80.CRT"
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCR80.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Envelope Manager\\DAZzle\\EMDAZ32.dll") not found
err:module:import_dll Library EMDAZ32.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Envelope Manager\\DAZzle\\DAZZLE.EXE") not found
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\Program Files\\Envelope Manager\\DAZzle\\DAZZLE.EXE" failed, status c0000135</bash>
The problem seems to be the "manifest" which [[Microsoft Visual C++]] now apparently compiles into every executable (I have seen similar areas from other newer Windows apps running under WINE) -- for some reason, WINE can't handle them. I haven't seen any mention of this problem on WINE's web site, so I don't know if they are even aware of it.

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Woozle: update: WINE is aware of the problem; WinSxS solution does not work.

Woozle: New page: ==Brief History by Woozle== I originally installed Endicia's DAZzle program on Windows 98 sometime in 2005 or 2006. Even long after Microsoft dropped support for Windows 98, DA...