Application Does Not Start in Windows 7

pcpro178 · 05 Apr 2012

I recently installed a new 60GB SSD as my primary hard drive and re-installed Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. I then installed SSD Fresh from Abelssoft to optimize Windows to run on the SSD. It seemed to install okay, but when I try to run the utility, its splash screen appears briefly before it quietly closes. No errors are displayed; the utility just fails to launch. I have run SSD Fresh on another SSD-equipped Windows 7 Pro x64 computer in the past without any problems.

Does anyone know what might be preventing the program from running? I tried running `sfc /scannow` from the command line (with administrator privileges), shutting down the Spybot Resident, and disabling the firewall and virus scanner. I also tried running the tool as administrator; I even tried reinstalling it, running the installer as administrator. No luck.

Every time I try to launch the program the Event Viewer logs this same set of errors:

Error 4/2/2012 11:35:44 PM Application Error 1000 (100)
Faulting application name: SSDFresh.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4f2a45d8
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000007ff0016dbba
Faulting process id: 0x994
Faulting application start time: 0x01cd11fd9fe978df
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\SSD Fresh\SSDFresh.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: dfeed551-7df0-11e1-a2c7-002522c47ec0

Error 4/2/2012 11:35:43 PM .NET Runtime 1026 None
Application: SSDFresh.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.NullReferenceException
Stack:
at AbBugReporter.BugForm.InitLanguage()
at AbBugReporter.BugForm..ctor(AbFlexTrans.LanguageInfo, AbBugReporter.BugReportManager, Boolean)
at AbBugReporter.BugReportManager.Show(System.Exception)
at SSDFresh.App.App_DispatcherUnhandledException(System.Object, System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherUnhandledExceptionEventArgs)
at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.CatchException(System.Exception)
at MS.Internal.Threading.ExceptionFilterHelper.TryCatchWhen(System.Object, System.Delegate, System.Object, Int32, System.Delegate)
at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.WrappedInvoke(System.Delegate, System.Object, Int32, System.Delegate)
at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.InvokeImpl(System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherPriority, System.TimeSpan, System.Delegate, System.Object, Int32)
at MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.SubclassWndProc(IntPtr, Int32, IntPtr, IntPtr)
at MS.Win32.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessage(System.Windows.Interop.MSG ByRef)
at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrameImpl(System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherFrame)
at System.Windows.Application.RunInternal(System.Windows.Window)
at System.Windows.Application.Run()
at SSDFresh.App.Main()

Error 4/2/2012 11:35:39 PM SideBySide 59 None
Activation context generation failed for "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe.Config" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax.

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For those who are interested, here is my system configuration:

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

cyclic · 07 Apr 2012

I believe your best bet is to start from scratch, you don't need to optimize an SSD.
Side by side errors can be cured, usually it means a program doesn't have the correct interface .dll so it cannot display. Reinstalling the program causing it should fix it.

pcpro178 · 07 Apr 2012

I prefer to use a third party application because it is Windows; it doesn't manage anything efficiently; (Microsoft==Bloatsoft) = TRUE).

However, that's beside the point. There is obviously a problem, or the application wouldn't have crashed on launch. Let's please address that.

Some posts I've read elsewhere seem to indicate that I may need to (re)install the x86 and/or x64 C++ redistributable. What do you think?

It is also worth noting that I have been able to use SSD Fresh on another similarly configured system (Windows 7 Pro 64-bit), and, as stated in my original post, I did try reinstalling the program (with administrator privileges, I might add).

pcpro178 · 10 Apr 2012

Problem resolved:
I did a repair of the .NET Framework 4 Client, and the problem seems to have resolved itself. I can only assume that the framework somehow became corrupted.

Click Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features, select Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile, click Uninstall/Change. In the Maintenance screen that opens, choose "Repair .NET Framework 4 Client Project to its original state" and click Next. After the repair completes, click Finish.

Thanks for the help!