Tag Archives: Visual Studio

Building OpenSSL with Visual Studio 2010 for x64 / Win64 causes error

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Maris

Today I was trying to build the latest OpenSSL 1.0.1c with Visual Studio 2010. Following instructions form the INSTALL.W32, I was able to successfully build the 32-bit version. Trying the same with 64-bit (x64) version, again following the official instructions … Continue reading →

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Static code analysis for C++ for free and for Pro

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Maris

Up and until Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft decided that Code Analysis tool was available only for Visual Studio Premium and Ultimate editions. I have Visual Studio 2010 Pro w/MSDN subscriptions (actually 2 of them), but can not use Code Analysis … Continue reading →

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CreateProcessAsUser fails on Windows XP with System error 233

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Maris

Today I fixed one bug that was very hard to reproduce. Many hours were spent to figure out what combination caused it: It happens only on Windows XP (not on Vista, Server 2003, 2008, Win 7); It does not happens … Continue reading →

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Call to OpenFileDialog or SaveFileDialog hangs or freezes

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Maris

Today I was debugging a very strange issue when call to OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog hanged, froze, never returned… At first I thought the problem is, that call is made from SysTray (Notification area) hidden window. However, digging deeper things got … Continue reading →

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fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: ‘ammintrin.h’: No such file or directory

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Maris

I can not compile my C++ projects after installing ‘Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (KB2455033)’, see my yesterday’s post: Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (KB2455033) failed with Code 643. Visual Studio 2010 shows the following error: … Continue reading →

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Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (KB2455033) failed with Code 643

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Maris

Yesterday tried to install ‘Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (KB2455033)’ via Windows update on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit but it failed with Code 643. Installation constantly failed with Code 643 – Some updates were not installed. Currently Google … Continue reading →

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VS2010: Project not selected to build for this solution configuration

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Maris

Along with everyone we are moving towards 64-bit platforms. After adding solution platform x64 under Visual Studio 2010 Configuration Manager, everything seemed ok. When building, all builds was successful except x64 Release. Here is an output: 1>—— Skipped Build: Project: … Continue reading →

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x64 C# warning – Referenced assembly ‘System.Data.dll’ targets a different processor

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Maris

Using Visual Studio 2010 C# to compile .NET project for Target Platform x64, the following two warnings appears: —— Rebuild All started: Project: TestProject-64-bit, Configuration: Debug x64 —— warning CS1607: Assembly generation — Referenced assembly ‘System.Data.dll’ targets a different processor … Continue reading →

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zlib 1.2.5 – fatal error LNK1120: X unresolved externals

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Maris

When trying to link program to zlib 1.2.5 static library (zlib.lib), I got the following error: fatal error LNK1120: X unresolved externals … Version 1.1.3 worked without any problems. Without going into details, here is what I did – using … Continue reading →

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Run as administrator missing for shortcuts created by Visual Studio Setup Project

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Maris

When Visual Studio 2008 / 2010 creates Setup and Deployment project (Visual Studio Installer), it misses one important feature – ‘Run as administrator’ that is available form context menu (right mouse click) for shortcuts created on Desktop and in Start … Continue reading →

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