[PD] Troubles running Pd on Windows XP Professional

[Miller Puckette]

OK... I've got a clean Windows 2K install running under qemu, and indeed
wish85.exe doesn't run in it.  The filehas a "manifest" that contains this:

  <dependency>
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.VC90.CRT" version="9.0.21022.8" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b"></assemblyIdentity>
    </dependentAssembly>
  </dependency>

(I'm finding this out using the "mt.exe" utility in Microsoft developer tools).
When I take the offending line out, wish85.exe starts up but immediately crashes.

I think I need to figure out how to recompile wish85.exe differently - I
had just used the build system straight out of the tcl/tk distribution.  This
might take some time...

cheers
Miller

On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 08:15:59AM +0200, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> On Fre, 2015-06-26 at 21:46 +0200, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:
> > On 06/24/2015 06:05 PM, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> > > Assuming it might be a specialty of the install medium I used back then,
> > > I got another copy of Windows XP as an .ova-file from here:
> > > http://dev.modern.ie/tools/vms/#downloads
> > 
> > 
> > though i'm under the impression that these VM images are mainly for
> > testing IE - which may imply that the XP installation is deliberately
> > stripped down compared to a "normal" installation. (which might explain
> > your problems)
> 
> I'm under the impression that is not the case. I mean they're certainly
> intended for IE testing, but I don't have any reason to think they're
> stripped down. I installed all kinds of other tools on it
> (GitExtensions, TortoiseSVN, mingw-w64, MSYS) and they all work fine. 
> 
> Also, I have this problem _not only_ on this IE testing appliance, but
> also with two different installations of Windows XP from an original CD.
> I don't know what medium Chris McCormick used to install, but he has the
> same problem, too.
> 
> People having used Windows XP over years very likely installed software
> that ships with the redistributable Pd is asking for. So that is
> probably why only some people experience this kind of problem while many
> others don't. The Windows XP VirtualBox VM (not the
> modern.ie-test-appliance) I initially experienced that problem withj I'm
> using only for a single purpose and that is why I never installed
> anything on it but the software used to fulfill the single purpose. 
> 
> Now, I'm using this machine also for building and testing Pd and
> externals.
> 
> Roman
>    
> 
> 
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