audacity 2.1.0 + xp sp3 error

ledestin · Post by **ledestin** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 12:50 pm

hello,

i have problems getting audacity 2.1.0 to work on my athlon xp (xp + sp3, sse1 only):

application could not be initialized (0xc000001d)

visual studio 2013 is installed.

Post by **Gale Andrews** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 3:29 pm

ledestin wrote:hello,

i have problems getting audacity 2.1.0 to work on my athlon xp (xp + sp3, sse1 only):

application could not be initialized (0xc000001d)

visual studio 2013 is installed.

As far as I know we have no specific SSE requirements.

Have you compiled Audacity yourself, if so from what sources exactly? Did you build release version or debug version?

If you downloaded Audacity, you could try uninstalling Audacity then reinstalling Audacity 2.1.0 from
http://audacityteam.org/download/windows. There is a box "Reset Preferences" half way through the installation process - ensure you enable that box.

If you still see the problem after completing installation, try to enable a different compatibility mode for audacity.exe:
http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/292533.

You could also try reinstalling Service Pack 3: http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/322389.

Please also see: Important information for Windows XP users.

Gale

ledestin · Post by **ledestin** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:23 pm

hi gale,

it is the standard zip version that i am using, exept that i made it portable (portable settings folder).

i tried the compatible mode with no effect. still not starting. i have setup xp from scratch not long ago.

if it's not a missing cpu feature, what else could cause this issue? till version 2.0.6 everything went fine?

Post by **Gale Andrews** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:43 pm

ledestin wrote:it is the standard zip version that i am using, exept that i made it portable (portable settings folder).

Where is that folder you are running Audacity from, exactly? Try putting it at the top level in C:.

Try deleting all the contents of the Portable Settings folder then launch Audacity again.

Audacity only targets SP3 for XP. If there is something wrong with SP3 then Audacity won't start.

ledestin wrote:i have setup xp from scratch not long ago.

XP is obsolete according to Microsoft. Does your Audacity folder include msvcp120.dll and msvcr120.dll? If not, download it again.

In case there is some problem with your installation of VS2013, you could also try reinstalling the VS2013 Redistributables.

Also you could try compiling Audacity yourself and running Audacity from the build folder. That is very unlikely to fail.

Gale

ledestin · Post by **ledestin** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:11 pm

i tried different locations, unpacked the zip again, with empty portable folder, no luck. the error remains. the 2 dlls are present in the folder.

regarding visual studio, i already took the redistributables, vs 2005 - 2013 are installed.

the setup cd that came with my pc already included sp3 and i have also installed all existing patches avaiable.

Post by **Gale Andrews** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:03 pm

Audacity does launch on XP SP3 without Visual Studio which is the main case.

I notice that Visual Studio 2013 should not be installed on less than Windows 7 SP1, according to Microsoft ( https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/prod ... ty-vs.aspx ).

If you are a developer I suggest you uninstall Visual Studio 2013 and install the supported Visual Studio 2008. I would guess installing an unsupported version of Visual Studio could be something to do with this.

You may still be able to compile Audacity on VS2008 using winaudacity-vs2008_OBSOLETE.sln however this is unsupported.

You can also do some tracing to see what happens when you try to launch Audacity. For example the Sysinternals tools may shed some light on it.

Gale

ledestin · Post by **ledestin** » Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:21 am

Gale Andrews wrote:Audacity does launch on XP SP3 without Visual Studio which is the main case.

and i have only installed latest vstudio after facing this issue, hoping to solve problems.

I notice that Visual Studio 2013 should not be installed on less than Windows 7 SP1, according to Microsoft ( https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/prod ... ty-vs.aspx ).

If you are a developer I suggest you uninstall Visual Studio 2013 and install the supported Visual Studio 2008. I would guess installing an unsupported version of Visual Studio could be something to do with this.

yes, i will try, although i wonder why the installation of unsupported versions don't halt with errors then?

some programs rely on vstudio, so which version is recommended, vs 2008 only?

You may still be able to compile Audacity on VS2008 using winaudacity-vs2008_OBSOLETE.sln however this is unsupported.

You can also do some tracing to see what happens when you try to launch Audacity. For example the Sysinternals tools may shed some light on it.

thanks for your suggestions, but unfortunately i am not very familiar with these tools and compiling either, so i guess i'll have to stick with audacity 2.0.6 then.

Post by **Gale Andrews** » Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:07 pm

ledestin wrote:
Gale Andrews wrote:Audacity does launch on XP SP3 without Visual Studio which is the main case.
and i have only installed latest vstudio after facing this issue, hoping to solve problems.

I didn't understand that, but if there was an issue the correct approach would be to install the VS2013 Redistributables and definitely not to install a version of Visual Studio that is unsupported on that system. The point is that VS2013 can be configured (as we've done) to build applications that run on XP SP3, but itself should only be installed on Windows 7 SP1 or higher (according to what Microsoft say).

ledestin wrote:
Gale Andrews wrote:If you are a developer I suggest you uninstall Visual Studio 2013 and install the supported Visual Studio 2008. I would guess installing an unsupported version of Visual Studio could be something to do with this.
yes, i will try, although i wonder why the installation of unsupported versions don't halt with errors then?

I can't answer that, but if you are not a developer it will not be helping to install VS2013.

ledestin wrote:some programs rely on vstudio, so which version is recommended, vs 2008 only?

No applications intended for end users should rely on installing VisualStudio, only on the redistributable files, which are available if necessary as separate downloads from Microsoft.

It would be a shame to have to go back to 2.0.6 but you should still be aware the Microsoft no longer officially supports XP.

I would completely uninstall VS2013 and completely uninstall any Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Packages you have (you can do both from Add/Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel). Then reboot and try running 2.1.0.

If that still fails we may have to dig deeper.

If other apps complain about missing redistributables you can reinstall the specific redistributables they need when that arises.

Is this 32-bit or 64-bit XP?

Gale

ledestin · Post by **ledestin** » Wed Apr 08, 2015 10:39 am

i think you got me wrong. it is only redistributables that i have installed and that i was refering to.

installing vs2013 red. was a test, to see, if it solves the starting issue. i was not aware of the fact, the 32bit version should not be installed on less than win7 sp1. even more i am curious to see this installation pass on an unsupported system without any warnings, that's all.

i will uninstall all vs redis. to see if it makes a difference and report back then.

ledestin · Post by **ledestin** » Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:24 pm

Gale Andrews wrote:I would completely uninstall VS2013 and completely uninstall any Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Packages you have (you can do both from Add/Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel). Then reboot and try running 2.1.0.

If that still fails we may have to dig deeper.

ok, i have uninstalled all vs redis. and ran the dotnet cleanup tool afterwards.

now even audacity portable 2.0.6 refuses to start.

'application could not be started, because the application's configuration is incorrect. reinstall the application to solve this issue'

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