无法启动：VS2013中内置的应用程序无法在Debug文件夹之外运行

Question

I am using VS2013 Pro on Win 7 and have an application that compiles and runs fine in the bin/x86/Debug folder (both with and without the debugger), BUT crashes instantly without a message, either onscreen or in the logs, if copied to any other folder.

Put another way, if the full path to the exe changes structure after compile in any way, it stops working. The names of the folders in the path can change, but not the structure.

I know this sounds like some sort of relative path thing, and maybe it is, but I have been unsuccessful in discovering what it is looking for.

An odd clue to what is happening may be this; if I right-click the exe in a folder where it doesn't run, and choose 'Troubleshoot Compatibility', then 'Try recommended settings', and then 'Start the program...', it runs fine.

The app itself is .NET Framework 4 Winforms that references a few System.* DLLs and a DLL produced by a C++ project in the same VS2013 solution (that compiles without error).

So, what is going on here? I could use some ideas...

Answer 1

Check the assemblies which are referenced by your application and if they are not the default .NET Assemblies like System , System.Data go to their properties (in property window) and select True for Copy Local option.

Make sure you have verified all third party/project assemblies which are referenced by your application as well as the assemblies which are referenced by your application's dependencies as per above check.

One more important thing if your application is referencing an assembly which is also referred by one of it dependent assembly make sure they are same otherwise at the time of building one assembly will replace another and your application might crash due to System.BadImageFormatException or System.IOException . In this scenario application can crash without leaving any trace.

I hope it will help.