error in starting widows service after installation

[Subrat Patnaik]

hi all, i have written a small service.now when i install the service, the service gets installed what i feel but is not able to start. using an installer i am installing the service application in windows vista. it gives out an error during installation, when the service is getting started. it throws an error as follows: Create process failed: error code 14001. the application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. reinstalling the application may fix the problem. i tried reinstalling, however the same problem persists... i am pasting the code below,, for initial main, service installation and service start functions..please can i get some help on fixing the error.... */////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// void __cdecl _tmain(int argc, char **argv) { HKEY hKeyHandle; DWORD dwDataToWrite = 1; if( argc == 3 ) { printf("ERROR:\tIncorrect number of arguments\n\n"); return; } char *arg1 = argv[1]; char *arg2 = argv[2]; if(_strnicmp(arg1, "install", 7) == 0) { if(!PathFileExists(arg2 )) { exit(1); } if (InstallService(arg2)) { MessageBox(NULL,"Service installed successfully",Message,MB_OK); } else { MessageBox(NULL,"Error in service installation",Message,MB_OK); exit(2); } } else if (lstrcmpi( arg1, TEXT("uninstall")) == 0 ) { if(!ServiceDelete()) { MessageBox(NULL,"Error in Un-installing",Message,MB_OK); exit(3); } } else if (lstrcmpi( arg1, TEXT("enable")) == 0 ) { if (!EnableService()) { MessageBox(NULL,"Error in enabling",Message,MB_OK); exit(4); } } else exit(0); SERVICE_TABLE_ENTRY DispatchTable[] = { { SRVCNAME, (LPSERVICE_MAIN_FUNCTION) SvcMain }, { NULL, NULL } }; StartServiceCtrlDispatcher(DispatchTable); } // Service main function for the service VOID WINAPI SvcMain(DWORD dwArgs,LPTSTR *lpszArgv) { DWORD dwErr = 0; debug_log("In Service Main-The Entry Point for Service"); // Register the handler function to service svcStatusHandle = RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerEx(TEXT(SRVCNAME),(LPHANDLER_FUNCTION_EX)SvcCtrlHandler,NULL); if(!svcStatusHandle) { debug_log("Failed to register service handler function error(%d) returned",GetLastError()); (VOID)ReportServiceStatus(SERVICE_STOPPED,dwErr,0); return; } // service status m

[Cedric Moonen]

No need to paste the full code of your application. Please read the posting guidelines ("How to get an answer to your question") before posting... For your problem: are you using VC2005 or VC2008 ? If yes, you have to instal the VC redistributable package on the target platform. This will install the C-runtime and MFC libraries. You can find this for VC2005 here[^]. IF you need another version of VC (2008, or with a service pack installed), you'll have to search a bit on the website.

Cédric Moonen Software developer
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[Chuck OToole]

Or you can build you application with Static MCF and CRTL libraries instead of using DLLs. Base distribution for Vista does not include the VS2008 runtime yet.

[Subrat Patnaik]

i am using vs2008. i did install the redistributable package on the machine..and still the same problem persists....

[Cedric Moonen]

Did you install the redistributable package for VC2008 ? Otherwise, as someone else mentioned, another solution would be to statically link to the C-runtime and MFC dlls.

Cédric Moonen Software developer
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