Microsoft KB Archive/165792

= FIX: MSDEV.EXE Application Error When Building an Application =

Article ID: 165792

Article Last Modified on 10/24/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q165792



SYMPTOMS
When you compile a file in Developer Studio, an error similar to the following may occur:

MSDEV.EXE - Application Error

The instruction at "0x500b153d" referenced memory at "0x100000c1.

The memory could not be "read".

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Error executing ~vcecho!Compiling.



CAUSE
The install directory contains spaces and the root directory contains a file with the same name as the first part of the install directory, or the project directory contains an ampersand (&) in its name.

A common scenario follows.

Developer Studio was installed under the default Program Files directory and there is a file in the root directory with a filename of Program. For example:   C:\Program

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  C:\Program.exe



RESOLUTION
Rename the file.

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Delete the file.

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Uninstall Developer Studio and install it in a directory that doesn't contain spaces.

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Uninstall Developer Studio and install it in a directory with spaces that doesn't have a file in the root directory with the same name as the first part of the install directory.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been corrected in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1.

For additional information about the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why



MORE INFORMATION
If the file happens to be an executable such as C:\Program.exe, then program.exe will be executed instead of the build. If program.exe returns zero, then you will see any output from stdout in the build tab of the output window. If program.exe returns non-zero, then you will see the error message "Error executing ~vcecho!Compiling." in the build tab of the output window.

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