Blog Post: regcap.exe crashes while building a setup project in Visual Studio 2008
regcap.exe crashes while building a setup project in Visual Studio 2008 I launched the devenv.exe in the debugger ( http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/installx86.Mspx ) and took a crash dump ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286350 ) while building the setup project. From the crash dump, I found the following information: 0:000> kpnL # ChildEBP RetAddr 00 0012f2e8 7c90de7a ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet(void) 01 0012f2ec 7c801e3a ntdll!ZwTerminateProcess(void)+0xc 02 0012f2fc 7858cc2e kernel32!TerminateProcess(void * hProcess = 0xffffffff, unsigned int uExitCode = 0xc0000417)+0×20 03 0012f638 78556bf4 msvcr90!_invoke_watson(wchar_t * pszExpression = 0×00000000 "", wchar_t * pszFunction = 0×00000000 "", wchar_t * pszFile = 0×00000000 "", unsigned int nLine = 0, unsigned int pReserved = 0)+0x11b 04 0012f660 467c1544 msvcr90!strcat_s(char * _Dst = 0x0012f8a8 "", unsigned int _SizeInBytes = 0×104, char * _Src = 0x00362b48 "C:Documents and Settingsxxx………binReleaseApp.tlb")+0x2c 05 0012f9b0 467c172f lregdll!DoRegistration(char * pszTLibName = 0x00362b48 "C:Documents and Settingsxxx………binReleaseApp.tlb", char * pszHelpDir = 0x0012f9c8 "???")+0×77 06 0012f9c8 00402270 lregdll!LRegTLib(char * szFileName = 0x00362b48 "C:Documents and Settingsxxx………binReleaseApp.tlb", struct InjectedDLLInformation * pOptionInfo = x0012fa48)+0xde 07 0012f9e0 00401de4 regcap!StartProcess(ProcessToExecute Process = RegTypeLib (1), char * szFileName = 0x00362b48 "C:Documents and Settingsxxx………binReleaseApp.tlb", char * szArgumentsToPassToExe = 0x00362c58 "", struct InjectedDLLInformation * pOptionInfo = 0x0012fa48)+0×48 08 0012ff7c 00402741 regcap!main(int argc = 5, char ** argv = 0x00362a10)+0x4e5 09 0012ffc0 7c817077 regcap!__tmainCRTStartup(void)+0x10f 0a 0012fff0 00000000 kernel32!BaseProcessStart(<function> * lpStartAddress = 0×00402893)+0×23 0:000> .frame 05 05 0012f9b0 467c172f lregdll!DoRegistration+0×77 0:000> dv /v 0012f9b8 pszTLibName = 0x00362b48 "C:Documents and Settingsxxx………binReleaseApp.tlb" 0012f9b0 pszHelpDir = 0x0012f9c8 "???" 0012f698 ptlib = 0x774ec060 0012f6a0 puszTLibName = wchar_t [260] "" 0012f8a8 szFileName = char [260] "" There was a file App.tlb in the project located at "C:Documents and Settingsxxx………binReleaseApp.tlb" The path to this file was very long so it was hitting some sort of buffer overflow. Shortening the path resolved the problem (eg. c:testApp.tlb) N.B.: Due to compatibility issue, we may find such issues also.
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Blog Post: regcap.exe crashes while building a setup project in Visual Studio 2008
