Subj : Re: fresh new install runtime error 216
To   : Ulrich Schroeter
From : Tim Schattkowsky
Date : Thu Dec 02 2021 20:31:21

//Hello Ulrich,//

on *02.12.21* at *7:48:43* You wrote in rea *WINPOINT*
to *Tim Schattkowsky* about *"fresh new install runtime error 216"*.

 US> moin Tim,

 US> Wednesday December 01 2021 20:16, you wrote to me:

 TS>> Hello Ulrich,
 TS>> on 01.12.21 at 7:38:13 You wrote in rea WINPOINT to All about "fresh new
 TS>> install runtime error 216".
 US>>> to install a fresh new winpoint installation I have to unpack wp2005b5
 US>>> and later replace the executable with the winpoint375 executable,
 US>>> correct?
 TS>> Yep.

 US>>> so I've tried ... extracted the wp2005b5 package and starting setup exe
 US>>> ... all I get is a runtime error 216 any hints ?
 TS>> Not really. Works here in various Win10 x64 installations including my
 TS>> desktop with the latest patches and various VMs. Anything special about
 TS>> that VM?

 US> 2 fresh new Win10 Pro installations:

 US> a. Host  Win10 Pro 64bit, Build 17763.1577
 US> b. Guest Win10 Pro 32bit, Build 19042.1348

 US> on top of a lenovo l560, 64bit, 8gb ram
 US> vmguest:  1gb win10pro 32bit

 US> both installations, same error ...
 US> runtime error 216 at 004041BA
 US> with the wp2005b5 setup.exe

 US> search for runtime error 216 results in 3 directions
 US> 1. virus    checked
 US> 2. Runtime Error 216 Delphi
 US> 3. Runtime Error 216 pascal

Seems to be an access vioaltion -> not very helpful. I also dont have the exact build configuration I used back in the days, so I cannot reproduce the address layout of the binary on my machine to see whats happening.

May first guess is actually, that newer windows versions may have stopped including a component that the original setup relies on. I will try to build a binary installer for the latest version over the weekend that we can use for testing.

Regards,
Tim
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