Question

I am trying to use a library (.dll) in my project. Everything seems to
be set up fine. It all works in release mode.
When I go debug on it, I get this darn error on startup:

ldr: … application couldn’t be initialized error (or similar, I translated it)

I learned that this has to do with manifest files.
I fumbled around a bit, in the project settings, but nothing really worked / I couldn’t get my head around it.
The error persists.

Does anyone know a quick solution to this?
I don’t care if it is dirty.

I think I liked dll-Hell better than manifest-Hell!!

The solution:
The wrong version of the .dlls got loaded. I didn’t know that they were still
lying around on the system. Depedency Walker is a great tool and set me on the right track. So I will accept this answer.

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

I always use Dependency Walker for debugging this sort of thing. It will tell you which dependencies your dll is missing.