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Asked: 2026-05-13T10:02:29+00:00

I have a project that runs perfect under windows xp. Now I have tried

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I have a project that runs perfect under windows xp.

Now I have tried to run it under Windows 7 and got there a lot of exceptions under Immediate window.

A first chance exception of type 'System.ArgumentNullException' occurred in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException' occurred in LP_Wizard.exe
A first chance exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in LP_Wizard.exe
A first chance exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in LP_Wizard.exe
A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidCastException' occurred in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.ArgumentNullException' occurred in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException' occurred in LP_Wizard.exe
A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidCastException' occurred in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.ArgumentNullException' occurred in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException' occurred in LP_Wizard.exe
A first chance exception of type 'System.ArgumentNullException' occurred in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException' occurred in LP_Wizard.exe

Any idea what wrong with that Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll in windows 7 and how i correct that problem ?

Thanks a lot for help .

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  1. Editorial Team

    What is happening is the debugger can “see” exceptions as soon as they are raised (hence the “first chance”) before any catch block is hit. Any exception which is not handled by a catch block is considered a “second chance” exception and will break normally.

    If these exceptions aren’t stopping the running of your application because they are unhandled then you are probably OK. Most of the time the exception is handled by code and this isn’t a problem. The output is simply Visual Studio letting you know the exceptions were raised.

    See the “Avoiding first chance exception messages when the exception is safely handled” question for some methods to reduce this if there are too many to ignore.

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