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WAD Latest TCMD won't start.

vefatica

vefatica

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I haven't started TCMD in a while, maybe a couple of updates. The recent one won't start here (even with no INI, START, or EXIT files). I get "TakeCommand has stopped working" (details below) and no GPF file. I tried XP-compatibility and it got a little further the first time (asking if it was OK to write to the registry) ... then it crashed similarly.

Code: 
Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    tcmd.exe
  Application Version:    14.0.2.36
  Application Timestamp:    503ed28a
  Fault Module Name:    tcmd.exe
  Fault Module Version:    14.0.2.36
  Fault Module Timestamp:    503ed28a
  Exception Code:    c0000005
  Exception Offset:    0040e3c8
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    6e20
  Additional Information 2:    6e202ab67437ef41a4dabce957adb59b
  Additional Information 3:    9176
  Additional Information 4:    917604371a90886e5d972d6afc943d5f
 
So I tried to do a (Programs and Features) repair of "Take Command 14.0". That resulted in two message boxes:
Code: 
Windows cannot find 'C:\Users\vefatica\AppData\Roaming\JP Software\Take Command 14.0\updates\Update\tcmd.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.
followed by a "Fatal Error" message box. I don't think that file ever existed.

Then I noticed that I don't even have an "AppData\Roaming\JP Software\Take Command 14.0 14.02.36" directory (thinking I should have one since that's the version I'm using). And I found an August 29 (build 36) TCMD.MSI in "AppData\Roaming\JP Software\Take Command 14.0 14.02.35".
 
vefatica said:
I haven't started TCMD in a while, maybe a couple of updates. The recent one won't start here (even with no INI, START, or EXIT files). I get "TakeCommand has stopped working" (details below) and no GPF file. I tried XP-compatibility and it got a little further the first time (asking if it was OK to write to the registry) ... then it crashed similarly.
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That address isn't inside TCMD.EXE. (At least not in the 32-bit version -- did you switch to Windows x64?)

You've either got something attaching itself to TCMD, or your Windows has gotten a bit wonky. Did you try deleting the TCMD registry entry (HKCU\Software\JP Software\Take Command 14.0)?
 
I'm still with Win7/32. Here it is again after deleting that registry key. FWIW, no TCCs were started. DUMPBIN shows the image base at 0x00400000 which would put that address in TCMD.EXE.

Code: 
Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    tcmd.exe
  Application Version:    14.0.2.36
  Application Timestamp:    503ed28a
  Fault Module Name:    tcmd.exe
  Fault Module Version:    14.0.2.36
  Fault Module Timestamp:    503ed28a
  Exception Code:    c0000005
  Exception Offset:    0040e3c8
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    6e20
  Additional Information 2:    6e202ab67437ef41a4dabce957adb59b
  Additional Information 3:    9176
  Additional Information 4:    917604371a90886e5d972d6afc943d5f
 
P.S. If that is really an offset (from 0x00400000), it's still in the image.
Code: 
400000 image base (00400000 to 00836FFF)
I have no other indications of Windows being wonky!
 
When I run it in WinDbg, I get this (over and over, at least several tens of times).
Code: 
0:000> g
(6ac.48c): Access violation - code c0000005 (first chance)
First chance exceptions are reported before any exception handling.
This exception may be expected and handled.
eax=000000b6 ebx=00821f5e ecx=0000004b edx=10151b80 esi=0082f6f4 edi=0080b600
eip=0080e3c8 esp=01afe9fc ebp=01b5fee4 iopl=0        nv up ei pl nz na po nc
cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=003b  gs=0000            efl=00010202
tcmd!CallHtmlHelp+0x3ebfd8:
0080e3c8 64ff32          push    dword ptr fs:[edx]  fs:003b:10151b80=????????
0:000> g
(6ac.48c): Access violation - code c0000005 (!!! second chance !!!)
eax=000000b6 ebx=00821f5e ecx=0000004b edx=10151b80 esi=0082f6f4 edi=0080b600
eip=0080e3c8 esp=01afe9fc ebp=01b5fee4 iopl=0        nv up ei pl nz na po nc
cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=003b  gs=0000            efl=00010202
tcmd!CallHtmlHelp+0x3ebfd8:
0080e3c8 64ff32          push    dword ptr fs:[edx]  fs:003b:10151b80=????????
 
It starts fine for me, under both XP and 7; I don't think this is a bug. Suggest you completely uninstall Take Command and reboot before reinstalling.
 
Charles Dye said:
It starts fine for me, under both XP and 7; I don't think this is a bug. Suggest you completely uninstall Take Command and reboot before reinstalling.
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(Well, there goes my 104 days of uptime.) A reboot didn't help. But a subsequent uninstall/re-install did. TCMD starts now. It's too bad "Repair" didn't work!
 
rconn said:
No -- your offset is 0x40e3c8 *from* offset 0x400000 (i.e., 0x80e3c8), which is way outside the TCMD.EXE image.
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According to DUMPBIN, the image extends to 0x836FFF. And 0x80e3c8 is less than 0x836FFF. And 0x80e3c8 is exactly where the VS debugger said the violation was. Hmmm! After the re-install, DUMPBIN says the image extends to 0x832FFF (that previous 0x836FFF was copied right from DUMPBIN's output!).
 
rconn said:
You insisted (repeatedly) that I disable the "Repair" capability, because you didn't want the .MSI files remaining on your system after installation.
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Huh? I complained about **old** MSI files hanging around and never asked that "Repair" be disabled. And they're still hanging around anyway (new and old)!

Code: 
v:\> ffind /a /s c:\tcmd.*
C:\Users\vefatica\AppData\Roaming\JP Software\Take Command 13.04 13.04.63\install\779AB05\tcmd.msi
C:\Users\vefatica\AppData\Roaming\JP Software\Take Command 14.0 14.00.28\install\D1A3D56\tcmd.msi
C:\Users\vefatica\AppData\Roaming\JP Software\Take Command 14.0 14.00.29\install\19C1FA4\tcmd.msi
C:\Users\vefatica\AppData\Roaming\JP Software\Take Command 14.0 14.00.30\install\68DC674\tcmd.msi
C:\Users\vefatica\AppData\Roaming\JP Software\Take Command 14.0 14.00.31\install\014E2B9\tcmd.msi
C:\Users\vefatica\AppData\Roaming\JP Software\Take Command 14.0 14.00.32\install\E512FBF\tcmd.msi
C:\Users\vefatica\AppData\Roaming\JP Software\Take Command 14.0 14.01.33\install\264BD79\tcmd.msi
C:\Users\vefatica\AppData\Roaming\JP Software\Take Command 14.0 14.02.35\install\CA5CBE7\tcmd.msi
C:\Users\vefatica\AppData\Roaming\JP Software\Take Command 14.0 14.02.36\install\070978E\tcmd.msi

When I say "remove old versions" they should go. Only the most recent one should stay. And "Repair" (as it is) doesn't look for an MSI file; it looks for an EXE.

Code: 
Windows cannot find 'C:\Users\vefatica\AppData\Roaming\JP Software\Take Command 14.0\updates\Update\tcmd.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.
 
And the installer does keep a tcmd.exe (only one, the latest one), right where you might expect it! But the "Repair" option doesn't look for that one (see my previous post).

Code: 
c:\windows\installer\{f016b878-65a0-48e9-8a9d-eeb71070978e}> d
2012-09-16  21:31        <DIR>    .
2012-09-16  21:31        <DIR>    ..
2012-09-16  21:31        106,838  TakeCommand.exe
2012-09-16  21:31        106,838  tcmd.exe

Those two files are identical. Are they really both needed?
 
vefatica said:
And the installer does keep a tcmd.exe (only one, the latest one), right where you might expect it! But the "Repair" option doesn't look for that one (see my previous post).

Code: 
c:\windows\installer\{f016b878-65a0-48e9-8a9d-eeb71070978e}> d
2012-09-16  21:31        <DIR>    .
2012-09-16  21:31        <DIR>    ..
2012-09-16  21:31        106,838  TakeCommand.exe
2012-09-16  21:31        106,838  tcmd.exe

Those two files are identical. Are they really both needed?
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I don't have anything to do with that; Windows Installer is creating & saving them for some unknown reason. Neither of them are a "real" tcmd.exe (or a real .EXE, for that matter). Judging by the other 6,589 files in my \windows\installer subdirectories, I suspect they're icon/shortcut files.
 
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