I have developed a custom application with Visual Studio. It has been running for years on Windows 2000, Vista, XP, and 7 32bit and 64bit. Have now upgraded server hardware and have Server 2008 R8 running. The custom application won't run on Server 2008 R8 64 bit. It opens for a second, then crashes. I've included error info. I would appreciate any help with this. I have searched the web and have not been able to find a resolution. I have also tried MS Application Compatibility Toolkit with no luck to resolution. Thank you in advance. Event log also shows event ID 1000. Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BEX Application Name: <my app> Application Version: <my app version> Application Timestamp: 4d31f2e6 Fault Module Name: COMCTL32.dll_unloaded Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0 Fault Module Timestamp: 4a5bda24 Exception Offset: 7591d145 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Data: 00000008 OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.272.7 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: 0a9e Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789 Additional Information 3: 0a9e Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

I would advice to place this problem into developer forum. For troubleshooting I would use Process Monitor http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645 Regards Milos

I found the solution if anyone else looks here. I had to add InitCommonControls() to my app code.

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