System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly (from installutil.exe) (16 answers) Closed 9 years ago. C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319>InstallUtil.exe C:\_PRODUKCIJA\D ebug\DynamicHtmlTool.exe Microsoft (R) .NET Framework Installation utility Version 4.0.30319.1 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Exception occurred while initializing the installation: System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly ‘file:///C:\_PRO DUKCIJA\Debug\DynamicHtmlTool.exe’ or … Read more

How to detect Windows 64-bit platform with .NET?

In a .NET 2.0 C# application I use the following code to detect the operating system platform: string os_platform = System.Environment.OSVersion.Platform.ToString(); This returns “Win32NT”. The problem is that it returns “Win32NT” even when running on Windows Vista 64-bit. Is there any other method to know the correct platform (32 or 64 bit)? Note that it should also … Read more

“An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format” even when the platforms are the same

I’m calling functions from a 32-bit unmanaged DLL on a 64-bit system. What I get is: BadImageFormatException: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B) At first, I had my projects set to the Any CPU platform, so I changed them both to x86, but this error … Read more

What does the Visual Studio “Any CPU” target mean?

I have some confusion related to the .NET platform build options in Visual Studio 2008. What is the “Any CPU” compilation target, and what sort of files does it generate? I examined the output executable of this “Any CPU” build and found that they are the x86 executables (who would not see that coming!). So, … Read more

How can I tell if I’m running in 64-bit JVM or 32-bit JVM (from within a program)?

How can I tell if the JVM in which my application runs is 32 bit or 64-bit? Specifically, what functions or properties I can used to detect this within the program? 12 s 12 For certain versions of Java, you can check the bitness of the JVM from the command line with the flags -d32 … Read more