How do I prevent VSx5 Trial from crashing on startup?

[adamminer]

I get this error whenever I try to start the trial of VSx5 (Funny thing is, I am trying it because Pinnacle 15 is far too crashy for me.)

[Ken Berry]

I am sorry, but I haven't the faintest idea what all that means -- first time I have seen such a message on this forum. When I originally installed X5, I did so using the trial version download, and just adding the serial number Corel had given me. It worked smoothly.

However, googling some of the key files mentioned in your error message reveals that it is not an uncommon problem with a variety of other software (including, ironically in your case, Cyberlink). However, Intel admits it is related to their hardware and an excess number of the same file on one computer: see http://software.intel.com/en-us/article ... uide40dll/ -- though again I have to say I didn't understand much more of that article than what I just said. But it would seem to me to be an idea to do a Windows search on your computer to find just how many versions of libguide40.dll there are on your computer and save all but one. Needless to say, I would simply add "_OLD" to the multiple copies, and note carefully the directories where they are located in case I had to reverse the process...

[adamminer]

Indeed, there are 2 of "libguide40.dll" files on my computer. 1 is for VS, and the other is for SysWOW64 (Which from my understanding is non-removable as it is what allows my machine to run 32 bit programs on a 64 bit processor). Also, each of these have filesize differences which suggest they are different files and not just a common library.

Based on what I read of the article, it seems like a potential solution would be to upgrade the library and recompile, but I didn't program VS, so I'll leave it up to those who know more than I.

[teknisyan]

You may want to try uninstalling then reinstall the trial.

[adamminer]

I've tried that a couple times with no success.