Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] Building Wireshark on Windows

From: David Ameiss <netshark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:50:09 -0600
What is the platform used by Wireshark to build the "official" 32- and 64-bit Windows versions? I've followed the instructions given at http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSetupWin32.html, on Windows 7 using VS 2010EE (which seem to be the recommended platform). Builds fine, runs fine on Window 7. But on XP and Vista (at least), running the generated Wireshark installer works fine, but trying to run Wireshark always results in "Wireshark is not a valid Win32 Application."

I've included the proper redistributable (for VS2010EE SP1, in this case), and I can see it run at installation time. But Wireshark won't run.

I'm not sure what I'm missing. Is Windows7/VS2010EE not the appropriate combination to build on for XP and Vista?

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David Ameiss
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