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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Win2000 Error: wireshark.exe is not a valid Win32 applicatio

From: Graham Bloice <graham.bloice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:46:19 +0100
Greg Bell wrote:
> Here are the result of the where nmake/cl/link/mt:
>  
> where nmake
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\nmake.exe
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003
> R2\Bin\nmake.exe
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Bin\NMAKE.EXE
> where cl
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\cl.exe
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Bin\CL.EXE
> where link
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\link.exe
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Bin\LINK.EXE
> where mt
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\mt.exe
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003
> R2\Bin\mt.exe
These look OK, what's the value of your INCLUDE env var?
>  
> I have Visual C++ 6.0 installed on this system as well; would using
> this compiler help? I use Visual 2005 EE because its recommended in
> the Win32 build guide.

As the main win32 build is still produced using 6.0 I would think so.  I
stopped using it about 4 months ago so I can't comment myself.  You
might still run into the same issue though using the W2K3 SDK.

-- 
Regards,

Graham Bloice