Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Another Issue With UI (x64 Vista)

From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:02:14 -0700

Bob Carlson wrote:
> I installed 1.2.2 today on Vista 64 and now it crashes immediately when started.
> I also allowed it to install the beta of WinPcap. I have rebooted and tried a
> re-install, but not without the de-install.
> 
> Vista 64, fully up to date on patches. AMD dual processor, Turion something or
> other I think, on an HP DV5z laptop, with 4GB.
> 
> What might be going on here? 

You might try installing the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1
Redistributable at

http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/details.aspx?familyid=BA9257CA-337F-4B40-8C14-157CFDFFEE4E&displaylang=en

It looks like a recent Visual Studio update is causing problems with the
Lua DLL that we ship.