Unable to run a .bat file

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I tried to run a .bat file, but got such an error as shown below:

Exception occurred while initializing the installation:
System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Users\XXX\OneDrive - XXX\Projects\MyWinService\WinServiceProject\bin\Debug\WinServiceProject.exe' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format..

How to resolve the format problem? Thanks.

What I have tried:

Unable to run the install.bat file.

Posted 7-Sep-23 5:34am

s yu

Updated 8-Sep-23 4:33am

Deeksha Shenoy

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Dave Kreskowiak 7-Sep-23 19:02pm

The error has nothing at all to do with running the batch file. What's going on is the batch file is trying to launch an app that cannot run on the machine because of what Richard described.

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2023-09-07T06:01:00

Solution 1

The error message is clear, you are trying to run WinServiceProject.exe, but it is (possibly) not in a correct format. Most likely it is a 64 bit executable trying to run on a 32 bit machine. Or a 32 or 64 bit executable trying to access a library that has the opposite "bit-ness".

Posted 7-Sep-23 6:01am

Richard MacCutchan

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s yu 7-Sep-23 13:18pm

Wonderful. Re-compiled w/ setting on "All Platforms" & "Any CPU". The bat file can be implemented. Thanks.

Richard MacCutchan 7-Sep-23 13:50pm

You are welcome.